Tips On Working With Fondant During Harmattan

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   Fondant can be very tricky to work with during Harmattan as the air is dry and absorbs moisture quickly from fondant and hence there is a resulting cracks on your fondant, if not worked upon on time. Fondant could also develop a dent(Elephant skin) and this reduce the aesthetics of a fondant covered cake
 
   To avoid these, one must put every other thing aside when working with fondant to avoid it from cracking as it would have dried up at the time of attending to other things...

    Aside the time factor that requires close attention, you might need to adjust your fondant recipe as thus;

• Edible Glycerine: Use enough edible glycerine on your fondant during harmattan as it would help retain it's  moisture unlike during rainy season when you could toss it away from your recipe as it could cause sweating

• CMC/Tylose: The main function of CMC in fondant is to help thicken and stabilize it. During Harmattan, you may need to reduce your CMC a little bit as it would make fondant dry faster if used in excess. Reducing your CMC could extend the time needed to work on your fondant.

• Shortening And Corn Flour: Unlike rainy season, when I won't want to use shortening but corn flour when kneading my fondant to avoid fondant sweating, I like to use it during harmattan because it won't let it dry up compare to kneading it with corn flour.

I hope this help someone out there, thanks for reading

Comments

  1. UnknownJanuary 18, 2020 at 12:51 PM

    Thanks for this tips ma
    For 500g of icing sugar what should be the quantity of glycerin?

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  2. IfeNovember 9, 2020 at 5:32 PM

    Má could you please give a perfect recipe for harmattan fondant?

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    1. BarakatNovember 9, 2020 at 9:35 PM

      Hi Ife, thanks for reaching out, do checkout My Fondant Recipe
      That's what I use and it works well, do let me know when you made yours��

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  3. UnknownNovember 5, 2021 at 5:57 PM

    Thanks for this

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  4. AnonymousDecember 24, 2022 at 6:09 AM

    Hi ma! Please for 2g fondant, what is the right quantity glycerin to use? My first time making it.

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