20 May 2012 - Sunday


recipe: fondant flowers

ingredients:

cookie cutters - you don't need the thick cutters, you want the thin ones

fondant 

a small rolling mat

a small rolling pin

vyners 

tools: eg: ball tool, cutting tool and the decorating tools you get

a little icing in a small bag which you make out of paper. for example: parchment paper, wax paper or reusable bags

method:

on your counter top, put your rolling mat, put the fondant on the rolling mat, but before you put it on the rolling mat, make a nice ball and put it onto the mat and press it down so that it is easy to roll. roll it until its not too thin or too thick. if you have made your fondant too thin and it is falling apart, we roll the fondant again and make a ball, put it on the mat, press it down and roll until it is not too thick or too thin and then take your cookie cutter but make sure if your cookie cutter is the single petal ones, then you stamp out petals. if its the full ones, its better. you don't have to overlap them. this is just so simple, you get them out and start decorating them and your flowers are done.

after you have rolled the fondant out, take your cookie cutter and then you stamp it into the fondant and shake so that all the excess fondant gets out. then you lift the cutter out and put it on to a plate or your counter top. if you are putting it on your counter top, it is best if you put the fondant flour or granulated sugar so that the flower does not stick to the counter top. after you have stamped the flower put the flower onto the granulated  sugar or flour and then you take your ball tool, put the ball tool on one of the petals and go round in a circle and put pressure. but don't put too much of pressure because it can break. after you have done using the ball tool on all the petals, you start decorating with any decorations you like. 

i hope you enjoyed this recipe and please feel free to send me your comments.

maia