Should I use fondant or gum paste?

If you are covering a cake, you want to use Fondant. If you want to make sugar flowers, 3-D accents and even bows, you want to use gumpaste.

Is fondant and gum paste the same thing?

Fondant is a rolled icing that’s used to cover cakes and cupcakes. Since it’s an icing, fondant never hardens like gum paste. Fondant contains a key ingredient called glycerine, it’s what makes it behave differently than gum paste. Glycerine is what keeps fondant soft and pliable, making it ideal for covering a cake.

Can you eat gum paste flowers?

It can be rolled very thin and dries very firmly and hard perfect for making handmade sugarflowers and other cake decorations. It is fully edible and is most commonly used for pre making cake decorations.

What does gum paste look like?

GUM PASTE: Is dough that rolls out very smooth – just like fondant. BUT you can roll it much thinner – without it tearing – and it will dry very, very hard. So if you want your sugar flowers to dry beautifully thin and hard, you are better off using gum paste and do NOT add glycerine.

What is the difference between fondant and icing?

Fondant is soft and can be manipulated into shape (is mostly used to cover the cake) and its on the dry side. Icing is piped and is soft, but only a little is used and it isn’t a runny texture.

How do you use gum paste?

To Use Gum Paste. To use Gum Paste that has been in the freezer leave it to defrost at room temperature then knead it until it is soft and pliable. Note: If the Gum Paste too hard to knead then you can put it in the microwave for a FEW SECONDS at a time until it is warm enough to knead.

What does gum paste mean?

Gum paste is a dough made from confectioners/icing sugar and several other ingredients that make it easy to work with to make sugar flowers and leaves and other small objects that are used to decorate cakes.