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What makes us decide whether to use flower paste or sugar paste or mix them both while icing

Hi Sandyasusanjohn

Flower paste is a strong paste which can been rolled out very thin to make realistic flowers and larger models which need to dry hard. Sugarpaste is for enrobing cakes to give them a professional smooth finish. A combination of the two makes gumpaste and can be used for making models and flowers, fabric looking drapes and other smaller decorations. There are different terms used to describe these mediums. Sugar paste is also known as roll out icing and fondant, not to be confused for pouring fondant which is a runny icing used for decorating cake fancies. Flower paste is also known as petal paste and gum paste. In the free beginners section http://www.cakeflix.com/free-online-cake-decorating-courses Paul goes through the different mediums used and why. If you look here http://www.cakeflix.com/questions/clarke-baxter you can see recipes for making your own flower paste and gum paste and here http://www.cakeflix.com/questions/how-to-make-sugarpaste-from-scratch The free beginners section is an invaluable referral point for information and worth while perusing. Hope this help.

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