Cake Recipe For Fondant. I tried a lot of them when I started working with fondant and there was always something not quite to my liking: the cakes were either. This is my standard, most used, best recipe for the base of a cake decorated with fondant icing.
In order to "glue" fondant decorations to the cake you can dab some water on the fondant and this will act as a glue. It may seem challenging, but it's not as hard as you might think. It is gorgeous, sleek and can be simple or ornate.
So you want to fondant a cake, but you've heard it's too difficult?
This is my standard, most used, best recipe for the base of a cake decorated with fondant icing.
I use this basic butter cake recipe for my fondant decorated cakes. I have recently discovered the world of "cake decorating". Here is a round up of some amazing fondant recipes and tips for how to use and decorate a cake with fondant.