Wilton Gumpaste And Fondant Class Supplies
Decorating By crislen Updated 4 Apr 2007 , 9:39pm by lillykaci1
Ok, the staff at my Micheals is clueless. I signed up for the Gumpaste and Fondant course starting on Thursday and the lady said I only need to bring the student kit - no other supplies. And when I called and talked to another lady I was told the same thing (but neither really knew what they were talking about!)
Now, I highly doubt that they would be supplying the fondant and gumpaste etc, so I am hoping that one of you wonderful CCers has taken the course and has a supply list!! Is there a book as well as the student kit?
I hope the instructor is better than the retail staff! 
When you signed up for the class, you should have received the supply list:
Tools From Your Kitchen
Reusabel, disposable cloths
2 tablespoons of white vegetable shortening
2 tablespoons of cornstarch
2 tablespoons of powdered sugar
Toothpicks
Corsage Pin
Scissors
Scotch Tape
Plastic food storage wrap
2 or 3 gallon size food storage bags
2 or 3 quart size food storage bags
Icings
1 package of White Fondant (24oz size)
1 Fondant Multi-pack (Primary or Pastel)
Piping Gel or White Piping Gel Tube
Decorating Tools and Supplies
Fondant and Gum Paste Student Kit
12 inch cake circles - 1 package + Fanci-foil
or 12" Silver Cake Bases
Roll & Cut Mat
20" rolling pin
Small angled spatula
Disposable Deccorating Gloves (optional)
Your instructor will give you the Course book. HTH 
I am self-taught. I took one beginner cake decorating course through a local school board which I found repeated alot of information I knew so I skipped doing the Michaels classes. However, I am excited about making the flowers!! I've played a bit with fondant and never with gumpaste so I'm ready to learn!!
Thanks for all the info everyone 
You will enjoy the flowers. My carnation needs more practice, but my daisy's turned out good. My final cake I made for the class is in my photo's. I wish they would have shown more flowers. My instructor showed us one that wasn't in the book - a calla lilly.
When I took the class that first night I needed a 8" round cake too. We covered the cake circle and the cake with fondant.
My WIM said that we could use a fake cake, and that's what I would do if I were you untill the last night when you make your final cake. Cuz the rest of the time you don't really finish a cake. You cover the cake the first night and learn so other stuff the the next week you have to bring a cake and you put a drape, and a hankerchife and some ruffles and that's that then the third week you don't need a cake. so I would stick with the fake cake for the first two weeks.
get michaels to give you the number to the instructor. I am now in course 3 and will gumpaste next, but our instructor brings some stuff. I called her the first time because I started late in the class 1 and she was very nice and told me what to bring.
I don't know we covered the cake my first night.
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