Buying fondant icing online

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Does anyone have any on line recommendations for buying fondant icing/cake making supplies as I have no cake supplies near where I live.

Squires Kitchen are big suppliers in to the SUGARCRAFT market. I would give them a try.

Thank you.

I have a look later.

Squires have a 'super slick' fondant to buy... it's not too bad but needs some working to get smooth; it's quite crumbly to start with. I think my favourite stuff has been from a shop in Tunbridge Wells called Catering Complements. I don't think it's own brand though and my memory had gone - you could call them to ask the brand as you'd probably be able to source from an online retailer. Or they may post to you?

I use a company called Cake Stuff. They have lots of different makes of fondant, good prices and excellent service.

I have used cake stuff, the baker shop, cakescookiesandcrafts and others (no loyalty, me ), but it's also worth trying out the supermarket brands - some of them are pretty good, and it's expensive (heavy) stuff to post.

Squires are awful for fondant and defo not good for flower paste. I like 'a piece of cake' in Thame and their flower paste is nice too! I also second stealths choices. Ive got no loyalty either...bar the flower paste!

I've tried many different fondants, and I found the best is Cova Paste. You can get it from www cakecraftworld.co.uk

Thanks Stealth, I only doing one cake.

I normally do butter icing type cakes but dd2 wants Bookworm cake so this will be my first attempt at using fondant to cover and decorate. I don't think I need much icing.

Bookworm looks fun.

I would get some sugarcel as well otherwise he might be a bit of a floppy Bookworm in this weather.

Sorry what is sugarcel and what do with it.

It's a powder which you need into icing to make it set harder (and make it easier to work with - stretchier, basically). Also labelled as Gum Tragacanth substitute, it's the same stuff they use to thicken diet yoghurts and the like. It would give you a smoother and more co-operative bookworm, but it's not essential.

Need? Knead

If you don't need much, just get it from the supermarket - they all have their own brands, plus sell things like silver spoon icing as well. I like the waitrose own-brand the best.

I have loads of tylo powder (which is what sugarcel is - sugarcel is a brand name) I'd be happy to post you a bit, you hardly need any (less than a tsp for what you are doing) and it'd be a bit of a waste of postage for you to buy a pot of it. PM me if you like.

That would be fine in supermarket own brand.

Just make the worm a day or two in advance and let it dry in the coolest, non fridge spot in your house.

Thank you for all your advice.

Unfortunately I only have a crappy Asda near me and it doesn't have a good selection of cake/baking stuff unless it's a cake in box mixture.

I don't mind buying extra as a would like to learn cake decorating anyway.

Asda own-brand fondant is pretty good, and cheaper than many online.

I have look on Saturday when I next go, but when I looked a month or so ago it was all 'Betty Crocker' type things.