I have a cake for next weekend with elaborate scrollwork and was going to go old school and use fondant and cutters but I have the expression and thought, why not use it?

After some reviews, I am wondering if I need the Cricut Cake if I already have the Expression? I don't want to use gumpaste since I don't know that it would be edible (client wants black scrollwork over all 3 tiers).

Thanks

the expressions works just fine, just make sure you have a deep blade and a mat just for gumpaste.

for me the secret is letting the fondant dry really well.

hope it works for you!

how does this work? roll fondant on mat and let dry? how thin?

You can certainly use the Expression to do cake. However, I would never put paper back through it then, after using it for fondant/gumpaste. I just think it's nasty to go back and forth between paper and food items. I have an Expression for paper work, but if I wanted to use it for cake decorating, I would buy a second Expression and keep it exclusively for food.

ok, after some searching...I found the difference between the Expression and Cricut Cake is CC has stainless steel parts inside and can be cleaned. The expression will rust. So it seems the big problem would be ...if you use the expression to cut gumpaste, it could mess up your paper, leave grease spots. Even if you change the blade , not sure though.
After further searching i DO think you could use Sugar veil, since the dried product is like vynale (sp?) I would try that, using a recomended mat, and blade for this use only.
There is a tuitorial on you tube with Sugar Veil.
HTH