Hi all,
I have read that when making flowers or figures from fondant, it's suggested to add a little gumtex to help them keep their shape. I've also seen where many just use gumpaste for their flowers/figures. Can someone tell me the difference between gumpaste/gumtex and fondant? Is gumpaste or gumtex edible? If you add gumtex to fondant, is it still edible? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks for any replies!

Gumpaste dries very hard and can form fragile, thin petaled flowers very well. Adding Gumtex to fondant helps it try harder and work a bit more thin. Although technically you could eat them, they are very hard and would be quite unpleasant.

If you want the flowers or figures truly edible, royal, fondant, candy clay or even marzipan would be a better choice.

If you want the flowers more realistic and guanteed to hold their shape, then gumpaste is the way to go. Nicholas Lodge's recipe is very good, more white, and easy to use.

JoAnn, thanks for your response! You cleared it up 100% for me!