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Electric Rainbow Fondant Recipe
Looking to get a vivid rainbow of fondant colors? Look no further! This recipe will get you those electric Lisa Frank colors you're looking for!
Print Rate Never Miss A CakeServes: 10 lbs
Calories: 1763kcal
Ingredients
- 6 lbs Powdered sugar sifted
- 3 lb Mini marshmallows (Hy-Top, Walmart, Haribo brand if you can find it. Jet-Puff, Kraft or Marshmallow Fluff will not work) Make sure you get 1 lb or weight out 1 lb from 2 bags.
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Water (or 1 if it's really humid in your area)
- 1 1/2 cups Shortening or Trex
- 1 1/4 lbs Wilton Fondant (if you buy the 5lb box, use 1/2 of one of the packages, if you buy the 1 1/2 box, use the whole package)
- Extra Powdered sugar for kneading
Instructions
Yellow Fondant
- Melt 1lb marshmallows in microwave, cooking for 1 minute, then mixing, then 40 seconds, then mix, then 30 seconds, until marshmallows are melted together.
- Add 1 1/2 Tbsp water to release marshmallows from bowl.
- Place 1/2 cup shortening in mixing bowl.
- Add marshmallows to mixing bowl and attach hook attachment to mixer.
- Add in food coloring (1 tsp Electric Yellow food color gel).
- Slowly add in 2lbs powdered sugar while mixing. Reserve about 1 cup of powdered sugar for later.
- Mix on low until smooth and fondant sticks to the sides of the bowl (about 3 minutes).
- Add in remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar and mix.
- Wear gloves or put shortening on your hands to help get the fondant out of the mixing bowl and onto the table.
- Add in 1 1/4 lbs of premade Wilton fondant and knead. Pull like taffy until smooth. Divide fondant in half.
Orange Fondant
- Using 1/2 of the divided yellow fondant, add in approximately 1/2 tsp Orange food color gel.
- Pull fondant like taffy until smooth. Add more powdered sugar if it's too sticky.
Pink Fondant
- Melt 1lb marshmallows in microwave, cooking for 1 minute, then mixing, then 40 seconds, then mix, then 30 seconds, until marshmallows are melted together.
- Add 1 1/2 Tbsp water to release marshmallows from bowl.
- Place 1/2 cup shortening in mixing bowl.
- Add marshmallows to mixing bowl and attach hook attachment to mixer.
- Add in food coloring (1 tsp Electric Pink food color gel).
- Slowly add in 2lbs powdered sugar while mixing. Reserve about 1 cup of powdered sugar for later.
- Mix on low until smooth and fondant sticks to the sides of the bowl (about 3 minutes).
- Add in remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar and mix.
- Wear gloves or put shortening on your hands to help get the fondant out of the mixing bowl and onto the table.
- Add in 1 1/4 lbs of premade Wilton fondant and knead. Pull like taffy until smooth. Divide fondant in half.
Purple Fondant
- Using 1/2 of the divided pink fondant, add in approximately 1/2 tsp Electric Purple food color gel (Optionally add 1/2 tsp Regal Purple for darker purple).
- Pull fondant like taffy until smooth. Add more powdered sugar if it's too sticky.
Blue Fondant
- Melt 1lb marshmallows in microwave, cooking for 1 minute, then mixing, then 40 seconds, then mix, then 30 seconds, until marshmallows are melted together.
- Add 1 1/2 Tbsp water to release marshmallows from bowl.
- Place 1/2 cup shortening in mixing bowl.
- Add marshmallows to mixing bowl and attach hook attachment to mixer.
- Slowly add in 2lbs powdered sugar while mixing. Reserve about 1 cup of powdered sugar for later.
- Mix on low until smooth and fondant sticks to the sides of the bowl (about 3 minutes).
- Add in remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar and mix.
- Wear gloves or put shortening on your hands to help get the fondant out of the mixing bowl and onto the table.
- Add in 1 1/4 lbs of premade Wilton fondant and knead. Pull like taffy until smooth. Divide fondant in half.
- Add 1 tsp Electric Blue and knead into fondant until color is fully incorporated.
Green Fondant.
- Using 1/2 of the divided white fondant, add in approximately 1 tsp Electric Green food color gel (Optionally add 1/4 tsp yellow for a more vibrant green).
- Knead into fondant until color is fully incorporated.
Notes
How to make a rainbow of fondant colors!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 1763kcal (88%) | Carbohydrates: 382g (127%) | Protein: 2g (4%) | Fat: 31g (48%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (35%) | Sodium: 115mg (5%) | Potassium: 12mg | Sugar: 344g (382%) | Calcium: 7mg (1%) | Iron: 0.5mg (3%)
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Thank you so much for wonderful tutorials I loved the details especially on how to upscale size on the wolf Cake amazing
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Thank you! I always have such a hard time with red though – and I need to make a Lego cake for my son! =/ Any ideas?
Same exact process but use red food coloring 🙂
Can marshmallow fluff be used instead of marshmallows in this recipe? I don’t eat lard and marshmallows have lard in them, marshmallow fluff doesn’t have lard. Thank you!
Yes it can but you’ll need to follow the DKF recipe for kosher fondant http://artisancakecompany.com/2014/10/kosher-marshmallow-fondant-recipe/