Fondant recipe

[Curly green finger's]

Evening I’m looking for a fondant recipe pls if anyone has one .

Thanks cgf

 

[Erichalfbee]

By volume
4 parts white sugar + 4 parts 2:1 syrup + 3 parts water

Boil the water and slowly add the sugar and syrup, stirring until all is dissolved. Heat until the temperature reaches 114°C. Cool without mixing, and when just warm to the touch begin to mix again and allow the mixture to air, it should lighten in colour.

How much are you making?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Or - be sensible and strike a deal with your local Bako manager and get a palletful of the stuff delivered

 

[hemo]

It's a no brainer to get ready made stuff.

 

[Curly green finger's]

i dont use bako or the like fondant folks
I have some sacks of organic sugar and I want to make some fondant for feeding colony’s , the fondant I use cost thrice the price buying from the suppliers .
I have the packaging boxes and reels of strong seliphane

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

make 2:1 syrup from the sugar, feed the colonies properly and you won't need fondant

 

[pargyle]

Or there again you could buy organic fondant from Fortnum and Masons and have it delivered personally by a flunky in a stretched limo ...

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www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk

But ... the good news is that if they make honey from it and you extract it you could sell it as bee processed organic sugar honey ... probably need to put your price up to £30/lb though ...

 

[pargyle]

https://hbingredients.co.uk/products/o-fon15

 

[Curly green finger's]

wow ok this fondant is for next year maybe I should of said that hey ?

 

[Erichalfbee]

wow ok this fondant is for next year maybe I should of said that hey ?

But if you feed them enough syrup or leave them honey you won’t need it

 

[Curly green finger's]

By volume
4 parts white sugar + 4 parts 2:1 syrup + 3 parts water

Boil the water and slowly add the sugar and syrup, stirring until all is dissolved. Heat until the temperature reaches 114°C. Cool without mixing, and when just warm to the touch begin to mix again and allow the mixture to air, it should lighten in colour.

How much are you making?

Thanks Dani if I looked on here there was a video I can’t remember who it was making it though.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Why on earth are you trying to do this for a commercial unit? It will take you ages. Will they pay you a proper hourly rate for your time? Your employers must be mad. They can't produce organic honey after all, can they? Are you counseling them against this? You should be. You're the beekeeper after all ..... their noddles seem to be full of nonsense

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

so 'organic' sugar with a mahoosive carbon footprint as it has to be shipped halfway around the world, not to mention the far from 'fair' treatment to subsistence sugarcane farmers that these sugar companies give.
Nothing but middle class virtue signalling

 

[pargyle]

i dont use bako or the like fondant folks
I have some sacks of organic sugar and I want to make some fondant for feeding colony’s , the fondant I use cost thrice the price buying from the suppliers .
I have the packaging boxes and reels of strong seliphane

Then you haven't seen this then:

https://hbingredients.co.uk/products/o-fon15

It's only less than twice the price of their regular fondant. It's only 86p per kilo more ... and Bako do deals on volume

Belgosuc | Soft white fondant | 12.5kg

This white soft fondant icing is ideal for covering cakes.• Ready-to-use• Softer finish for easier application• Made with finely crystallised sugars for a smoother mouthfeel• Bright white finish

hbingredients.co.uk

Though, from any normal beekeeping viewpoint it's madness anyway ...

 

[Curly green finger's]

But if you feed them enough syrup or leave them honey you won’t need

Why on earth are you trying to do this for a commercial unit? It will take you ages. Will they pay you a proper hourly rate for your time? Your employers must be mad. They can't produce organic honey after all, can they? Are you counseling them against this? You should be. You're the beekeeper after all ..... their noddles seem to be full of nonsense

It’s nowt to do with my employer but again thanks for the recipe, I won’t post next time for help on here but thanks anyway.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well if you’d said it was an experiment you’d have got lots of different recipes and no single comment on why a bee farmer was making his own fondant

 

[Curly green finger's]

Well if you’d said it was an experiment you’d have got lots of different recipes and no single comment on why a bee farmer was making his own fondant

Yeah maybe so but what’s wrong with a beefarmer making there own fondant most of it will get used for queen rearing .

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Then you haven't seen this then:

https://hbingredients.co.uk/products/o-fon15

It's only less than twice the price of their regular fondant. It's only 86p per kilo more ... and Bako do deals on volume

Belgosuc | Soft white fondant | 12.5kg

This white soft fondant icing is ideal for covering cakes.• Ready-to-use• Softer finish for easier application• Made with finely crystallised sugars for a smoother mouthfeel• Bright white finish

hbingredients.co.uk

Though, from any normal beekeeping viewpoint it's madness anyway ...

Probably get it direct from the Belgosuc UK agents - Wyefield Apiaries at Llangamarch wells

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yeah maybe so but what’s wrong with a beefarmer making their own fondant most of it will get used for queen rearing .

I asked how much you were making. You should have said a couple of kg

 

[Erichalfbee]

Here’s a couple from Murox and Frisbee

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