All through my childhood the cakes I have been exposed to ( eaten or seen ) were lovingly homemade and decorated with either vanilla or chocolate buttercream. Buttercream is delicious! There ain't no two ways about that one. It was not until we got cable at home and the era of Food Network happened to me that I got introduced to fondant. The look of those cakes were impeccable! Very impressive to look at. Naturally, I wondered about the taste of it . My chance came when i ordered a beautiful birthday cake for my little sister's 9 th birthday from a local baking company. I did NOT like the taste of it at all . It was wayyyy too sweet and the texture of it was definitely on the chewy side of things.
Fondant iced cake
Cupcakes with classic vanilla buttercream
I am yet to work with fondant ( I'm sure I will be posting about that experience :) ) . From my readings and research it is hands down easier to work with than buttercream. You can basically mold the fondant into lifelike characters or just simply do cut-outs in whatever shape or form you can imagine. The resulting look is certainly appealing. I think it pushes the idea of a frosted cake into an edible piece of art.
For cupcake decorating the possiblities are endless. So far I have only been using buttercream frostings and i'm quite pleased with the taste factor. However, I don't see the harm in using a combination of both buttercream and fondant . I shall soon test this theory of mine out on a birthday cake and matching cupcakes for a Selena Gomez themed birthday. Stay tuned for those pics :) .
So what do you all think ? Which one wins it for you ? Buttercream or Fondant ? I would love to hear from you all.
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