Collapsing Fondant models?

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Permalink Reply by K Moffin S Panama on September 11, 2013 at 2:39pm

Hi Diana, I suggest you can add some gumpaste to your fondant. With all the humidity fondant tends to collapse, plus the humidity from the gel color.

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Permalink Reply by Diana Weibel on September 11, 2013 at 4:58pm

Will see if i can get it thanks. I have Gum Tragen would that do the same thing? I live in South Africa Cape Town so not sure if i can get the paste will try in the morning. 11pm here and so off to bed.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on September 12, 2013 at 12:06am

Yes Diana
Gum trag is what you need. Add a couple of pinches to your fondant. Knead in well. It will help your fondant hold up to the humidity. Not 100% fool proof of course. Depends on just how humid it is there in SA. But it will definitely help. You can add gum trag to your fondant which makes gumpaste. To approx 500 gms of fondant add approx 10 ml of gum trag. Knead in really well. That's it.... you now have gumpaste. Use this to make your hats & scrolls. Here where I live in Canada, it's approaching fall, that gumpaste will dry rock hard. Yours maybe slightly softer because of the humidity. Keep your gumpaste wrapped well, or it will dry out. If you have plastic wrap, cover the gumpaste tightly with it. Place in a plastic bag and in some kind of container with a tight fitting lid.
Hope this helps.... :o)

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Permalink Reply by Diana Weibel on September 12, 2013 at 12:48am

Thank you so much. I do the wrapping and sealing thing but had forgotten the Gum Trage. I did a cake decorating course just before i got married. Circumstances changed so I did not carry on. Then we went through the years of children's butter icing cakes. Now 33 years later I have found time and a new passion for sugar creations.  

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on September 12, 2013 at 8:31am

Ah yes Diana
Same as I. Took a course when children were very young. Fast forward after there grown... Made my 1st fondant cake 7 yrs ago... back on the wagon again. Now retired, have more time to play around. :o)

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