Fondant Swags/drapes

Decorating By mjs4492 Updated 20 Nov 2006 , 2:31am by jeking

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mjs4492 Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:18am
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Hi,
I've read everything that I can find and looked at all the swag and drape photos on this site and others and have a couple of questions:

do you roll the fondant thinner for an easier job? for a more graceful appearance?

do you mix gumpaste in with the fondant to maintain the shape?

do you place the swags/drapes onto the cake right away?

Thanks!! icon_smile.gif

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moydear77 Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:23am
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I try to roll them thin. Not see through thin but the more thin the more realistic. I do not mix it with gumpaste and I apply to a chilled cake.

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lilie Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:25am
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Gumpaste will help strengthen the fondant. A thinner fondant may be a little saggy. Experiment with it. You can put the swags on right away. Just make sure you secure them well. I hope this helps a little.

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flourgrl Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:27am
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what I like to do is roll it with a pasta maker, that way it's consistently thin.
I also add a bit of gum tex to the fondant, just to make it a bit more elastic, but it also dries harder, so maintains it's shape.

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jeking Posted 20 Nov 2006 , 2:31am
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We were taught to roll fondant for swags about 1/8 of an inch thick...no more...perhaps just a bit thinner. Too thin makes them "floppy"...too thick and they don't look natural. We did add gumtex to the fondant, but only because we were wanting it to all dry very hard as the "stuff" we did was all practice and we took it home. I think if your going to possibly eat it, you might not want to add the gumtex. If not...go for it. It will make it more sturdy.

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