Poured Fondant Icing
Poured Fondant Icing is an all purpose confection used to ice sweet-breads, cakes, petit fours and napoleons.
What is poured fondant icing?
Not to be confused with Rolled Fondant, the sugar dough used to cover cakes, Fondant Icing is pourable and is used to glaze cakes and pastries with a thin sheen of sweetness.
True Fondant is, in fact, more candy than icing. Fondant is what you find in the middle of my all-time favorite candy, a Peppermint Patty. Making true fondant is an unforgiving process of controlled crystallization.
This is where simple, powdered sugar fondant icing comes in…
Even though I will readily admit that this simple Fondant Icing is not really a true fondant, and it honestly doesn’t have the beautiful sheen of a real fondant icing, it is a good compromise for the home baker who wants to make Petit Fours, Napoleons or a glazed Bundt Cake.
It tastes great, it’s easy to make and it’s very easy to use.
Ingredients
- Water
- Light corn syrup
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Confectioners’ sugar
How to make poured fondant icing:
- Simple Fondant Icing is made with powdered sugar.
- Pour the boiling water mixture into the sugar and stir.
- The icing should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Add more sugar if it’s too thin or more water it it’s too thick.
Storage
- Pour the icing into a bowl and sprinkle a few drops of water over the surface. This will prevent the surface from drying out and forming a crust. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
- Poured fondant icing can be held at room temperature for 2-3 days, refrigerated for up to a week and frozen for up to 3 months.
- Pour the water off the surface of the icing before using.
Fondant Icing is used to ice Classic Petit Fours, napoleons and donuts.
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Poured Fondant Icing Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 oz water (½ cup)
- 3 oz light corn syrup (¼ cup)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 20 oz confectioner sugar (5 cups)
Instructions
- Combine the water, corn syrup, vanilla and salt in a medium sauce pan, bring to a boil.4 oz water, 3 oz light corn syrup, ½ tsp vanilla extract, ⅛ tsp salt
- Remove the pan from the heat and gradually whisk in the sugar.20 oz confectioner sugar
- The icing should be slightly warmer than body temperature and the consistency of thick cream. If you dip a spoon into the fondant it should cover with a slightly translucent finish. Use the fondant immediately or store in the refrigerator, well covered.
- If the fondant cools below 100°F, rewarm gently. If the icing gets too thick add a few drop of water at a time until it's thinned to the proper consistency. If it gets too thin, add a little more sugar.
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Hello!
I’m making black and white cookies and want a smooth, non-sticky, opaque fondant-y icing and no clumps. How would you expect this recipe to hold up?
Many thanks.
Here’s my recipe for Black and White cookies with the icing recipe included.
I don’t know if you are still keeping track of this feed but any recommendations for a soft chocolate fondant. BTW this recipe works amazing
Hi. I check comments on the website every day! Do you mean a recipe similar to this one, but chocolate? Try replacing 1/2 cup of the sugar with cocoa powder and see how that works.
Can you use corn flour/starch instead of corn syrup? I don’t know where to source it in Tenerife.
No, you need the syrup to give the fondant viscosity and shine. You could try another type of syrup such as Golden Syrup or rice syrup. If the syrup is amber colored it could tint the icing a little.
How about glucose syrup? I use that in the UK.
Yes, that’s fine.
Can i substitute the corn syrup?
With what? The corn syrup helps keep the fondant soft and flexible.
I use Lyle’s Golden Syrup and it performs the same as corn syrup in this sort of recipe. It just makes the icing a little less of a bright white.
Thanks for the tip.
@Karima, you could substitute liquid glucose for the corn syrup and because it’s colourless, it won’t affect the look of your fondant icing. The additionally some glycerin will create shine.
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