In the 1 and18th centuries, people began to add wild fruits to cakes and coated them with a layer of sugar coating to enhance the flavor of cakes. In the 1920s, three-tier wedding cakes became the mainstream. The ground floor is used to entertain wedding guests, and the middle floor is given to guests to take home. The top floor is reserved for children to have a christening ceremony before meals [1]. In the 1970s, Australians invented sugar paste, which was introduced and developed by the British. But at that time, this kind of cake could only be seen at royal weddings, so it was also regarded as a symbol of nobility. Cakes decorated with it are very popular in European and American weddings, birthdays, parties and other celebration occasions.
2. In 1970s, the soft candy technology was invented and used to make West Point. Plastic fudge can create various shapes, which is regarded as a measure of cake artistry, and the technology of fudge flower is regarded as one of the most difficult technologies in fudge technology. Soft candy can decorate cakes with colorful colors, mainly due to its unique production technology. There are many kinds of fudge techniques. On the basis of making full use of the ductility of soft sweets, profound theoretical and practical experiences such as kneading dough, English icing and royal icing have been gradually developed.
3. Sugar flowers, not Tang Huahua, are made as beautiful as real flowers, but more delicate than real flowers, by using western sugar transfer technology. The wedding cake of Prince Charles and Princess Kate is decorated with exquisite and realistic candy flowers.
The above is about the origin of fondant technology.