Easy Fondant Pumpkin Tutorial

Did you know you can make your own gorgeously easy fondant pumpkin? You can! These fondant pumpkins are super cute on top of our easy pumpkin spice cupcakes, on the border of a cake, or any way you can dream up to enjoy them. The process to make our pumpkin is super easy, since it uses purchased, pre-colored fondant.

How to make your fondant pumpkin.

Here’s what you need.

• 1 tube of orange fondant
• 1 tube of green cake frosting
• 1 disposable piping bag fitted with a number 66 tip
• 1 cutting board 
• 1 wooden skewer

Begin by rolling a small 1/3 oz piece of orange fondant into a ball. Dust your work surface with powdered sugar/corn-starch to prevent the fondant from sticking.

Place the fondant ball onto the cutting board.

Lightly push the fondant ball down into a thick disk to make it more of a pumpkin shape. You can start to see the fondant pumpkin here right?

Using the pointy side of the skewer, make an indent in the center of the fondant ball.

Using the wooden skewer, take the rounded end of the skewer and using the rolling motion from bottom to top make 4 indents like an X as shown above.

Repeat step to make 4 more indents in between the first 4 indents.

Squeeze the icing into the disposable bag and pipe a leaf onto the top of the fondant pumpkin. You can make either one or two leaves.

Set aside to dry for at least an hour.

Your finished product is this gorgeous fondant pumpkin!

Easy Fondant Pumpkin Tutorial

• Author: Amy Blevins

Ingredients

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• 1 tube of orange fondant
• 1 tube of green cake frosting
• 1 disposable piping bag fitted with a number 66 tip
• 1 cutting board 
• 1 wooden skewer

Instructions

1. Begin by rolling a small 1/3 oz piece of orange fondant into a ball. Dust your work surface with powdered sugar/corn-starch to prevent the fondant from sticking.
2. Place the fondant ball onto the cutting board.
3. Lightly push the fondant ball down into a thick disk.
4. Using the pointy side of the skewer, make an indent in the center of the fondant ball.
5. Using the wooden skewer, take the rounded end of the skewer and using the rolling motion from bottom to top make 4 indents like an X.
6. Repeat step to make 4 more indents in between the first 4 indents.
7. Squeeze the icing into the disposable bag and pipe a leaf onto the top of the pumpkin.
8. Set aside to dry for at least one hour.

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