Renshaw Extra Ready to Roll Icing

Renshaw Sugar Pastes can be rolled out, hand modelled, or used with cutters & moulds - perfect for covering & decorating large or sharp edged cakes, cupcakes & cookies. Renshaw Extra Ready to Roll Fondant is designed to have more strength and more stretch so it can be rolled thinner, cover larger areas, and follow sharper edges around the cake or tiers. 

Renshaw Extra Fondant Icing can be easily coloured, by either kneading in coloured sugarpastes or adding small amounts of concentrated food colours to the fondant, and thanks to its increased strength and elasticity is more suited to warmer climates than some other sugar pastes.

How To Use

Renshaw Extra Ready to Roll Fondant Icing is an easy to use type of sugar paste to use as it comes ready to use straight from the pack. Knead well, dust your work area with a light coating of icing sugar, then roll out the icing, using firm, even pressure and you’re ready to go. The Renshaw Extra Ready To Roll Sugar Paste recipe means that when you cover a cake it will remain soft on the underside but will firm up on top, creating the ideal base for decorating – we recommend an icing thickness of 4mm - 8mm. If you’re modelling you can get started as soon as you open the pack – it’s instantly workable so there’s no time for hardening.

Sugar Paste, Sugarpaste, or Fondant Icing?

Here in the UK Sugar Paste is often called Fondant Icing, Sugarpaste, or Rolled Icing and these are all exactly the same. Sugar Paste is a sweet tasting, soft, malleable icing which is easy to roll out – it has a lovely consistency, which is rather like Play-Doh. Perfect for covering and decorating a plethora of cakes, cupcakes and cookies as it can be rolled, cut, shaped, or moulded.

Storing Sugar Paste

Stored properly Sugar Paste decorations and cake toppers remain as crisp, colourful, and tasty as when first created so you can easily make your decorations in advance - a great option for busy bakers! You should let your sugar paste decorations dry completely before storing them in a air tight container, in a cool, dry place. If you’ve created anything particularly delicate like flowers add some tissue paper or padding to avoid damage. Opened packs of sugarpaste also need to be stored properly so the icing remains in perfect condition for the next time you need to use it. Wrap excess Sugar Paste in cling film or place inside an airtight container and then store in a cool, dry place. Sugar Paste should not be stored in the fridge or freezer.

Not sure which Renshaw modelling paste is for you? Check Renshaw's Icing Scale to see which will give you the best results. Or our Blog here has more information on Sugar Paste and answers even more questions!