Fondant icing is a cooked sugar icing.  Many people confuse Fondant with Marzipan, which is made from almonds.  There is no taste to Fondant other than a sweet sugar taste.  The consistency is delicate, but a little chewy.  To use fondant icing, the cake must first be iced with Buttercream, Rosette, or 50/50 icing.

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