Fondant Cupcake
I will skip the cupcake recipe and go straight to the fondant. But before I do that, I die-die also want to post up my double chocolate cupcake. The fresh bake makes my kitchen smells heavenly!
The cracks on the cake tells that they are a bit dry.
Pre-made fondant can be purchase from bakery shops but they are so easy to made that you can save money by making it yourself and keep the bragging rights of having made it all from scratch, right? There are many different type of fondant you can google from internet. So I just pick one that is the simplest.
Ingredients:
15g powdered gelatin
60ml water
10ml liquid glucose or corn syrup
1tbsp glycerin
500gm icing sugar
Method:
Sprinkle gelatin in the bowl of water and let it soak for 2 minutes. Use double boiler to dissolve it for about 2 minutes. Use a wooden spoon instead of a metal spoon cos the metal spoon will make your fondant turn black (not really black but your fondant’s colour won’t be snowy white). Remove gelatin and add a tablespoon of glycerin. Some recipe said it is optional but I think it’s a must if you want your fondant to be smooth. Make a well on the icing sugar.  Pour gelatin in it and stir them into a dough. Jeng, jeng, jeng, it’s showtime!
You need plenty of icing sugar for dusting as they are very very sticky and make sure you have a clean work top. Knead your dough for few more minute. Tips: prepare the dough the night before so that they will be less sticky and easier to work on the next day. Leave them in a zipper bag. I did a mistake by keeping them in the fridge. The next day, they are as hard as stone. I have to cut them into pieces before heating up in the microwave again. And they are so sticky I almost gave up!
You just need some creativity with the fondant. I get this fondant mat from Michael’s (U.S.). They produces very nice vines to your fondant.
And the process goes on for about 2.5 hours before I get this result.
My first ever attempt in fondant, ok.
Of course can’t beat the work of professional.
Promise you won’t laugh, ok?
Jeng, jeng, jeng:
High School Musical cupcakes!
Someone’s birthday is around the corner *rolling eye*.
p/s: Smells good. Looks good. But I never say they taste good. wakakaka
Daddy said,
April 14, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
Actually they taste good too. Just that I can only eat one piece. The rest need to keep for all the party boys and girls.
javapot said,
April 14, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
Tks for sharing this (cupcakes look super great)…may come in very handy soon. I am pretty new to fondant too.
Can I ask what colouring & brand used to colour the fondant? TIA
The Queen says: I used the pre-packed edible food colourings from the bakery shop. They are cheaper. A better brand would be Wilton’s (more $$$). I know the colourings will be left in the cabinet till they expire so no point buying Wilton’s unless you are a regular baker.
2ma said,
April 15, 2009 @ 7:15 am
well, u r so right! the cup cakes definitely looks good! it is definitely well done for a 1st timer! gan ba teh!!
The Queen says: 🙂 xie-xie
athena said,
April 15, 2009 @ 8:47 am
wah!!! so nice la………….
jeles….for me, i’ll skip the baking and the making of the fondant.. just buy!!! LOL
The Queen says: I called up about 5 (home) bakers. I get them to quote me on 2kg fondant cake with HSM figurine. And the cheapest quote is RM150 (without the figurine. Gotta add $$$ and they may come up to RM180). Then I called another lady and she said all her cake starts from RM200. Fine. Tried another number and her price is RM400! OMG, can die! So I decided to bake my own cake. i think I spent about RM25.00 buying all the ingredients and now I have left overs (ingredients) in my fridge.
FamilyFirst said,
April 15, 2009 @ 9:13 am
From the way you described making the fondant, I never thot its your first time leh! Good work Jess!!!!
The Queen says: After all the trial and error, I know what to improve ma. Thanks FF!
siechoo said,
April 15, 2009 @ 10:05 am
wow .. that’s really nice 🙂 good job !!!
The Queen says: Got enough training from play-doh. lol
HL said,
April 15, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
Wah!!! Finally a recipe for fondant!! I’ve seen many from the web and they all sound very complicated. I never dare to even think about it. But this one you gave, sounds simple. Maybe I can try with my very poor skill 😀
I tell you, I can almost “smell” the chocolate from reading this post and looking at the picture. I bet they tasted so yummy!
Thanks Jessie!
The Queen says: NO need ‘hak hei’ la. Make me paiseh only.
chooi peng said,
April 15, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
the cupcake look great!!!!
The Queen says: Looks can be very deceiving. lol
the Razzler said,
April 15, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
Wow!! Queen..
Looks really delicious and very impressive!! Can place order or not? 🙂
The Queen says: Cannot! Scare later you throw the cake at my face :p
wen said,
April 15, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
looks colorful and delicious! not tasty meh???
The Queen says: To me they are not tasty. But one of my guest keep on praising that they are good (She really finish up the whole cupcake). Over all, I threw about 7 pcs of 1/2 ‘touch’ cupcakes. kakakaka
Judy said,
April 16, 2009 @ 5:38 pm
Hi Hijack Queen,
I love your blog and can’t believe this is your first fondant job.
Anyway, where can I get the glycerin?
Thanks,
JP
The Queen says: You can get them from bakery shop. They looks exactly like glucose syrup. You make me feel so love *blushing*
javapot said,
April 16, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
‘pre-pack edible food colourings’ – got leftover for picture ah? I only am aware of the liquid food colouring bottles. TIA
The Queen says: How come I make myself sound so complicated huh. The liquid is the one. haha, I put pre-pack cos they pour into smaller bottle. But Wilton’s brand is memang imported.
javapot said,
April 16, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
btw, fyi only since u already baked yours, i came across someone selling quite lovely cupcakes – rm60 for 25pcs. but must be the mini size cc.
The Queen says: ooo… if RM60 for fondant is quite cheap. Next time I e-mail you for the contact number.
Julian said,
April 17, 2009 @ 9:20 am
You should rub your fingers with shortening to make handling the fondant easier 😀
The Queen says: Juliannnnnnnnn!!! Long time no see!!! *hugz* *look around make sure Hubby no see* I read about the shortening. Don’t think I want to spend few ringgits just to grease my hand and the remaining let it ‘rot’ again.
laundryamah said,
April 17, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
wahhh not bad wor…i think this recipe better cos no need egg white…does it melt/sweat over time while exposed? the recipe i shared kinda sweats over time…
debbie said,
April 17, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
hey, the cuppies looks great.
btw, how much you bought for the Wilton Fondant Mat? Any way of getting one for me too?? thanks!!!
javapot said,
April 17, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
for rm60 cannot be fondant la…buttercream at least. ;(
a-moms-diary said,
April 18, 2009 @ 3:35 pm
Really impressive results for a first-timer wor…salute salute. I sure won’t have the patience and skills to make them.
zara's mama said,
April 20, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
Wow.. terror merror.
(your anti-spam very the ‘hiao’ wo)
lyne said,
December 7, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
would love to have the choc cuppy recipe. Care to share? my email [email protected]
Thanks!