Hello,
I would like some assistance in the making of fondant.
My receipe calls for sugar, water and small amount of vineger.
Heat to 234 and then stop heat. When the temperature drops below 200 stir and pour into molds.
First time I over heated it by 5 degrees and the resulting "candy" was grainy and hard as a rock
Second time I followed the temperature closely, and instead of fondant I ended up with neatly made sugar bricks.
I see that this thread here
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?263746-Sugar-Blocks/page2
shows the same temperature to heat to to make BRICKS, but I was aiming for soft fondant.
I am no candy maker, but isnt beekeepers fondant supposed to be like play dough and soft?
someone tell me my blunder
I would like some assistance in the making of fondant.
My receipe calls for sugar, water and small amount of vineger.
Heat to 234 and then stop heat. When the temperature drops below 200 stir and pour into molds.
First time I over heated it by 5 degrees and the resulting "candy" was grainy and hard as a rock
Second time I followed the temperature closely, and instead of fondant I ended up with neatly made sugar bricks.
I see that this thread here
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?263746-Sugar-Blocks/page2
shows the same temperature to heat to to make BRICKS, but I was aiming for soft fondant.
I am no candy maker, but isnt beekeepers fondant supposed to be like play dough and soft?
someone tell me my blunder