AOk, I've had a bit of a headache this week. I made a spiderman topper in stages using fondant with gum tragacanth added. I added the gum at the same time as the colour and left the sections to dry in phases. I made him over the course of 2 weeks and he never really went hard. He felt quite "sweaty" to start off with actually.

What am I doing wrong? I've never managed to get the paste to go hard no matter how much tragacanth I add!

AMy understanding is you need to colour the paste, then add gum trag. Wrap tightly in cling film/Saran Wrap (whatever you call it) and then leave it to mature for 24 hours before using it.

AHmm, that's what I thought. I did do that because the fondant I used was red and I wanted to let it "develop" overnight. I thought that I maybe was supposed to put in the trag then colour it after it rested but I tried that before and it didn't particularly work...

AWhat brand of fondant did you use? Some will never harden into paste no matter how much trag or tylose you add.

AI've been using Sattina...