What Do I Cut Fondant/gumpaste With?
Decorating By lilthorner Updated 14 Jan 2007 , 6:59pm by lilthorner
i just made a shoe (in my gallery) and I used the pizza wheel and a knife but I need a really smooth cut. I was using an xacto knife but I couldnt find it yetserday when I was making my shoe.. what can I use (what do u use) to cut fondant shapes and such
thank you!
I also use the paring knife, pizza wheel, and exacto knife. What else could there be?? any interesting ones out there??
The trouble with using a pizza wheel is that it is not designed for fine cutting, but for cutting through thick baked dough. Therefore, you often get a ragged cut at the edge. It is fine for trimming the bottom of a fondant-covered cake, but not that good for detail work.
Some people use tracing wheels that are used for sewing. There are two kinds, a smooth bladed one that people use for cutting edges, and a serrated bladed one that is used for quilting.
I have seen the cutting wheels sold in the sewing department used on Food Network, but you have to have a special board underneath it to keep it from cutting into your table. And it will eat right through a silicone mat, as will an exacto knife.
PME makes a cutter that is designed for use with sugar pastes. It has different sized wheels on either end, which accommodates fine work very nicely. They also make their own brand of knife similar to an exacto.
Theresa 
OH BLESS YA"LL I will grease my knife! yes a ppizza cutter is for larger areas and I want finer ones..
thank you so much
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