Homemade marshmallow fondant is such an easy recipe to us for cake decorating, tastes delicious, and makes your cakes look amazing! All it takes is 4 simple ingredients and about 15 minutes of time. After you try homemade marshmallow fondant, you'll never go back to store-bought fondant again!
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Instructions
In a large microwave safe bowl (or a glass bowl of a stand mixer), microwave the marshmallows and the first 2 tablespoon portion of water in 30-second increments. Stir between each microwave heating until the marshmallows are melted and smooth.
Add sifted confectioners' sugar to the bowl of melted marshmallow, starting with approximately ¾ of your sugar. Combine using a wooden spoon, folding the confectioners sugar into the marshmallow. Continue to combine until most of the confectioners sugar is mixed into the marshmallow.
Ready your work surface with a generous coating of the vegetable shortening (coat your hands too) and then transfer the fondant mixture to your work surface. Scrape out any still-dry confectioners sugar onto the top of your fondant mixture.
With your bowls of vegetable shortening, water, and the remaining portion of sifted confectioners' sugar nearby begin kneading the fondant. Keep your hands and work surface well coated with vegetable shortening especially when starting the kneading process as the fondant mixture will be very sticky.
Knead the fondant, adding more of the sifted confectioners sugar as needed, until the marshmallow fondant stretches about 2 inches out before breaking (it will stretch many inches before breaking when it is still too wet - *see video).
Once you reach the desired consistency, coat all sides of your fondant (rolled into a log shape) with the remaining vegetable shortening. Double wrap your coated fondant with plastic wrap, then place inside a ziploc bag. Store refrigerated at least 12 hours to set up, preferably 24 hours.
After the marshmallow fondant has setup, it is ready to use. Heat in short 30 second increments (at half power) as needed to soften your fondant if it is too firm for you to roll out and work with. *Keep all fondant wrapped in plastic wrap when you are not working with it, as fondant dries quickly.
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Notes
Keep all fondant wrapped in plastic wrap when you are not working with it because fondant dries out quickly.
Simply add a few drops of food dye to your fondant and knead it in to color it, or you can portion it out and make each portion a different color to suit your needs!
If you are worried about the marshmallows sticking to the bowl in the microwave, just brush the bowl with a light coating of shortening before heating the marshmallows.
To store unused fondant, coat it with shortening and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap then place it in a Ziploc bag (the less air the better). At room temperature, it will last for a couple of weeks or you can keep it in the fridge for up to 2 months.