# Does fondant taste good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468 "2011-12-16T23:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/21 "2011-12-17T21:04:57Z")
Fondant tastes like evil. It has the texture of Play-do and tastes like sweetened rubber. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/22 "2011-12-17T22:31:36Z")
> [@Jennmonkye](#): > > Seriously…the fondant is supposed to be removed from the cake before it is sliced and served. This sort of thing annoys me. There are real methods of decorating cakes that keep it edible. If we’re going to do fakeouts like this, just make a fake cake out of paper mache and plywood and then serve everyone slices of grocery store sheet cake. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/23 "2011-12-18T02:38:41Z")
> [@Jennmonkye](#): > > I plan and coordinate approximately 30 or so weddings each year with my assistant. Seriously…the fondant is supposed to be removed from the cake before it is sliced and served. It is for decoration only (mainly because it is pretty nasty stuff). The idea that you have to tear off the outer layer of your wedding cake before serving it to keep it from tasting like ass sure isn’t much of a selling point. If it’s a fading fad, thank God for it going away. ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/24 "2011-12-18T03:04:10Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > This sort of thing annoys me. There are real methods of decorating cakes that keep it edible. If we’re going to do fakeouts like this, just make a fake cake out of paper mache and plywood and then serve everyone slices of grocery store sheet cake. You’re not kidding me! Although I think that most people have come to that conclusion themselves and stopped using the fondant. Typically, when they ask for advice (and we only give it when solicited) we tell them to avoid the fondant and go for the buttercream, as it typically tastes yummy! > [@](#): > > The idea that you have to tear off the outer layer of your wedding cake before serving it to keep it from tasting like ass sure isn’t much of a selling point. > > If it’s a fading fad, thank God for it going away. Agreed…but with Cake Chef Duff decorating endless cakes on the Food Network with fondant, everyone jumped on the bandwagon. I think enough people went to a fondant cake wedding and either saw the carcass of the scalped cake or were served a plate of nasty and thought…“um, I don’t think so”. Seriously, a truly great cake decorator can do almost anything with buttercream (almost). I mainly see fondant now with cakes that need to look like something other than a cake (and that is rare). Also, a lot of my clients have become very price sensitive, and fondant cakes tend to be a bit pricier…thus they have disappeared from the wedding market here. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/25 "2011-12-18T03:54:06Z")
I have no respect for cake “artists” who major in fondant. So you can make stuff out of play-doh. Woopie for you. Can I see someone blow some sugar, please? Buttercream can achieve the same smooth, flawless look if you let it air-dry for about fifteen minutes then carefully pat at it with a sheet of paper. It was the first thing we were taught in the cake decorating class I took. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/26 "2011-12-18T04:34:11Z")
You’re not kidding Sattua. I once caught the last half hour of some show on PBS where these people were participating in some contest to win a particular French pastry honor, and they were doing things with sugar that I never thought possible. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468/27 "2011-12-20T07:57:19Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > they were doing things with sugar that I never thought possible. So they were in Thailand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fondant-taste-good/606468.md?page=1)