Rubina's Cake Shoppe

I recently had a very special client who had asked for an organic cake which did not contain white sugar and white flour and I was excited to take on the challenge.  I love to use fondant because the cake will keep better when covered in fondant. It also allows for more design options and it gives the cake a flawless, porcelain finish.  The biggest challenge I had is that traditional fondant recipes contain refined sugar and shortening.

I thought that maybe we could find a way to make us both happy and still use fondant without refined sugar and shortening. I initially researched to find organic fondants on the market or recipes for organic fondant on the web but  I had no luck. That didn’t stop me, I thought to myself, “if it doesn’t exist then I I’ll make it exist”. I usually make every component of my cakes from scratch except for fondant because I had been told by several master cake artists that home-made fondant is very temperamental and that high quality ready-made fondant is the way to go. Since I had never made my own fondant before I was a little nervous about the outcome but after a little experimentation I had success! I came up with my own fondant recipe which is 98% organic and does not include any refined white sugar or shortening. Now if you have ever tasted a few different fondants, you will know that not all fondant tastes good and I find it very important that my cakes don’t just look good but that every component of the cake tastes great. I was thrilled that the fondant was delicious, the best way to describe it would be that it tasted like the oreo cookie crème filling. Who doesn’t like that! It was also extremely easy to use and covered the cake beautifully! Above are some pictures of the cake covered in my organic fondant, prior to decoration so you can see how smooth it came out on the cake.