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Fondant Calculator

Calculate how much fondant you need to cover your cake. Get the weight to buy and the diameter to roll it out to. Supports multi-tier cakes.

Tier 1

Total Fondant Needed

813g

1.8 lbs

Tier 18" round

Weight813g
Roll To18" / 46cm
Recommended Supply

Colour your fondant

Knead a little concentrated gel paste into white fondant for deep, even colour without the stickiness liquid colour causes. A small set covers most shades you'll need to mix.

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Sugarflair Rainbow Gel Food Colours (Set of 6)

Six concentrated gel food colours for buttercream, royal icing, sugarpaste, and cookie painting.

Sugarflair is a UK decorating staple. This six-colour starter set is highly concentrated, so a cocktail-stick dab goes a long way, and the colours deepen as they dry — which is exactly what you want for strong buttercream tones and deep PYO palette colours that still read after a wet brush.

Why we recommend it

The set we would point a new decorator to before they commit to forty individual pots — enough to mix most shades you actually need.

  • Colouring buttercream, royal icing, and sugarpaste
  • Mixing custom shades from a small core set
  • Deep colours for paint-your-own palettes
Amazon product reference: B00K5SUR50
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