Need Help With Making Graduation Tassel Out Of Fondant
Decorating By Newatdecorating Updated 21 Apr 2007 , 2:47pm by ladyonzlake
I am planning to make a graduation cake with a cap on top. I thought about making the tassel out of thread but am considering doing it out of fondant. My problem is that I haven't worked with fondant except for the little bit during my Wilton class. I do not know where to start. Would I need to mix something with the fondant? How far in advance would I need to make it?
I see where people use the fondant to make cake toppers and other things to decorate their cake. I think it is just amazing but am nervous about getting started. Thought a small project like this would be a good starting point for me, but I know so little about it.
Any help and instructions would be greatly appreciated!
When I made a tassel, I just rolled out the fondant and cut it into tiny thin strips. The grad cake is in my photos if you want to see how the tassel looked.
Hi,
I made a little tassle for a graduation cap before. I just rolled a log of fondant and used a sharp knife to cut thin strips. Now I have a clay extruder that has a "grass" tip so that would work far better for perfectly even tassle threads. You can get one at Michael's or somewhere like that for under $5 in the clay section. Works great with fondant.
KimAZ
I saw this done at a cake show. Roll out a piece of fondant into a small rectangle (size depends on how big you want the tassle). Cut small strips but leave the top of it intact so it stays together. Starting at one end of the strip gently roll it up an pinch the top. You can roll out a log and attach it to your tassle. Hope that makes sense.
Jacqui
My vote is for a cheap clay gun. Works great and comes with several discs so you can make many different shapes. You will use it all the time!
There is a graduation cap article on this site! You can check that out!
I am going to make my tassles by putting fondant through an old playdough machine. (garlic press will work too!) It has a little attachment that will give me small snakes to press together! (hopefully I explained that right!)
Have fun! 
I found better instructions on another forum posted by feerlessbaker. She said this is from Margaret Braun's book and it makes more sense than the way I was trying to explain it.
Roll out a thin sheet of sugarpaste and square the edges off with a paring knife. With the knive cut a comblike sequence of 1" parallel lines as close together as you can without breaking them off. ( best way to describe is when the strands it look like mop strings but you leave the top intack so the strings don't come off.
Gently roll up the combed pieces into a tassel and then squeeze the top end together.
Lift it and give it a little shake. Cut a small strip from remaining sugar paste and wrap it around the top of the tasses. Attach the tasses to the end of a fondant rope.
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