From what I know, fondant lasts pretty much forever as long as it doesn't get wet. I would let the figures dry for a few days and then store them somewhere where they won't get dusty.
Somebody who's been doing this longer might know better, though.
Good luck!
*edited to add that I regularly start my fondant accents a week or two in advance if I have a lot of them*
I am not sure what you mean by safe...so..I have two answers.
If you mean safe to consume 3 weeks early i would think not.
If you mean safe from melting or breaking I would say yes if...you store away from humidity and away from little breaking fingers. I often store figures in my china cabinet. No dust, no fingers, etc.
Also, I make my figures from gumpaste. Perhaps to fight humidty (if you need to) you could use 50/50
Good Luck,
JUlia
Gum paste figures last forever. If you have time to make figures now, do it. Thirty is a large number to make, so take advantage of the time you have. You can use 50/50 gum paste, MMF, but if the area is humid I would recommend more gum paste, so the figures dry good and hard.
Thanks for the advice, I will start them now and I will store them with the silica gel, good tip. We are at about 42 degrees and 90% humidity here and it's just started to warm up so I was concerned about that. Hopefully I will have a 30 figure NYPD stripper cake to post after June 1st, it's for my daughter's 30th b/day. Thanks CC guys/gals.
Thanks for the advice, I will start them now and I will store them with the silica gel, good tip. We are at about 42 degrees and 90% humidity here and it's just started to warm up so I was concerned about that. Hopefully I will have a 30 figure NYPD stripper cake to post after June 1st, it's for my daughter's 30th b/day. Thanks CC guys/gals.
Keep it out of light and the colors should not fade, although I heard of purple turning blue from other CC members. I have a shoebox that I line with parchment, place my figures in the box and put the lid on. My figures have not faded as of yet, and I had done one about a month ahead of time. As long as you keep it out of the light, the colors should not fade in 3 weeks=) HTH some, Jen
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