How Do You Make Fondant Icing Figures?
Give all of your cakes a personalized touch with figures made from fondant. Made from sugar, fondant molds like clay, allowing you to shape it into ribbons and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes from it. According to author of “The Cake Bible,” Rose Levy Bernabaum, fondant decorations can be made in advance and dried. They will keep indefinitely at room temperature if sealed in an airtight container. Set the fondant on top of a sheet of plastic wrap. Roll the fondant into a sheet 1/16-inch thick with the rolling pin and gently lift it off the plastic wrap. Measure two strips ½-inch wide and 12-inches long with the ruler and cut them out with the paring knife. Create two loops from the center of one strip to make the loops of a bow. Cut the other strip in half to use as the ends of the bow. Set the bow on top of your cake as a decoration. Press cookie cutters into the remaining rolled fondant to create flowers. Sprinkle cornstarch into the palm of one hand and place one of the fondant
