I am a molding virgin and in need of help. I will be making my fiances groom's cake in May and of course, he has requested a golf themed cake.

Does anybody have any tips/suggestions on how to mold the golfer? Should it be fondant or gumpaste? What is the advantages/disadvantages of working with one rather than the other? Are there tools to use? Or just your fingers?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, B.

i think a great way to get the first idea of how to mold would be to check out the feature article from the home page, " how to mold a fondant fairy" it should give you many pointers on your quest, just a place to start, many others could tell you more, im sure.

Look at some clay sculpting books, like for Sculpey or Fimo. The techniques are the same, use either gum paste or fondant, they will both work. You can use clay tools, too, just so long as they are only used for food. I have done that and used the gum paste tools kit to help with the details.

As a beginner I would recomend using fondant with gumtex added or fondant mixed with gumpaste. Plain gumpaste dries very fast and if you aren't use to working with it it may start to dry before you get done with your piece. By adding fondant and it together you get a longer working time, but a product that will dry faster than just plain fondant.

I do a lot of molding as well. I use half gumpaste and half sugarclay (255 grams fondant + 1 tsp tylose powder or gummix)

Mixture is very pliable and dries quite well. Just knead them together when you're ready to use them and keep ina ziplock bag.

Aine2 also did a tutorial on how she does those amazing figures that accompany her cakes. I think you can find it on her website (not sure of the address, just search for her and that should tell you). I watched it and it's VERY helpful in showing you how to create realistic people.