I am new here and I am new at cake decorating. I am making my daughter's wedding cake in October. How far ahead can I make flowers out of fondat? How do I store them? Can I freeze them? Any other tips on fondant would be great thanks. sunflowerfreak

You can make them probaby as early as you want and store them out of bright light in a dry place for pretty much ever. I have a bouquet of roses I made probably 3 years ago, still in a vase in my entertainment center...course I wouldn't put them on a cake now!

Try gumpaste too--I always used fondant, but gumpaste I think dries firmer and/or more quickly. Someone else will know more about comparing the two.

But don't freeze them!!!!! Weird things happen to fondant when you freeze or refrigerate it.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I think I will use the gum paste. I made some gumpaste flowers last week but I didn't have the 'tools' to really work the detail on them. They came out OK but nothing I would put on a cake. But I loved working with the gum paste. It was really easy. It colored well too. If I start making the flowers now, can they still be eaten in October? Or should we take them off the cake before cutting the cake? sunflowerfreak

Gumpaste is great for flowers because you can make them so detailed and way ahead, but gumpaste doesn't taste very good - most people won't want to eat it. It's more for show - but is still eligible to be deemed "edible".