Okay so I have a slight problem. I wanted to make cookies with rolled MMF for my boyfriend before he gets home in two days. I made fondant for the first time a few weeks ago. It tasted good, and was easy to use over various Christmas sugar cookies. After that experience, I had the idea to flavor the MMF with cinnamon, since in previous experiences cinnamon was the BF's favorite RI flavor for cookies. I also decided that the batch of cinnamon fondant, would be the red fondant, and used the last of my red gel coloring.
So my problems is this. The end result, tastes like the worst medicine I've ever had in my life. It tastes like plain MMF until it completely dissolves, then a massive medicine aftertaste swells up in your mouth for about 30 seconds. I am out of Red gel coloring and due to making heart shaped cookies.. red and pink were an important element! Can anyone think of options to salvage this fondant or my situation?
The resources I have left are enough marshmallows for one more batch of fondant (about 4-6 cups), red petal dust, corn syrup, extracts: vanilla, lemon, peppermint, and almond (cheap store brands). I do not own alcohol but purchased a small container of "lemon juice" while shopping earlier (water, concentrated lemon juice, sulphites, lemon oil), is it possible to use this with the petal dust to paint white fondant?
Method I used to make the MMF, in case anyone notices if that's how the flavor went wrong:
Microwave 4 cups of marshmallows with a sprits of water for 60 seconds in a Crisco coated bowl.
Stir marshmallows, adding 3 drops of cinnamon extract, 1 teaspoon of corn syrup, about 1/2+ teaspoon of red gel coloring (Wiltons).
I then proceeded to fold in a fresh bag of sifted powdered sugar, then knead in the last bit until it was the consistency I wanted. ( I did not measure out the powdered sugar, I'd guess about 3 cups)
Note: After tasting the fondant, I figured it couldn't get worse so I attempted to fix the flavor by kneading in 1-2 tablespoons of vanilla extract. Sadly it had no effect.
So my problems is this. The end result, tastes like the worst medicine I've ever had in my life. It tastes like plain MMF until it completely dissolves, then a massive medicine aftertaste swells up in your mouth for about 30 seconds. I am out of Red gel coloring and due to making heart shaped cookies.. red and pink were an important element! Can anyone think of options to salvage this fondant or my situation?
The resources I have left are enough marshmallows for one more batch of fondant (about 4-6 cups), red petal dust, corn syrup, extracts: vanilla, lemon, peppermint, and almond (cheap store brands). I do not own alcohol but purchased a small container of "lemon juice" while shopping earlier (water, concentrated lemon juice, sulphites, lemon oil), is it possible to use this with the petal dust to paint white fondant?
Method I used to make the MMF, in case anyone notices if that's how the flavor went wrong:
Microwave 4 cups of marshmallows with a sprits of water for 60 seconds in a Crisco coated bowl.
Stir marshmallows, adding 3 drops of cinnamon extract, 1 teaspoon of corn syrup, about 1/2+ teaspoon of red gel coloring (Wiltons).
I then proceeded to fold in a fresh bag of sifted powdered sugar, then knead in the last bit until it was the consistency I wanted. ( I did not measure out the powdered sugar, I'd guess about 3 cups)
Note: After tasting the fondant, I figured it couldn't get worse so I attempted to fix the flavor by kneading in 1-2 tablespoons of vanilla extract. Sadly it had no effect.
