Fondant icing Fondant icing Fondant icing, also commonly referred to simply as fondant (, ), is an icing used to decorate or sculpt cakes and pastries. It is made from sugar, water, gelatin, butter, and glycerol. It does not have the texture of most icings; rolled fondant is akin to stiff clay, while poured fondant is a thick liquid. The word, in French, means "melting," coming from the same root as "fondue" and "foundry." However, what the French call "fondant" is sugar glaze, which has to be applied hot on pastries like "mille-feuille," while fondant icing would be referred as "pâte à
Foam weapon Europe and the UK, the terms "latex weapon" and "LARP-safe weapon" are more common, and combat is usually referred to as "LARP combat". Non-latex foam weapons are primarily used in Jugger and in the Finnish LARP community. The primary concern in designing a foam weapon is safety; a pulled blow with a foam weapon should not hurt the target, and in systems that allow it, even a full-strength blow should not cause injury. Combatants who consistently fail to pull their blows are liable to be ejected from an event, or at least pulled out of the fighting for safety reasons.