Bem, the cake is iced first with buttercream or royal, then covered with fondant. It's like a sugar gum paste. Kanang flowers, sugar gum paste na sya. The difference with gum paste and fondant, the gum paste hardens easily while ang fondant, if it's used to conver the cake, it continues to be soft. It keeps the cake moist too.
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