Mary Berry's Fondant Fancies |

Mary Berry's Fondant Fancies was the final technical challenge in The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) Season 3. Surprise your friends (and indeed yourself) with a batch of these homemade fondant fancies. Plus there’s plenty of fun to be had choosing your own colours and flavours.

Equipment and Preparation: You will need a piping bag, free-standing mixer and a 20cm/8in square tin.

Original Recipe : https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fo...

For fully written recipe and details: http://my192recipes.weebly.com

I was so inspired by GBBO that I wanted to try all the technical challenge recipes.

GBBO S03E10 - Final week - Mary Berry's Fondant Fancies

GBBO Brief:
[Sue] What we're asking you to do is to make and ice 25 fondant fancies. Proper artisan, beautifully done, fondant fancies. You need a square of delicate light sponge, a dome of buttercream... all encased in a glossy fondant.
[Mel] All the very best. This is your last technical challenge.
[Mel, Sue] On your marks... Get set... Bake.

Ingredients - For the sponge
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Self-raising flour - 225g / 8oz
Baking spread or softened butter - 225g / 8oz
Caster sugar - 225g / 8oz
Grated rind only - 1 lemon
Free-range eggs - 4

For the buttercream
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Unsalted butter, softened - 250g / 9oz
Icing sugar - 200g / 7oz

For the marzipan topping
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Apricot jam - 3 tbsp
Marzipan - 200g / 7oz

For the icing and decoration
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White fondant icing - 1 kg / 2lb 4oz
Water - 150ml / 5fl oz
Dark chocolate - 100g/3½oz
food colouring (any colour)
flavouring (any flavouring)