fondant
/ˈfɒnd(ə)nt
/noun [mass noun]
1A thick paste made of sugar and water and often flavoured or coloured, used in the making of sweets and the icing and decoration of cakes.Fondant icing is literally fondant warmed with a little syrup, flavoured, and coloured....
- The festival will include cakes for all occasions, with toppings made of fondant, butter cream, fresh cream, and royal icing.
- In a saucepan over low heat, combine corn syrup and fondant and cook, stirring constantly, until a light caramel color.
1.1 [count noun] A sweet made of fondant.Pudding, however, was a triumph, with Lucinda's chocolate fondant being a gooey delight....
- The chocolate brûlée was the pick of the three, but the fondant and the white-chocolate sorbet slipped down equally easily.
- Of the puddings, a warm chocolate fondant with peanut ice-cream and artichoke caramel really stood out.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, literally 'melting', present participle of fondre.
Rhymes
- runically
- runic calendar
- runiform
- well-experienced
- well-expressed
- well-eye
- well-eyed
- well-fabricated
- well-famed
- well-fancied
- well-faring
- well-farmed
- well-fashioned
- well-fatted
- well favored
- well favoured
- well-favouredness
- well-feasted
- well-feathered
- well-featured
- well fed
- well-feed
- well-feeding
- well-feigned
- well-fenced