FMM Upper Case Block Alphabet & Number Tappit Cutters Set

These are easy to use and both the letters and numbers are a lovely font. I use them a lot. These are actually very easy to use although I hear a lot of complaints about tappits. You need to use modelling or flower paste, fondant is too soft. Roll the paste really thin, then roll it some more. Go and make a cup of tea leaving the rolled paste to dry a little. After about 10 mins, apply a thin layer of cornflour onto the cutters and tap out the excess. Put it onto your modelling paste and give it a good wiggle to cut through. Pick the cutter up and pull off any excess paste from around the letters. Gently tap one end on your work top, I used a kind of flicking motion to do this. The letters then come out really easily. Gently move them with a spatula onto a board to dry out. Easy!

These teppits were fab and provided the perfect script for my nieces christening cake. If you roll the icing out fairly thin and leave it out a bit so it hardens a little (or maybe add tylose powder to your icing to make gum paste) the letters come out much much easier when you 'tap' them. Watched a few YouTube videos to work out best way of using them and they worked a treat. Really pleased.

It might just be me but I read the reviews and bought the icing that it said on the back to ensure I did everything right but it just did not work for me. The letters were very small but I struggled to get them out in one piece even if left a while!

I love the size of these and were great for the titles on my ‘books’. However some were difficult to tap out and proved very time consuming but when they did fall out I loved them. Make sure you use cornflour on them before placing onto fondant.

I bought both the upper case and lower case tappit sets. I read the reviews on how some people have a love hate relationship with them and how some just give up. I decided to give them a go for the cost and have my own opinion. I personally love them they look great and very professional when placed on a cake and a lot neater than hand icing writing. I took advise from other users and after a you tube video i have them off to a tee now. Make sure your fondant is rolled thinly and allow it to dry for 5 mins, meanwhile dust the letter you wish you cut out with corn flour and tap on the side to remove the excess.press the tappit firmly onto the fondant then i advise personally "slapping / tapping" the tappit over a rolling pin and the letter pops right out. I do it over a rolling pin so that the tappit doesnt accidently squash the letter as it pops out. You can have the odd letter that doesnt want to play but on the whole i would say out of the average of 20 letters that will come out great you will get just 1 that wont.

I could not find an accurate size other than for the pack, but as they are upper case and look a good size I thought the size would be bigger. The product itself is o k if you require letters 1.5 cm high.

After a couple of practise runs using this set I found the best way was to roll the fondant/flower paste very thinly and leave to dry for about 15 minutes, then work it into the letters and rub off any excess with fingers which gives smooth edges, stand the cutter up vertically and tap top and bottom edges and then I used a rolling pin to tap the cutter on the flat side a couple of times and the letter popped out easily.

Some people can’t get on with these. I’ve used them for years. I only use flower paste with these cutters, that has been rolled out thinly and left to dry a minute. They cut easily and you tap them out. I had to replace a very old set that cracked.

These cutters are easy to use and look fantastic. The letters are small but sharp and detailed which is hard to find in letter cutters. The trick is to roll your fondant out thin ( I use a 5 on my pasta roller) and let soft fondant dry up a little before cutting. Smear a little shortening on the cutters and you will get great looking letters.

Un peu déçu dans le sens ou je m’attenDais a des couleurs etc.. comme sur photo mais non! Il s’agit d’une règle avec des lettres de 1,5 cm La aussi je m’attEndais a plus grand Si non je vais l’utiliser et ensuite voir s’il vaut le coup La notice est en anglais la aussi dommage mais j’ai pu trouver son mode de fonctionnement sur youtube

These work awesome if you need really small letters better the what my wife expected.

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I love Tappits! They can be difficult to use if you've never used them before because the individual letters are quite small and thin. I roll out my gumpaste very thin, rub the surface with a touch of a 50/50 mix of powdered sugar and cornstarch, then let it sit for a few minutes to "surface dry" before cutting. If I don't do this, it's difficult to "tap it" out of the cutter. My writing with frosting is pretty awful so these help me to not ruin my cakes by writing on them free hand!