Using Gumpaste Vs. Mmf For Decorations
Decorating By sweetchef Updated 2 Oct 2006 , 12:30pm by jmt1714
Depends on the gumpaste you use. Satin Ice has a lovely tasting gumpaste... I use gumpaste straight or a 50/50 mixture on figures and pieces--things that most people would not want to eat because they are hard. The gumpaste makes it dry harder faster. If I am doing accents that could be eaten, then I do them in straight fondant.
So, gumpaste would be better than fondant for decorations attached to pop-up wires (which material is heavier?) and cake toppers (such as handmade bride and grooms)? Is gumpaste the same as sugarpaste?
One is not heavier than the other, but my own personal preference would be to use gumpaste for anything attached to wires or figures made into toppers (or a 50/50 gumpaste/fondant mixture) because I know they will not be eaten and they will dry faster. MMF, in my experience, really does not dry fast enough and is too soft for me to work with (even adding gum-tex). Sugarpaste is another term for fondant. 
I prefer the fondant because it dries slower. I am still learning to work with fondant and gumpaste, and I found that my gumpaste was drying out before I could finish what I ws trying to do. 
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