Lil’ Fondant Pumpkins

Hello my Sugar Friends!

Today we have a wonderful guest blog tutorial by the very talented Brittany Rumohr of Edible Details. She is a very accomplished sugar artist and pasty chef, and specializes in the cutest little fondant toppers you have ever seen. Please visit her full biography here. 

Brittany is a regular contributor to the SugarEd Online Sugar Art School. You can find more of her tutorials in the photo tutorial section here.

 

 

Thank you, Brittany, for sharing your talent with us!

So now, I turn it over to Brittany:

 

 

I am so happy to be here, sharing with you how to make these cute little fall pumpkins. Let’s get started!

Supplies you will need:

• Orange, black, white, green and brown fondant
• Black food coloring
• small dish to mix edible paint in
• cotton swab
• petal dust (color of choice)
• double ball end tool
• veining or dresden tool
• container of water
• knife
• larger paint brush for painting on water for gluing
• fine tip paint brush for painting pumpkin mouth and eyes

 

Roll out 5oz of orange fondant into an egg shape. Use a veining tool to make lines down the pumpkin starting from the top and pulling the tool downward.

 

Cut out the desired mouth shape with a sharp knife. NOTE: This will look rough at first cut and when the excess fondant is pulled from the mouth.

 

 Use a desired tool to press and smooth out the inside of the mouth.

 

 Press 2 indentations (to create eye positioning) using your finger or a ball tool.

 

Use a ball tool to make 2 oval holes to inset the eyes. Use the sharp end of a veining or dresden tool to indent slight “bags” under the eyes.

 

 

 Roll out a tear shape for the nose. Attach it with a dab of water.

 

 

Mold 2 white ovals and press them together. You can use a little water to adhere them together if desired.  Attach the eyes into the sockets with water.

 

 

Use a round piping tip to cut out 2 black fondant circles. Attach them to the eyes.

 

 

Cut out an orange circle using the round piping tip. Cut it in half and attach one half to the top of each eye to create an eyelid.

 

Roll out approximately 1gr of chocolate brown fondant into a long cone shape. Flatten the tip of the cone by pulling it across the worktop surface.

 

 Make a hole in the top of the pumpkin.

 

 

Attach the stem to the pumpkin while still soft (as shown in this example), or let it dry before attaching to have it stand upright.

 

 

Roll out 2 thin strands of green fondant (aprox 2” in length) and curl around a wooden skewer.

 

 

 Let them dry completely on the skewer, then carefully attach them to pumpkin.

 

 

You now have a cutie little pumpkin. If you desire, you can proceed to color the mouth black:

 

 

Combine black food coloring with a small amount of water to create an edible paint. Paint the inside of mouth (and the black pupils if shine is desired). Let that dry a few hours before touching the painted areas.

 

 

Use desired shade of red, pink or dusty orange petal dust – apply to cotton swab and shade the cheeks of the pumpkin. NOTE: Make sure the surface you dust with color is completely dry to prevent over coloring.

 

 Final product!  Perfect little cake or cupcake topper!

 

 

I hope you enjoy making your own!

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Thank you, Brittany, for this wonderful tutorial! I can’t wait to see all the cute little pumpkins appearing on the internet. 🙂

We also have a Halloween Tutorial Blitz going on in the Sugar Art School

 

 

COME HAVE A PEAK HERE!

Happy caking!

Sharon