"Rolled fondant is also a sugar based recipe that has fat, sugar alcohol, thickeners and sometimes starches added to form a dough like mass that is pliable and stretchy and ready to roll." ...

Surprise your friends (and indeed yourself) with a batch of these homemade fondant fancies ... top of the cake with the sieved apricot jam. Roll the marzipan out very thinly, cover the top ...

For this recipe you will need a large heatproof mixing bowl, a handheld electric whisk, a 35x25cm/14x10in Swiss roll tin and a cook ... before applying the fondant. For the chocolate fondant ...