How to Make Fondant Surfboards

🧾Supplies

• Surfboard template - I used a hand drawn template. It is particularly useful when making more than one surfboard as you can use the template to make sure you cut the fondant in consistent sizes for all.
• Fondant - I used Satin Ice fondant for all the surfboards and the deco on them. You can also make your own fondant with this homemade fondant recipe or marshmallow fondant recipe.
• Food coloring - to tint the fondant.
• CMC powder - Helps fondant set quickly and firm and is recommended to be added to fondant when making 3D shapes and figurines.
• Pizza cutter - To cut the fondant.
• Extruder tool fitted with small round disc - To pipe out yellow fondant scrollwork for the red surfboard.
• Star plunger cutter - To make the yellow stars for the blue surfboard.
• Flower plunger cutter - To cut out tiny 5 petal flowers for the red surfboard.
• Clikstix numbers cutter - This is the number cutter for the number 18 on the blue fondant surfboard.
• Round piping tip - I used the round piping tip to cut out tiny white polka dots for the yellow surfboard.
• Sugar craft knife - To cut fondant scrolls for my red surfboard.
• Needle tool - To assist with the turquoise lines on the orange surfboard.
• Toothpicks - These are attached to the blue and red surfboards to hold them upright on the cake as cake toppers. 
• Fondant glue - To attach the toothpicks to the fondant surfboards.
• Shortening - This is the glue for putting together all the deco on each surfboard.
• Styrofoam dummy - This is used as a mold for the orange and turquoise surfboards to set to a curved shape. I used 2 round dummies, one was 6 inches, and the other 9 inches. The dummy sizes should match the size your cake you are making.

Design 1 - Maroon surfboard topper

Step 1: Prepare the template

Draw the template out on a piece of paper. In drawing it, make sure the size fits your cake.

Cut it out following its outline.

Step 2: Cut the fondant

Tint your fondant red. Knead some CMC powder into it.

Roll the fondant and place the paper template on it. Cut out the shape with the pizza cutter.  

Step 3: Attach the toothpicks

And then dip 2 toothpicks in fondant glue and attach them to the bottom.

Step 4: Decorate the surfboard

Use the extruder tool to pipe out a long thin roll of yellow fondant. With your fingers, make the end of the roll pointy.

And then form a scroll as shown below. Attach the scroll to the surfboard with shortening.

Make another scroll and attach it as shown below:

For the white flowers, use the small flower plunger cutter and attach the cutouts to the surfboard with shortening.

And this was how the completed surfboard should look like. Leave it on a flat surface overnight for it to set completely.

Design 2 - Blue fondant surfboard topper

Step 1: Repeat steps 1 to 3 from design 1 above

Tint the fondant blue instead of red.

Step 2: Decorate the surfboard

For the deco, use yellow fondant.

Roll the yellow fondant thin and cut out a strip with a scalloped cutter. My pizza cutter has 2 different blade shapes and I used the scalloped one to cut this horizontal piece. 

Attach it to the surfboard with shortening and trim off the excess at the sides.

Again, roll some yellow fondant, this time thinner. Cut out number 18 along with a few stars.  

Attach the number above the horizontal line and place the stars randomly below the line to complete the decoration.

Similar to the red topper above, let the surfboard set completely in a flat lying position.

Designs 3 & 4 - Orange and yellow surfboards

Step 1: Repeat steps 1 and 2 from design 1 above

Tint the fondant yellow and orange instead of red. Since these 2 boards are not going to be cake toppers, you can skip the steps of attaching toothpicks to the bottom of each board.

Step 2: Decorate the boards

Start with the yellow board.

Roll some white fondant thin. Cut a ribbed vertical line with the pizza cutter and attach it in the center of the board. Turn the board over and trim off the excess at the top and bottom.

With the remaining rolled white fondant, cut out tiny polka dots using a medium-sized round piping tip. Attach all these to the board with shortening. 

Since this surfboard is to be placed on the side of the cake and the side is curved, you will need to set the fondant in a curved position as well.

To do that, use a styrofoam dummy that is of the same size as the cake. Place the fondant surfboard on it. Leave it in this position until it is completely set.

Note: You only need to do this if you are making the surfboards before the cake is ready. If you are making after, you can attach the surfboards directly to the cake.

To decorate the orange surfboard, tint some white fondant into turquoise. No need to add CMC.

Roll and cut it into the surfboard shape but slightly shorter. Use the paper template as a guide.

Attach it to the orange board with shortening.

Next, use the pizza cutter and a clean ruler to cut horizontal lines as shown below:

The intention here is to only cut the turquoise piece, so be careful to not exert too much pressure when cutting so that the orange piece underneath does not get cut through.

After cutting the lines, use the needle tool or a toothpick to carefully remove the unwanted turquoise fondant strips as shown below:

And similar to the yellow surfboard, let this orange one to set on the sides of a Styrofoam dummy as well until it is ready for use.