When I first started making custom cakes, I bought a Peggy Porschen book, Simply Spectacular Cakes. I had been making SMBC (Swiss meringue buttercream) on the advice of another caker friend, but...
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I made this tutorial when I made my first sofa cake and used it myself and it was quite useful so thought I’d share!
Here’s a link to the second cake I made http://cakesdecor.com/cakes/106592...
The recipe is very easy to make and the reason I call it light and fluffy is because the beaten stiff egg whites adds enough air that the cake is so soft, it almost melts in your mouth.
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1 cup shortning
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp vanilla or other flavor
2 lbs powder sugar
mix corn syrup and shortning
add salt and flavoring to the mix
start adding powder...
This is my recipe for Vanilla Marshmallow Fondant. It’s very smooth to work with, drapes beautifully, and tastes somewhat like candy corn. I’ve been asked for the recipe, so I figured I’d finally...
