I'm a newby at cake making. I am making a baby shower cake and doing debs buttercream icing but wanted to try and make baby animal cutouts of fondant. Has anyone used the ready made fondant (white) from Walmart and can you just cut those out and paint on those?
Thanks in advance.
Denise

If you mean the Wilton fondant (all I've seen at Walmart) it tastes bad but is very easy to work with. it's cheaper usually to get a coupon and then buy it at the craft store...if you have Michaels near you, they've got a printable 40 percent off coupon this week.

The Wilton fondant taste has improved from the origianl. It would be good for making the animals. Be sure to add some shortening to your hands and maybe a little to the fondant for more pliability. Good luck.

I agree with texas rose, it doesn't taste very good but it works. You can color it with food colors or make your shapes in white and paint them with food colors mixed with vodka.

wallysdee,
Like the others have said the Wall-mart fondant (Wilton) is very easy to work with and would be good to use for your animals. Also like Texas_Rose said about Michael's Hobby Lobby has a 40% off coupon as well and this would be cheaper than paying full price. When i buy mine here in Alabama the Wall-Mart prices runs around $21.00 but with the 40% off coupons it be around $17.00 or $18.00.
Goodluck,
Mrcake01

For some reason I did not even look at the brand prob was Wilton since they make the majorty of the stuff out there but it wasn't $17 it was like $8.97. Dont think I need $17 worth. I think for the 2-3 baby animals I am looking to make the $9 stuff should be plenty to work with. Now the painting. Fill me in on that if you dont mind. You mix food coloring with Vodka? how much and I think all the colors I need is green, brown, yellow (or the golden yellow).
Thanks so much for the info!
Denise

Sorry i was talking about the 5lb box being $17.00 or $18.00 and yes you're right the only one i have seen is Wilton.

You just thin the gel colors a little bit with vodka or if you don't want to use vodka, with clear vanilla or lemon extracts. If you use the color straight from the jar it doesn't dry. Just dilute the color enough to get the shade you want, then paint it on and don't touch it until it's dry.

You can also tint the fondant in the colors you want and make the animals out of the colored fondant. You could avoid the painting alltogether if you want. It depends on the look you are going for.

Thank you all so very much!!!! You have answered all my questions now who wants to do the cake. lol lol I promise to post pics as soon as I get it done. Oh one more thing ya'll are talking about the colors that come in those tiny jars right? not food coloring.
Thanks
Denise

Yes, absolutely.

sorry to hijack but could someone please post a link to the coupon? i've been googling today and couldn't find a recent one that would let me open it. thank you

Adree, sorry couldn't help with the coupon but I suggset you try signing up for Michael's newsletter. They actually send coupons just incase you need them in the future.

Take care.

thanks, rylan, but i am signed up (have been for a long while now) and i have recieved exactly two coupons.

do the coupons get blocked by your spam filter? Also, Michaels accepts Hobby Lobby coupons and A C Moore coupons so if you sign up for theirs as well as Michaels, you might get more coupons than you need. Do you get a Sunday newspaper (or is there someone you could get a coupon from)? There's almost always both a Michaels and Hobby Lobby coupon in our Sunday Paper.

http://mic.michaels.com/20091029WNAMUSA.aspx?id=260&referenceno=03985036999


Does this work? I got this coupon the other day. You still have a couple days before it expires.

thanks everyone, i got a coupon!
i don't think my spam filter is... filtering it. i get the ads sent to my email, so i would think the newsletters would go through as well and nothing is going into my junk mail. so i don't know!

are you scrolling down to the bottom of the ads? In the more recent e-mails I've gotten, the coupon has been hidden at the bottom of their ad, maybe look for a 'get your coupon' type link?

I usually get a coupon atleast once a month. Sometimes they are in my spam folder and usually, they are at the end of every ad. Hmmm, I wonder why you aren't getting any. I used to not get any when I first signed up though.

when i click on the part of the ad about getting coupons it just sends me to the registration page. hmmm... i'll ask when i go into work (which happens to be michaels lol). they probably won't be able to help, but i'll give it a shot.

Hehehe you work at Michaels?! See, you get double discounts. Your employee discount and the weekly one. LUCKY!

wilton fondant is ok for just accents I think...if you use more of it though I would make my own mmf taste much better

but you can't combine them on the same product! that's so me, trying to find a way to finangle a better discount but it is nice to have two options!

Awww really? I thought you could! Hehe--but still, it would be nice to work there. You can always charge yourself 5 Wilton fondant for only the price of one. Haha, I'm just kidding.

adree313,
Here's the hobby looby coupon.
http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/coupon.cfm

The Michael's one you either have to register online at Michaels.com or they can be found in newpapers or sale flyers.
Hope this helps.
Mrcake01

I have been on the email list for Michaels for a couple of years an never receive the coupon in the email. I had to sign up on another website to get the coupons.

Thanks again everyone. I ended up gettin that wilton box that had the 4 colors (baby colors) already in it. Since we are just making a few animals just gonna make this work. I am sure it will be cute either way. Or I hope it will. I actually forgot my coupon but the lady at the register had one and used it for me. I think next week coupon is 50% off so ya'll be looking for it.
Thanks again
Denise