Fondant Vs Gumpaste

Decorating By KhymStacy Updated 13 Sep 2007 , 9:08pm by mydelights

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KhymStacy Posted 12 Sep 2007 , 8:47pm
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This maybe a dumb question but... why do some people use gumpaste instead of fondant for making flowers and such????

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torki Posted 12 Sep 2007 , 8:52pm
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gumpaste has more elasticity so can be rolled really thin if needed and it has a much faster drying time!!!

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KhymStacy Posted 12 Sep 2007 , 9:07pm
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Thank you Trudi!!!

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penguinprincess Posted 12 Sep 2007 , 9:27pm
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Thank you! I had the same question!!

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jenlg Posted 12 Sep 2007 , 9:36pm
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yeah, but you can eat the fondant decorations, gumpaste decos need picked off due to no one wanting to bite into them. I love to use gumpaste but someone once said...I want to be able to cut into a cake and be able to eat everything....boy was that a bummer...

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Larie Posted 13 Sep 2007 , 2:55am
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I have seen a lot of cakes say they are made of all fondant and seem to be mostly 3 D. Are they adding something to the fondant that makes it work like gumpaste?

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torki Posted 13 Sep 2007 , 12:47pm
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fondant does harden and you can add tylose into it to make it harden more.. you can also use 50/50 fondant and gumpaste.

some ppl refer to gumpaste/ sugarpaste as fondant...depending where you come from.

my kids love eating gumpaste...!!!! icon_confused.gificon_surprised.gificon_biggrin.gif

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Larie Posted 13 Sep 2007 , 1:39pm
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I am in the states, Kentucky that is. I have tried to use mm fondant for some 3 D figures and they seem fairly heavy.... any advise?

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mydelights Posted 13 Sep 2007 , 9:08pm
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I too find fondant to be too heavy when making bigger pieces like couch. The results tend to flatten out instead of drying hard.

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