fondant or a big boild sweet ?

[luap321]

im not sure if i have messed up i used 2kg sugar 500ml water 5 tea spoons of lemon juice boiled it at 120 c for 20 minuets cooled it to 82 c had it in the blender for 10 minuets or more with the paddle attachment, i also added 3-4 drops of lemon grass oil when i finished boiling it ,then left it in the fridge for about 8 hrs and i have this . is it how it should be or do i bin it or what ?

 

[luap321]

Im a bit worried if bees land on it they will get stuck ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

that's your Christmas toffee sorted

 

[pargyle]

Smash it up with a hammer and you have enough lemon cough sweets to rot all your teeth ... and the answer is .. no it should not look like that ! Where did you get the recipe ?

1. 120 degrees is too hot.
2. You just need to get it to 114 degrees gently and make sure it's there - No boiing necessary.
3. Chill the pan in a cold water bath and stir, keep it moving, once it is cool enough to handle knead by hand.
4. Wrap in cling film, no refrigeration needed.

Forget the lemon grass oil add a tablespoon of liquid glucose.

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/bakers-fondant.82/#post-578https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/fondant-recipe.56168/

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Smash it up with a hammer and you have enough lemon cough sweets to rot all your teeth ... and the answer is .. no it should not look like that ! Where did you get the recipe ?

1. 120 degrees is too hot.
2. You just need to get it to 114 degrees gently and make sure it's there - No boiing necessary.
3. Chill the pan in a cold water bath and stir, keep it moving, once it is cool enough to handle knead by hand.
4. Wrap in cling film, no refrigeration needed.

Forget the lemon grass oil add a tablespoon of liquid glucose.

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/bakers-fondant.82/#post-578https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/fondant-recipe.56168/

better still, just buy a slab of baker's fondant

 

[pargyle]

better still, just buy a slab of baker's fondant

Yes ... I gave up making my own fondant - life is too short !

 

[user 819]

Yes too time consuming and the effort needed, let alone the power cost, far easier to buy a case (or a few ) . Fondant stores and doesn't go off, just seal it to prevent drying out.

 

[Paulypaul]

I'd just buy fondant. It's cheap enough.
https://www.bfp-xpress.co.uk/products/bfp-fondant-icing-12-5kg

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I'd just buy fondant. It's cheap enough.
https://www.bfp-xpress.co.uk/products/bfp-fondant-icing-12-5kg

Cheaper from Gwenyn Gruffudd - and he sells the bog standard baker's fondant not the mucked about stuff

 

[Paulypaul]

But cheaper here
https://cdn.judge.me/reviews/gwenyn...y.com/products/12-5kg-bakers-fondant-bee-feed