A common question amongst brides today; fondant or butter cream? Well, when you’re choosing something that will be served to several of your closest family and friends you will certainly want to know some facts about each.
Butter cream is the sweet icing that has been traditionally used to decorate wedding cakes. It tastes great and when in the hands of the right person it makes a beautifully decorative cake.
However in more recent years we have been introduced to fondant which is a slightly sweet dough-like substance that is rolled out then used to cover the cake. Many brides choose fondant because it creates a very smooth surface on the cake as well as an amazing finish. If you have ever seen a wedding cake that looked like pillows or a box wrapped with a bow, it was probably covered with fondant.
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Now you may be asking yourself, if fondant creates such beautifully polished cakes and can be used to make a cake look like anything that I want, why would I request butter cream? Well, I set out on a journey myself to answer that question and two responses come to mind. The first is price, if you are in the market for a fondant cake you can expect to dish out a little more dough (no pun intended) than what you would spend on a butter cream cake. Probably around twice as much from what I have found. Secondly, I would strongly encourage that you taste fondant before asking for it. I had the pleasure (or lack there of) of tasting a bit. It was much like eating chewy candle wax with sugar in it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have heard from folks who like it and I’m sure depending on your baker the taste can be improved. Just be sure to give it a taste test on your own first.
So to answer the burning question, butter cream or fondant? It depends on what you want. If your primary concern is how impressive the cake looks and you are willing to spend a little extra to get it….fondant all the way. However if you are more concerned about taste then I would go with butter cream, just to avoid your guest feeling like the walked into a Yankee Candle factory hungry and came out full.
