Question about fondant (fondant in chocolate vs. fondant for cake)?

[BAPyessir6]

I don't candy make much, so I'd love information.

Is all fondant/fondant types made with granulated sugar?

I was looking for fondant (like inside chocolates) and all I got was fondant for cakes (which. . .okay I get), but, all of them were made with marshmallows/powdered sugar. (Marshmallow fondant).

Does fondant for cakes not use granulated sugar?

However when I looked up fondant (for chocolate. . .is it called cream fondant?) this was the idea I was looking for (granulated sugar, glucose, water, etc).

Maybe my Googling is just wrong.

What are both fondant called?

 

[medtran49]

Look up "candy fondant recipe" and you'll get lots of results.

 

[Kathleen]

I had the same question a while ago. I ran across this article from Food 52 that made it easy for me to understand the differences.

 

[BAPyessir6]

I had the same question a while ago. I ran across this article from Food 52 that made it easy for me to understand the differences.

Ahh so confectionary fondant is similar to American buttercream.

 

[taxlady]

Ahh so confectionary fondant is similar to American buttercream.

It sounds like it is made in a similar way. But, I have had candies called "creams" and if the goo in those is confectionery fondant, then it is horrible as far as I'm concerned. I know lots of people like it, but not me. I do like buttercream.

 

[BAPyessir6]

I found a great website (sugarologie) where a scientist turned baker lady who created a much smoother American buttercream by adding corn syrup or honey into the traditional whipped butter (to make it a bit less sweet and also less "gritty" from so much sugar).

I've done it a few times and been blown away by the creamy texture (and it doesn't harden as easily as normal powdered sugar frosting either). Now I use many different viscous sweeteners (honey, reduced maple syrup, agave) in combination with powdered sugar.

When I think about it, the idea makes total sense but I never considered it beforehand.