Gum Paste And Fondant

Decorating By robin5568 Updated 12 May 2007 , 2:06am by robin5568

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robin5568 Posted 10 May 2007 , 2:12am
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I was given the kit, Beautiful Gum Paste Flowers, I have worked with fondant and would like to know if gum paste and fondant are interchangeable when making flowers.

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mjs4492 Posted 10 May 2007 , 2:31am
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Hi and Welcome to CC!

When you use gumpaste for your flowers, they will set-up harder/stiffer than just straight fondant. Roll the gumpaste real thin and you'll have beautiful real-looking flowers. When working with straight gumpaste, it will tend to dry faster also than regular fondant.
You might want to go 50/50 with your gumpaste and fondant first and get the feel of it. You can definitely use just fondant for flower-making if you don't have any gumpaste yet. In my opinion, if you roll out the fondant real thin, the flowers look better.
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icantcook Posted 10 May 2007 , 2:32am
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How funny! I was logging on tonight to ask the very same question! Hopefully someone will tell us we can use fondant. I'm just wondering if it is strong enough? I've never worked with gum paste, so I don't know how they compare in consistency (sp?)

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mjs4492 Posted 10 May 2007 , 2:47am
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Fondant takes longer to dry than gumpaste. Both make beautiful flowers though. Just remember to roll out both the gumpaste and the fondant thin for flower-making.

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robin5568 Posted 12 May 2007 , 2:06am
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You guys are life savers. Thanks so much, just what I wanted to know.

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