fondant? FonDON'T!

I hate fondant with a passion from the very core of my being.

To me fondant is almost sacreligious. I mean, really. Cake is meant to be eaten and not just eaten and forgotten but eaten in a slow, savory, make-all-your-wrongs-right kind of way. For all of life's big occassions it seems cake it there to walk it with you. I've said it once and I'll say it again, I take my responsibility of picking an amazing cake for my wedding very seriously.

I have been scrolling through photo albums online for hours now today and am saddened by how many of the gorgeous cakes are fondant. Its almost like no one is even trying anymore with our old realiable friend- buttercream. In fact, while reading the fine print of one of the cakeries I was considering I saw that they will ONLY do fondant icing on the cakes that they make May-September. Instantly I had to mark them of my list. They aren't even trying to make a cake to taste good!!

I've ready countless "about us" sections today that talk up their cakes with "blah blah blah natural ingrediants" and "yadda yadda yadda organic crap" but to me, a cake is only as good as its icing and so I say passionately, although with a small smile on my face at the challange at hand!