Fondant snowflakes make a nice touch to your holiday cakes or as table accents. Visit my Ornament Cake on Cake Space and see how they can add a nice touch to a Christmas cake!
Ok... so here we go!!!!
Add a bit of Crisco (vegetable shortening) to you hands to keep the fondant soft... I usually knead a bit into the fondant, to make it softer and easier to shape. Normally, I also use cornstarch to my cutting board, but you'll see I didn't do it this time around! 
I use Wilton's gumpaste tools with fondant more often than not. Here you see my Winter dry hands punching the fondant with one of these helpful tools. It gives the flake a bit of form and helps hold the pieces together. I use the paintbrush to dab a bit of vanilla or water between the pieces, to help it stick.
Wilton makes painting fondant a whole lot of fun with a variety of luster dusts! Here, I've used silver, along with a bit of vanilla extract, mixed together and carefully painted on. It gives the fondant a nice sparkly sheen when dry.
Painted and ready to go! Just give your beautiful creation time to dry out before lifting.
Let your snowflakes dry on the cutting board, or you may lift with a spatula (carefully) and relocate to paper towels, or a paper plate (if you must). Let your fondant dry out before you lift a second time. I usually give the flakes a full 24-36 hours. Click on this image for more detail... the smaller flakes have a flowery look, thanks to one of the cutters from Wilton's gumpaste set.
Finished and ready to go! Place your snowflakes on or next to your Christmas cake, or use as table decorations. Tags: Fondant, Snowflakes, Christmas, Cake Decorating, Cake Design, Gumpaste, Wilton
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