Brain Cake

Step 3: Melt Marshmellows

Now that the cake is done, its time to make the fondant. If you have fondant mix you can use that instead of making your own, or you can buy fondant from stores like Joann's.  My Marshmallow fondant is completely edible and basically tastes like super sweet marshmallow taffy.

1. Place a large amount of marshmallows into a microwavable bowl. (you will need a lot more than this for a large cake, I am just making a sample here)
2. LIGHTLY sprinkle the marshmallows with water. Please do not add too much water. just lightly moisten the marshmallows with a little water so that they cook better.
3. Melt the marshmellows in the microwave. I would put them in for 30 secs, stir and then place them in for another 30 seconds to completely melt them.

Comments

[Monster Muncher]

Can you use larger marshmallows? Will you need less

[kwnstant!na]

I unfortunately don't own a microwave oven.
Could I use the regular oven instead ?
Will it work the same way ?

[kiffakitty]

You could heat it up on a stove top. The important thing is to have melted marshmallows, the technique isn't really important.

[ziggiau]

Could you just make the marshmallow from scratch? It's easy enough to do (this Instructable seems to do the trick - http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Flavored-Marshmallows/) and maybe you could modify the ingredients (less liquid, more sugar) to get you to the correct consistency?

[kiffakitty]

this is actually just a quick and cheap way of making fondant, if you want to make it from scratch you could probably make fondant from a recipe-that would probably give you the best consistency. The fondant is usually too sweet to eat (it uses confectioner's sugar like flour in dough) so if it were me I'd make the delicious homemade marshmellows as another snack for the party-especially if they are cut out like little ghosts or pumpkins- that would be so cute!