Until now I've been either cutting out letters with an xacto knife or rolling strands of fondant and shaping the letters, but I want to get something else. What's your preferred method of making fondant letters? What are the pros and cons of each? Clikstix, Tappits, plunger cutters, regular cutters, molds, something else... please share!
Thanks in advance.
I only have Tappits. They always worked for me. Tips: 1) roll the fondant very thin, and use a pasta roller. I think I rolled the fondant on 8 or 9. 2) let the fondant dry out on the counter for 10-15 minutes, then use the Tappit. Smack it on the counter and the letter will pop out. It the letter doesn't pop out, refer to 1) and 2).
Thanks!
@leah_s I will definitely follow your clear instructions if I get tappits.
@gscout73 have you actually tried the clikstix? I've seen some reviews that the ejectors make them harder, and people have taken them out which basically makes them tappits. Don't really want to spend the money on both right now.
I use Tappits, and alphabet cookie cutters from Ateco sold on Craftsy.
Someone above already gave great instructions on how to use Tappits. Follow these same instructions to use Clikstiks cutters.
I don't have alphabet Clikstiks, but do have daisy and blossom flower cutters in Clikstiks and use same method that I do for Tappits on these.
It's worth the money to buy these cutters as they allow your work to look polished, if that's the look you're aiming for. I own all the different font cutters for Tappits but I waited for them to be around $6-7 dlls each. I think I finally shelled out $10 for the capital font in Art Deco because I could never find it cheaper.
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I have some JEM letter cutters and recently bought some Tappits. I prefer the Tappits...yes they are difficult to get the letters out of but I agree with leaving paste to dry out - but they seem more 'robust' than the letters I get from my JEM cutters which seem to break very easily.
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