How to Cut Numbers Out of Fondant

Professional cake bakers often use fondant to give their cakes a smooth, even look. Fondant can also be used to make decorations both for cakes that are covered with fondant and with frosting. If you are decorating a birthday or anniversary cake, consider creating your numbers with fondant to give your cake a more professional look. Does this Spark an idea?

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Fondant
Cornstarch
Rolling pin
Number cookie cutters
Spatula
Pastry brush
Water

Instructions

- 1
  
  Sprinkle your work surface with cornstarch so that the fondant will not stick when you begin working with it.
- 2
  
  Place your premade, precolored fondant onto your work surface.
- 3
  
  Rub cornstarch onto your rolling pin, then roll your fondant out to about a 1/8-inch thickness.
- 4
  
  Press your number cookie cutter into the fondant. Apply even pressure and cut the fondant through to the work surface.
- 5
  
  Lift the cookie cutter away, leaving the fondant shape behind. Continue this process until you have all of your shapes pressed into the fondant sheet.
- 6
  
  Peel the fondant away from the number shapes, leaving the numbers behind.
- 7
  
  Lift the numbers using a spatula, being careful not to damage the edges of the numbers.
- 8
  
  Apply the fondant shapes to whatever you are decorating. They will likely stick to frosting, but brushing the backs of the numbers with a dampened pastry brush will help them stick to fondant.