Wedding Cake

So Kayla's wedding was fabulous, and the cake came out pretty good. I tried marshmallow fondant for the first time, and it took me a few hours to get the hang of how different it was from butter cream. With butter cream fondant I usually roll it out into parchment paper, then lift the parchment paper and lay it across the cake.. it comes out perfect about 85% of the time.. Marshmallow was way different.. if I tried the parchment paper it would just stick and tear, so out the window went that idea. Here's the recipe.

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (16 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
• 4 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 pounds confectioners' sugar, divided

Directions

1. Place the butter in a shallow bowl, and set aside
2. Place the marshmallows in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on High for 30 seconds to 1 minute to start melting the marshmallows. Carefully stir the water and vanilla extract into the hot marshmallows, and stir until the mixture is smooth. Slowly beat in the confectioners' sugar, a cup at a time, until you have a sticky dough. Reserve 1 cup of powdered sugar for kneading. The dough will be very stiff.
3. Rub your hands thoroughly with butter, and begin kneading the sticky dough. As you knead, the dough will become workable and pliable. Turn the dough out onto a working surface dusted with confectioners' sugar and continue kneading until the fondant is smooth and no longer sticky to the touch, 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Form the fondant into a ball, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. To use, allow the fondant to come to room temperature, and roll it out onto a flat surface dusted with confectioners' sugar

you can use Crisco instead of butter, which is what I did. I made a vanilla cream cheese frosting for the center of the cake, but used regular box red velvet for the actual cake. I crumb coated the cake with butter cream frosting only because it dries really well (unlike vanilla cream cheese) so if I have to re-lay the fondant on the cake I don't have a mess of frosting all over it.