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Very Easy Marshmallow Fondant Recipe – 4 Ingredient Fondant Recipe

August 17, 2015 By Aarthi 8 Comments

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This is my latest favourite fondant recipe. It is made with marshmallows and icing sugar. Very easy to make and it is really easy to work with too..You can make this in a instant and don’t need fancy ingredient to make this as well..Very basic and very simple..

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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 30 mins
Makes : around 750 to 850 grams of fondant


Ingredients:

Confectioners Sugar / Icing Sugar – 3 to 4 cups sifted
Marshmallows – 200 grams
Water – 1 tblspn
Oil – 2 tblspn

Method:

Take marshmallows in a sauce pan, add in water and melt it down on low heat till completely melted.

Take this in a big bowl, add 1 cup of icing sugar at a time and mix with a spatula..

Now keep on adding more icing sugar and mix well. Once it starts to come and no longer too sticky.

Add icing sugar and knead using your hands. Keep kneading till it is smooth and no longer sticky.

Add in little oil and rub all over the fondant. Cover with plastic wrap and put it in a air tight container.

Store at room temp for upto 10 days.

Notes:

1)You have to keep it at room temp and not in fridge.
2)After few days, the fondant may get a little dry, add little more water, oil and icing sugar and give a good knead to make it soft again.
3)When working with fondant, cover the remaining unused fondant in plastic wrap and store in air tight container covered or it will dry up.
4)if you want to add colours to fondant, take a little fondant and add some colour and knead well. Add more icing sugar if needed.

Pictorial:
Start by sifting icing sugar
set aside
Now take marshmallows in a sauce pan…i had only pink
 coloured so used that
add in little water
melt it gently
now it is completely melted
take it in a big bowl
add in icing sugar in it
Start mixing using a spatula
add more icing sugar
keep mixing..
add more
keep mixing..now it has turned non sticky
now sprinkle little more
now start kneading with your hands
keep on adding icing sugar it it feels sticky
keep kneading
now it has started to come together..but still a little sticky
add spoonful of icing sugar and knead it
keep kneading..the entire process with take a good
 20 to 30 mins
add more sugar
knead well..now it is non sticky
take some oil, butter or vegetable shortening
give a final knead
cover with several layers of plastic wrap
ta da
You can use it straight away or keep it in a air tight 
container for more than 10 days
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Fathimath Farha

    August 17, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    Can i use your recipe for homemade marshmallows for this? Will they work?

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  2. Aarthi

    August 19, 2015 at 8:40 am

    @Fathimath Farhayes it will work. u can use

    Reply
  3. Jincy George

    May 9, 2016 at 9:51 am

    Hi aarti.. do we put the icing sugar to the melted marshmallow while its still hot? Or after it has cooled? Also about storing the fondant, it can be kept outside and not in the fridge, correct? Thanks a lot..

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    • Aarthi

      May 16, 2016 at 2:57 pm

      u can put it while it is still hot itself. or cool a bit and use. U have to store it in room temp

      Reply
  4. diana mascarenhas

    July 1, 2016 at 4:26 am

    Hi Aarathi tried making this fondant and its come out really well made this with the marshmallow recipe from your blog.thanks a lot u really have a big heart.

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    August 24, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Hi Can i use Home made marshmallow https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2015/05/easy-homemade-marshmallow-recipe-no.html in this Pls reply back ASAP

    Reply
  6. zara

    March 1, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    hi aarthi love all your recipes. please reply can i use powdered sugar in place of icing sugar??

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      March 2, 2020 at 1:07 pm

      Dont replace icing sugar. u need that

      Reply

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