How to Use fondant in a Sentence

fondant

noun
  • The desserts, like the fondant au chocolat, still warm from the oven, are a must.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Fold the edges down on both sides of the strip of fondant so the lengthwise edges are smooth and not cut.
    Corrina Lawson, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2011
  • Roll white fondant and cut out bones, skull, and insides of ears.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 2 Oct. 2018
  • Place one 1½-inch fondant round over lollipop and pinch to close.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Roll orange fondant and cut circles to serve as eyes and toes.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 2 Oct. 2018
  • One woman left a cake, with Batman in fondant, on her porch.
    Christine Hauser, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Make the witch's hat out of black fondant and use shredded wheat cereal for her hair.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Then place larger fondant round over the smaller one, pleating to make a ghost shape.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The cake, which looked like a holiday ham wrapped in green fondant, stood quite a few inches tall.
    Tirion Morris, azcentral, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Shape the fondant into faces and ears and stick onto the popcorn while its still tacky, then use a small dab of water to stick on the eyes.
    Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Paul Greene, a former J. Crew model and the male lead, presented the group with a white fondant cake topped with pine trees.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Step 5 Roll colored fondant into a tiny balls and place in the center of each flower.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The group were seen at a restaurant, about to tuck into a tasty-looking chocolate fondant dessert.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
  • Nina Maria Charles stamps fondant with a mold that replicates the leather texture of a handbag.
    The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The texture will be fondant-like: really white and sticky.
    Adrian Spinelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2021
  • Use it to roll out fondant, pasta, pizza, or any type of homemade dough.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 30 June 2021
  • Roll together some black and white fondant and make small marbled stones for the walkway.
    Tara Bench, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2019
  • With the green dough sheets, use a succulent fondant cutter to create zigzag shapes.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The final element of the dish was pommes fondant, potatoes cooked in butter, braised in stock, and then seared to a golden brown.
    Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Flavors of lemon curd, fondant and jasmine finish with a hint of sweetness.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Roll out fondant to ⅛ inch thick; using paring knife, cut into palm tree leaf shapes.
    Anna Helm Baxter, Woman's Day, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The cake was a five-tier red velvet with white chocolate cream cheese filling and a white fondant with rhinestone border.
    Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In the clip, four of the Fab Five go head-to-head to re-create cupcakes in their likeness, using fondant, cake mix and a whole lot of food coloring.
    Henry Youtt, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • The cake is sturdy and dense, encased with slivered almonds, topped with chocolate and swirled white fondant.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2018
  • The knife destroys the pristine veneer of fondant and, in so doing, liberates the cake within.
    New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • One of her goals is to become more comfortable sculpting with fondant.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Halvaesque limestone, discolored from age, stands in for the fondant-like décor: the tense buttresses rise and sprawl, sinew-like, up the walls.
    Yuliya Komska, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
  • There’s hours of conversation with me talking to them about fondant.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The 30-year-old baker Mina Park, who owns the Brooklyn cake shop 99, approximates fondant with mochi.
    Zoey Poll Katja Mayer, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The 54-year-old Maple Lawn resident is the founder of Icing Smiles, a nonprofit built upon layers and layers of flour, sugar, fondant and, well, sweetness.
    Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024

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