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countable and uncountable, plural fondants
(usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies. quotations examples
To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.
2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons
(countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation. quotations examples
At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given.
2005, Georgina Campbell, Irish Country House Cooking: The Blue Book Recipe Collection, page 62
(food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine. quotations examples
Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.
2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR) , page 182
(usually uncountable) Fondue. quotations examples
Start with a Cortland apple salad, beets with goat cheese fondant, […]
2010, Paul Karr, Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
(usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion. examples
(slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.