Homemade
Chocolate Recipes:
Candy:
Fondant (2)
(* All measurements should be level.)
- 4 cups of granulated
sugar,
- 1 * cups of cold
water,
- * a teaspoonful of
cream of tartar, or 3 drops of acetic acid.
Stir the sugar and water in a saucepan, set on the back part of the range, until
the sugar is melted, then draw the saucepan to a hotter part of the range, and stir
until the boiling point is reached; add the cream of tartar or acid and, with the
hand or a cloth wet repeatedly in cold water, wash down the sides of the saucepan,
to remove any grains of sugar that have been thrown there. Cover the saucepan and
let boil rapidly three or four minutes. Remove the cover, set in the thermometer—if
one is to be used—and let cook very rapidly to 240° F., or the soft
ball degree. Wet the hand in cold water and with it dampen a marble slab or a large
platter, then without jarring the syrup turn it onto the marble or platter. Do not
scrape out the saucepan or allow the last of the syrup to drip from it, as sugary
portions will spoil the fondant by making it grainy. When the syrup is cold, with
a metal scraper or a wooden spatula, turn the edges of the mass towards the center,
and continue turning the edges in until the mass begins to thicken and grow white,
then work it up into a ball, scraping all the sugar from the marble onto the mass;
knead slightly, then cover closely with a heavy piece of cotton cloth wrung out of
cold water. Let the sugar stand for an hour or longer to ripen, then remove the damp
cloth and cut the mass into pieces; press these closely into a kitchen bowl, cover
with a cloth wrung out of water (this cloth must not touch the fondant) and then
with heavy paper. The fondant may be used the next day, but is in better condition
after several days, and may be kept almost indefinitely, if the cloth covering it
be wrung out of cold water and replaced once in five or six days. Fondant may be
used, white or delicately colored with vegetable color-pastes or with chocolate,
as frosting for small cakes, or éclairs or for making candy "centers,"
to be coated with chocolate or with some of the same fondant tinted and flavored
appropriately.
Recipe Credit: Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill
Note: These recipes date from the late 1800's to early 1900's. Use substitute ingredients
when the recipe calls for it, i.e., "Dot Chocolate" is no longer sold in
stores. Adjust substitute measurements as needed. It is recommended that you stick
to the BAKER'S® brand wherever possible for the most accurate results.
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