Mary Berry's Fondant Fancies | #GBBO S03E10 | Final Week

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 ---------------------------- 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 ------------------- Unsalted butter, softened - 250g / 9oz Icing sugar - 200g / 7oz For the marzipan topping ------------------------ Apricot jam - 3 tbsp Marzipan - 200g / 7oz For the icing and decoration ---------------------------- White fondant icing - 1 kg / 2lb 4oz Water - 150ml / 5fl oz Dark chocolate - 100g/3½oz food colouring (any colour) flavouring (any flavouring)