Hi all,
I am wanting to start working more with fondant. Many questions. First, is the mmf a good fondant to work with. Would most say that working with fondant, like making a person or animal like working with playdough. You just work with it until it forms into the figure you want. What are different ways to make clay items. I mean like can you take a playdough model set and use fondant instead of playdough of course and make the shape you want, or is there a special model set to buy. What would anyone say I should start doing to learn how to make many things with fondant. Any help I really am ready to take my decorating skills to a new level. Thanks for any help.

What you can make with FOndant or MMF is endless.
I live for Fondant, and I only do Fondant on my cakes.
My life is complete with Fondant...

I'm not an expert at all on fondant or mmf by any means..but I have used both numerous times.

I love mmf. It is cheap and easy to make and tastes a milion times better than any other fondants I've tried. I find it much like playdough where you can make all kinds of things and use molds of any kind and use cookie cutters and any other cutters you have. Actually, I just watched something on the food network..I think it was "ace of cakes", where someone used a playdough mold or gadget to make something out of fondant.

Anyway, I find it pretty easy to work with overall. If it starts to get too stiff, all you have to do is "nuke" it for a few seconds in the microwave. If you want it to be stiffer you just let it sit out for a little while. It doesn't always dry super hard like gumpaste but you can always mix it with gumpaste if you want to do that as well. But overall, I love mmf and I hope you try it. The more you play around with it, the easier it gets. Good luck. I hope I helped

MMF works great for modeling. A good book to get you started would be a book called "The Sculpy Way". It is actually a book for making clay figures, but you can still use the basics and just translate it into using fondant instead of clay. Yes you can use the playdough tools like the fun factory with fondant. Just make sure it is a new one and has not been used for playdough. There are lots of good pictures of fondant figures in the galleries. If you have any questions as you go along, just ask. Everyone at the website is great about helping and sharing their knowledge. Good Luck with you modeling.

I was very hesitant to start working with fondant when I first started. My first experience with it was during my Wilton classes, and of course, the instructor recommended Wilton packaged fondant. When I first tasted it, and worked with it, I thought, "Oh gross!...this stuff tastes AWFUL! How could ANYONE want this on their cake!?" I found it difficult to work with too. This, of course, was BEFORE I discovered CC! When I started here, I found the recipe for MMF, and, WOW! My whole fondant experience changed! It tastes GREAT, and is SO much easier to work with! Now, I hate working with butter cream, and LOVE fondant!
I purchased any and ALL fondant tools that Michaels craft store had
( made by Wilton of course), and they have served me well. They are great for anything you might need...I have all the cut out shapes, trimmers, and, well, just about any fondant tools they have, I own! There are all kinds of tools on the web you can purchase too, but I think the ones in the store are great to start with, and will last forever! Have fin!
I also bought the Wilton Fun With Fondant book available at Michaels when I first started. It had lots of fun designs, and ideas as well as good instruction!
GOOD LUCK!

Thanks so much for this info. Anyhelp in cake decorating is great. I will take any help I can get. I was trying to make a castle cake, wanted to get into the 3-D theme and a lot of people helped me out a lot, I finished it and will post it soon. Thanks a million.

what are the differences between fondant and gumpaste gum tex, what do all of these things do.

hamlove,
Fondant can be used to cover your cake, like an icing, but it is rolled out of course and not spread on like buttercream. Fondant can also be used to make decorations with. Gumpaste is used to make decorations with. Gum tex, is used to MAKE gumpaste. Hope this helped!

fondant is FUN!! and the best is the mmf. Enjoy playing!!

gumtex is added to mmf to make it dry harder, you can also mix a 50/50 combo of mmf and gumpaste.

I just got Wilton's Celbrating with Fondant, and it is great!! very clear instructions with pictures, cute cakes with many ideas.

Yes you can use a play dough machine to make things out of with your fondant but you will have to put some gumpast in the fondant if you want it to go hard. When you use a play dough machine make sure you have only used it for fondant especially if you want to put it on cakes.

The more I make MMF the more I love using it. Im hooked

can you put gumtex in mmf to make it hard to make figures or any other kind of creation. Dont mean to ask so many questions, just wanting to learn all I can.