How far in advance can I make gumpaste accent pieces? It's for something I want to do for a teacher at school but I'm not sure when they're going to do the party. If they end up pushing the party to the end of the year (about a month from now), will they keep that long?

good question, I have a wedding cake in the end of June. If I am going to do gumpaste, I will need that long to get them all done, will they last?

I have gumpaste and fondant pieces that I made 6 months ago and they are fine, since you dont eat gum paste and its only for making accent /decorative pieces they should be just fine. they dry very hard. Just keep them in a dry covered place, since the colors can fade in the light I would just keep them in a dark/covered place so they dont fade.

I always make my gumpaste accents and figures quite a bit early. You will have no problem making them now and having to hold onto them until June.

I'm still making some rather thick ones for a cake for this Wednesday night.....waaaaaahhh! I hope they set! I've been soooo lazy!

I'd do them now for sure. I have bad luck GP pieces, especially anything that has to stand UP, like curlicues etc. They just don't set up in time and tend to sag and 'wilt'...bleh. Sooner's better.