Fondant (Noun): Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
“Let’s color this batch blue. No, no, no. Pink would go better with this cupcake.” With that decision in mind, I ransacked through my box of icing colors in search of the pink one. Of course the decision was not affected at all by my one-sided likeness to colors that happens to be in any shade of red.
Few minutes passed and I was still searching. Confident that I still had some left, I didn’t give up and continued on with the search. And finally, lo and behold! The bottle of pink color that has been hiding from me was found in the deepest corner of the box. Eager to put some color into my fondant, I was greatly disappointed to see not a drop left in the bottle. Nada. Zilch. Not even a measly one. Determined to have pink fondant, I went down to the baking shop to get it and the shop being only 20 minutes away from my house, I was a happy camper in no time. 
Pink color? Checked. Fondant? Checked. Time to get down to business baby.
Alright, so before I played with the fondant, I did a lot of research on it. Some of you may laugh at this but hey, I’m a newbie. When it comes to me handling something for the first time, I want to know what to expect and avoid any mistakes.
Here’s what I’ve learnt:
- If fondant gets dry while in the middle of handling, rub both your hands together with shortening (or in my case, margarine for I had ran out of shortening that day)
- Flour the surface you’re working on with cornstarch
- If it helps, flour the stencils and cutters you are using with cornstarch as well.
- Flour your rolling pin if using
- If applying color, add drop by drop to achieve desired color (this should be a no-brainer for all the pros out there and besides, its common sense)
That’s all that I have learnt so far. Some may have different views on how to use fondant but this is my amateur version of it.
Oh yea, if you guys are the hardworking fondant newbie, unlike me, you guys could probably find recipes for making your own fondant. Of course I find that the store bought one meets my needs just fine. It’s up to the individual preferences really as to whether or not they want to take the extra effort in making their own or be as lazy as me and just grab a Wilton’s fondant. I usually get the white one because it lets me have all kinds of colored fondant that my heart desires. 
Pretty fondant. Colorful fondant. Me like it.
