Fondant Blossoms Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
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Fondant Blossoms Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms

Fondant blossoms are easy to make, can be made well in advance of their use, and are great aesthetic embellishments to place on a cupcake, cake, cookie, or really any dessert. With a few tools and a few minutes, you'll have a whole bouquet of fondant blossoms in front of you.

Simple Fondant Blossoms Tutorial Supplies

Fondant - We like to use Albert Uster and Satin Ice
Tap-it Mat - This is the green mat pictured. We use this mat to cut out our fondant and gumpaste decorations. This mat works particularly well with Tap-it fondant cutters
Non-Skid Mat - We use a small Silpat underneath our Tap-it mat as a non-skid surface, preventing it from sliding around
Fondant Shaping Foam - This is the pink foam pictured, this is a great tool to have for shaping fondant and gumpaste. We recommend using one for fondant blossoms
Paintbrushes - These are very useful to have in fondant and gumpaste decorations. Here we use one for water and one for dusting our blossoms
Medium CelPin - We use a medium CelPin to cup our fondant blossom so that the flower looks like it has movement
X-lg CelPin - We use the X-large CelPin to roll out our fondant. But feel free to use any rolling pin you have on hand
Blossom Cutters - These adorable blossom cutters are perfect for fondant and gumpaste decorations. Choose from different sizes
Sugar Pearls - These white sugar pearls are perfect centers for our fondant blossoms, adding some color and interest to the fondant
Cornstarch - We have ours in a shaker making it easier to sprinkle on our mat. Only use a small amount of cornstarch if the fondant is sticky
Vegetable Shortening - We like to keep a bit of vegetable shortening in a plastic container for convenience. Use a bit of vegetable shortening in your fondant if it's dry
Water - We use water as glue to adhere the pearl to the center of the fondant blossom
Practice Board - This blue practice board has an acetate sheet covering that keeps fondant fresh while you are cutting out other decorations
Super Pearl Petal Dust - We love using petal dust to give our fondant blossoms some shine and dimension

Simple Fondant Blossoms Tutorial Step-By Step Directions

1) Take a piece of fondant (color of your choice) and knead it well with your hands so the fondant warms up and becomes pliable. Apply a bit of vegetable shortening to the fondant when/if it seems a bit dry, and continue to knead.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
2) Pinch off about a gumball-sized piece from this fondant and roll it until it's about 1/8 inch thick. Use a rolling pin or an x-large CelPin. Make sure that you move your fondant on the mat in between rolling, so the fondant doesn't stick. You may need to add a bit of cornstarch to the surface if the fondant starts sticking.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
3) With your flower cutter, start to punch out some small blossoms from your rolled out fondant.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
4) Place a blossom on your shaping mat, and with the medium CelPin, indent the middle of the flower so it cups around the edge of the CelPin.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
5) This gives your flower some shape.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
6) Next, with a paint brush, dab a little bit of water into the center of the blossom.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
7) Add a single white pearl to the center. The water will adhere the pearl to the fondant.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
8) Continue until you have as many blossoms as you need, and let them dry for a few hours. Fondant will never get rock hard like gumpaste, but it will harden enough for you to pick it up and place on your dessert.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
9) After the blossoms have dried for a few hours, grab a dry paintbrush and your luster dust and give the blossoms a little dusting. Your blossoms will be shiny and ready to sit on your dessert creation.
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms
Fondant Blossom Tutorial: How to Make Simple Fondant Blossoms

Simple Fondant Blossoms Tutorial Sweet Notes

An alternative for the Tap-it mat is this Roll And Cut Mat to cut out fondant and gumpaste designs
An alternative for the medium CelPin is this 2 sided balling tool to help give your fondant blossoms some shape
You can either color your fondant with gel paste colors or buy pre-colored fondant
Fondant decorations can last months to years, if put in a cool, dry place. Feel free to make many different colored blossoms in all different shape and sizes, and store them away for future decorating.
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