cake decorators!

what is the differences of gum past and fondant? it feels the same and looks the same, if you have the answer that would be great, thanks for your answer

Fondant is for covering a cake and some decorations.

Gumpaste is for decorations that you want to dry hard and fast, such as flowers or figures.

Welcome roshlyn!

Gumpaste is used to make flowers, figures etc.. It hardens and last a long time if not broken, it's also not considered edible.

Fondant is edible and it's what's used to cover cakes and decorations. Fondant can be combined with gumpaste to make flower and figures. The fondant gives you more stretch to the gumpaste and time to make your decorations.

You can also add tylose to fondant to make it gumpaste. Both of them can be colored with gel colors.