I bought this great book called The Essential Guide to Cake Decorating . It have lots of ideas but uses different kinds of paste for different projects. For flowers it says to use flower paste, for figures it says to use modelling paste, etc. I know that sugar paste is fondat. Does that mean all the other stuff is gumpaste?. I wanted to use Fondx to try some of the flowers and stuff but am not sure A. how much gumtex to put in the fondant and B. what exactly are Modelling Paste, Flower paste and pastillage?

I'm no expert but I do believe that it has to do with the amount of hardening agent used. The amount of gum tragacanth called for varies as does the method of mixing leading to products that dry with a different hardness. Modelling paste dries softer than flower paste which in turn dries softer than pastillage which is rock hard. I too have that book but I haven't summed up the courage to try anything yet.

I haven't tried anything either for that reason too....lol. I was debating if I should use the book's recipes or just try it the fondant and some gum-tex.....oh well I'll just try and see what happens. Thanks for the info.