Liam Charles's Fondant Fancies recipe

Liam Charles's Fondant Fancies recipe

thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk

Liam’s take on these classic afternoon treats feature a delicately spiced sponge alongside traditional marzipan, buttercream, and fondant. To transform them into robot clowns, create faces with...

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Cooking tools:

  • Stand mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Baking dish
  • Offset spatula
  • Oven
  • Cooling rack
  • Piping bag
  • Star nozzle
  • Rolling pin
  • Cutting board
  • Pastry brush
  • Chilling fridge
  • Refrigerator
  • Kitchen scale
  • Measuring spoon
  • Edible pen
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Spoon

Ingredients

  • 150g margarine
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 50g dark brown sugar
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 125g unsalted butter, softened
  • 250g icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste
  • 250g ground almonds
  • 250g icing sugar, sieved
  • 1 medium egg
  • 2-3 drops of almond essence
  • 500g white fondant
  • 500g grey fondant
  • apricot jam for brushing
  • cornflour, for rolling
  • red food colouring
  • yellow food colouring
  • 10g red fondant for noses
  • 10g white fondant for the robot panels
  • edible eyes
  • edible glue
  • edible pens
  • candy floss for hair

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