If you love to decorate your cakes with fondant and decorations, the chances are you need to use edible glue to fix things into place. When I bake at home, I like to make fondant flowers to create ornate sprays across my cakes, especially at Christmas time when I want my creations to ...
The chunky nature of the dust makes a fabulous feature in the center of flowers, and you may use a little royal icing to glue the thick particles into place. Suggested Read: What Is Fondant How to Use Luster Dust? If you use molds to make candies or chocolates, try dry brushing the ...
Then they added fondant (a sweet, creamy icing made from sugar, corn syrup and water) and marshmallow for smoothness. Then they poured the mixture into kernel-shaped molds in cornstarch trays. They had to do this three times, walking backward, once for each color. Because the work was so...
In a double boiler, melt 2/3 of the chocolate, stirring often, until thethermometerregisters around 115°F, but absolutely no higher than 120°F. If tempering milk or white chocolate, heat to 110°F. Remove from the double boiler. Make sure all equipment that comes in contact with the ...
Decorations make a big difference in the per-slice cost. Fresh flowers are one of the easiest and least expensive ways to decorate a cake. Fondant, which can cover a cake in a smooth, satiny shell, is one of the most expensive; it can add $1 or more per slice. Elaborate fondant deco...
You are a cake artist, and the number of hours you expect to spend on a cake should be factored in. If someone asks for an intricate cake topper, or delicate sugar flowers, it should be built into the price. Estimating the Time a Cake Will Take ...
An artist friend loaned me her tumbler, which hadn't been used for 20 years; but it had all the carbide grits with it. The loan tumbler was a much better make than the Chinese one that I bought. Between the two tumblers I was able to get 50 of them ground off and fire polished....
Mathew Rice, pastry chef, adds: "I always think that fondant is great for accent decor, whether you're making flowers or borders or something else. As far as actually eating a cake, I think people prefer other kinds of icing more. If you do want to cover the entire cake, make sure ...