It looks like fondant - but it's called flower paste! We'll explain exactly what it is!
It is actually a little more than just a brief explanation.
The Basis of Flower paste is fondant. This means that we first have to understand what fondant is.
When someone talks about fondant, they usually mean the simple Rolled fondant. The fondant that you use to decorate a cake.
Fondant is a type Sugar paste, which consists mainly of sugar. It is a kneadable mass that Tasteless is. This also means fondant is a great alternative, for those who don't like marzipan. You can of course add different flavours and colours, depending on what you want.
But what is it about the cute figures that we can always see on the great cakes? After all, we call them "fondant figures"? In fact, these characters namely mostly from the flower paste.
As mentioned above, the base of the flower paste is fondant. Only a small amount of CMC is added to it.CMC (carboxymethylcellulose)is a thickener. This makes the fondant more elastic so that it can berolled out thinner or processed more flexibly and delicatelycan be. In additionthe fondant hardens faster.These are also the differences between rolled fondant and flower paste. You can therefore alsoGumpaste to name.
But what can I do with the gum paste that doesn't work with fondant?
Of course you can also create figures with normal fondant, but you can work much more finely with the flower paste. The paste can be used many roll out thinner without tearing. This is for example perfect around fine sugar roses to produce. The flower paste is also suitable for figures with small, fine details.
Because the paste hardens much faster than fondant, you need no fear have that the figure or for example the Petal "deformed" again.
Our tip: In fact, you can Buy CMC extra separately. You can then do this very easily knead into your rolled fondant - this is how you do it your own flower paste!
We hope we were able to give you a little insight into the flower paste!
We wish you a nice day!
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