Is this good value?

[Zante]

1Kg fondant on eBay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1kg-White...020943?hash=item3cef037ccf:g:AMEAAOSwj0NUleYG

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

No, definitely not. Find a local bakers, ask them nicely and get twelve times the quantity for three times the price (four or five times if you are unlucky, but still better value than that)

 

[Zante]

Yeah, it looked pricey when I came across it browsing, but not having any experience I thought I'd check with someone here.
For all I know it could have been a normal price...

Thanks.

 

[dpearce4]

Yeah, it looked pricey when I came across it browsing, but not having any experience I thought I'd check with someone here.
For all I know it could have been a normal price...

Thanks.

wrong type of fondant anyway. you wouldn't want to give that to ur bees. Its quite good value if your a hobbyist cake maker.

 

[oliver90owner]

Simple answer is 'NO'!

Not even sure why anyone would want fondant at this time of the year anyway.....

 

[Hivemaker.]

Not even sure why anyone would want fondant at this time of the year anyway.....

The main use here in spring/summer is for feeding the bees in mini mating nucs, but good also for full size colonies if needed.

 

[Finman]

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10 fold price of sugar. As expencive as honey.

 

[chrisb]

bakers fondant is only about £1.10 per Kg
the top stuff like ambrosia or fondabee and the like up to about £1.30 per Kg

obviously it varies with how much you get in one go and if any offers on

 

[Hivemaker.]

bakers fondant is only about £1.10 per Kg

Fondant from Bako is currently 65p a kilo with free delivery.

 

[chrisb]

awesome thanks for the heads up on that, most apreciated

 

[Zante]

Simple answer is 'NO'!

Not even sure why anyone would want fondant at this time of the year anyway.....

I wasn't looking for fondant, I was idly browsing eBay, window shopping if you will, and came across it.
If it was good value it would have been good to buy it and store it, but I was unsure, as I haven't bought any fondant yet, and have no measure to evaluate that price. That is why I asked here.

 

[chrisb]

I wasn't looking for fondant, I was idly browsing eBay, window shopping if you will, and came across it.
If it was good value it would have been good to buy it and store it, but I was unsure, as I haven't bought any fondant yet, and have no measure to evaluate that price. That is why I asked here.

nothing wrong at all with forward planning it can save time and money

 

[Swarm]

Well it doesn't eat, does it?

 

[BeeJayBee]

I wasn't looking for fondant, I was idly browsing eBay, window shopping if you will, and came across it.
If it was good value it would have been good to buy it and store it, but I was unsure, as I haven't bought any fondant yet, and have no measure to evaluate that price. That is why I asked here.

Good job you did ask.

The stuff we give our bees is "Bakers Fondant", they use it to top iced buns etc.

I get mine from a local baker in 12.5kg packs, but I haven't bought any for a couple of years because I'd put more by than I needed.

 

[Chriszog]

Good job you did ask.

The stuff we give our bees is "Bakers Fondant", they use it to top iced buns etc.

I get mine from a local baker in 12.5kg packs, but I haven't bought any for a couple of years because I'd put more by than I needed.

How do you store it BJB and how long will it keep for.
Thanks

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I keep mine in an outhouse - it gets a little damp in there so the boxes may get a little manky but the fondant at least will stay soft. Was using some I bought three years ago this last winter and there's still some of that batch there for next year.

 

[BeeJayBee]

How do you store it BJB and how long will it keep for.

I've got some in the Poundland equivalent of takeaway containers, some in a bucket that had been full of bird-feeder fatballs. Keeping it sealed stops it either absorbing atmospheric moisture or drying out.

It can't 'go off' and shouldn't go mouldy because it's sugar - sugar has always been used as a food preservative - but it does sometimes settle, and ends up with a wettish layer on the top.

The oldest I've used was some I bought about three or four years ago.