Imprint a beautiful pattern on your fondant cakes in less time than it takes to decorate a cake! Our Fondant Imprint Mats make it easy.
There are several designs to choose from: Floral Fantasy has a field of daisies, Graceful Vines has swirly vines with flowers, Happy Birthday is imprinted with a birthday message, balloons and confetti and Star Power has several sizes of stars swirling around.
To use a Fondant Imprint Mat, prepare your cake as you would for applying rolled fondant. 
Roll out your fondant to about 1/8 inch thick, place the imprint mat imprint facing down on the fondant.
Press firmly with the Wilton Easy-Glide Smoother to imprint the design on the fondant, don’t move the mat. You can also use a rolling pin to imprint the mat on the fondant.
Lift the fondant mat with the fondant attached and center imprinted fondant on cake. Remove the mat and gently smooth the fondant on the cake.
Now you can pipe buttercream icing, royal icing or melted candy onto the fondant design.
Another idea is to Pearl Dust™ or paint with the pearl dust (mix clear lemon extract and pearl dust) and a fine brush onto your design on the fondant. Using your brush let the imprinted fondant become your canvas!
You can also cover your cake boards with imprinted fondant. Wrap the boards with foil and brush with piping gel, then roll out your fondant and imprint with the mat and place on the board and gently smooth. Roll the fondant over the edge and trim the edge with a knife.
You can make chocolate plaques with the fondant imprint mats. First decide on the size or shape you want then trace on parchment paper.
Place the pattern on a cookie sheet then place the imprint mat on top of the pattern (imprint side up). Melt candy and pour on mat keeping within the pattern outline. Let it set in the refrigerator.
Remove from refrigerator and carefully release the mat from the chocolate. Now all you need do is place the plaque on your cake and finish the edges with a simple border in buttercream.
Be creative and use the mat for decorating cookies with imprinted fondant or just imprint the cookie dough just before baking. Have fun using all these different imprint mats and all the different mediums you can use to make your decorated cakes and cookies look very professional!
Susan is the Senior Cake Decorator with over 20 years of decorating experience in the Decorating Room. She is also an instructor at the Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery Arts. Susan enjoys her job because each day is new and different — from baking cookies, decorating gingerbread houses or decorating multi-tiered wedding cakes all created for the photos in our publications. There is never a dull moment in the Decorating Room…always a lot of excitement here! Susan is a member of ICES (International Cake Exploration Societe) and the State Representative for Illinois.