Gum Paste and Fondant

As you learn each technique – an artful bow, mum, rose, carnation, calla lily, rosebud, daisy, and embellished borders – you’ll be closer to your crowning achievement: A Final Course Cake that showcases your skills.

Topics covered in Gum Paste and Fondant include:

• Gum Paste and Fondant 101

• Bow Loops

• Mum Base, Rose Base

• Carnation Base

• Assembling a Bow

• Tinting Gum Paste and Fondant

• Basic Principles of Floral Cake Design

• Calia Lily

• Rosebud and Rose

• Carnation

• Calyxes and Leaves

• Assembling the Calia Lily

• Daisy

• Mum

• Covering a Cake Board with Fondant

• Elements of Fondant Cake Design

• Creating Geometric Designs Using Cut-Outs, Overlays, and Inlays

• Eyelet, Ruffle, and Ball Borders