Ok after wilton course III i have one question and forgot to ask my teacher. We added gumtex to the fondant to make the roses. So now im out of that little packet and go to buy it in the store and there is gumtex and gumpaste. I know i need gumtext but when you add it to fondant is it then called gumpaste? I always buy a small box of wilton fondant and add gumtex in order to do the roses but now that i do MMF can you make the roses with that? IT seems to be too stretchy and not dry enough to make flowers, am i wrong?

To review: (1) Is fondant+ gumtext = gumpaste? and (2) can you make roses from course III with MMF and gumtext or does the wilton crap/chemical/plastic fondant work better?

TIA

I'd like to know too so here's a bump!

adding the gumtex isn't quite gumpaste. its more or less, just fondant with gumtex added... you can make your own gumpaste with the gumtex. gumpaste is really similar, but doesn't have any of the softening ingredients, like glycerin or shortening.
heres an recipe for gumpaste:

1 heaping tablespoon Glucose or corn syrup
3 tablespoons (1/4 cup) warm water
1 tablespoon Gum Tragacanth, also known as Gum-Tex
1 lb. sifted confectioners sugar (or more)

Heat glucose and water till just warm. Mix Gum-Tex with 1 cup of the sugar and add to glucose mixture. Mix well. Gradually knead in enough sugar until you have used about 3/4 pound.
Gum paste handles best when aged, so store in a plastic bag at least overnight, then break off a piece and work in more sugar until pliable but not sticky. Always keep well-covered. Follow directions for tinting and rolling out gum paste.
NOTE: Decorators with hot hands will prefer making a firmer paste using the 1/4 cup of water. Even less water can be used if a firmer paste is desired. For ivory colored gumpaste all or part dark corn syrup may be substituted for the light corn syrup.


this should make really nice roses and flowers. i don't know if mmf with gum tex will work. never tried it.

I would also like to know. BUMP.....

so gumpaste is better for making roses or even flowers (once i take the wilton fondant class) then fondant with gumtex?


btw sorry i am horrible with spelling errors--damn automatic spell check.

people have their own preferences. i would try using both and see what you like best!

its just that stuff is soo expensive (glucose and gumtex)i was trying to save some money.
Thanks for the suggestions i will just suck it up and try it out.

i only use light corn syrup, anytime a recipe calls for glucose. i agree, glucose is expensive, and corn syrup is a perfectly fine substitute. you can get a pretty big can of gum tex at michaels for about 8 dollars i think. use the 40% off coupon, and it'll only be about 5 dollars. there should be one next week. i should last you a long time, you only need about a Tbsp per pound of gumpaste.

I just answered this on some other post. I read on CC where if you combine equal amounts of mmf and gumpaste you could make roses.

I used this tecnique on my last cake (see castle) and it worked like a charm.

Good Luck!

I add gumtex to my MMF all the time, works well but it normally takes about 1 day to dry so if you're making roses you will need to do allow each layer to dry before doing the next.

For my final course 3 cake I added gumtex to my MMF and it seemed to be fine. Just add a little gumtex though as I found that the MMF became very dry and crumbly if you add too much.

when I took the Wilton Fondant/Gumpaste course. It worked just fine. Wilton prepared gumpaste costs a bit but I subscribe to the ACMoore email and always have a 40% off coupon in my purse. Sometimes you can find me handing them out because I hate to see people pay full price for anything.

Getting off my soapbox,
Debbie

thanks for all the great suggestions i think i will go to acmoore tonight and get some gumtex and try thigns out. and then when tomorrow i will buy gumpaste and see how i like each. You guys are great. thanks

So do you take your gumpaste that you've prepared and knead in some gumtex OR do you add gumtex to the gumpaste mix, then add the liquids and knead it?

Thanks!