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Sugar_Plum_Fairy
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:51 pm

Question from someone who's only worked with sugar twice: When casting or moulding sugar, is there a way to "clean" the edges like you do with moulded chocolates? Oh, can you use royal icing on a sugar creation?

Sorry these are probably very basic questions.

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moydear77
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:31 pm

The pieces that I have cast did not have seams. I am sure you could heat a flat blade with a torch and melt it down.

kincaellan
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:27 pm

It sounds like when you are demolding the cast sugar you have a sharp "fin" or ridge. If you let the sugar cool down to the thickness of molasses before you pour it this won't happen. Dont' pour around the edges, try and only pour in the middle of the mold and let it ooze to the sides. You should get a nice bevelled edge that way. Other wise you need to heat a flat knife and polish it out.

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Sugar_Plum_Fairy
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:08 am

Thanks so much for answering my silly sounding questions, moydear77 and kincaellan.

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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:32 pm

You are very welcome!

aubrazacmom
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:26 am

Love your sugar bubbles - this has to go into my favorites!

RisqueBusiness
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:47 am

yes you can decorate them with royal icing

customcaker
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:07 pm

Thank you for sharing your techniue!

namaman
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:42 pm

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Tray2
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:07 pm

Wow this is great.. i am so going to try.. thanks for posting this you make it seem easy... i always though there was more to it.. thanks again Thumbs Up!

ysa
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:10 am

i already have my first sugar bubble, yey! but i still need lots of practice... i did it with my bare hands. yey! its in my photos Very Happy

moydear77
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:34 am

ysa wrote:

i already have my first sugar bubble, yey! but i still need lots of practice... i did it with my bare hands. yey! its in my photos Very Happy

Looks great!! You can use these on so many things!

moydear77
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:36 am

PS
Wearing gloves does two things

Heat is one of them and the other is that the moisture from your hands can cause to sugar to crystallize.

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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:16 am

What is the wooden-looking "tube" that the sugar blob is stuck to? Would a metal turkey baster work for making these?

moydear77
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:14 am

handymama wrote:

What is the wooden-looking "tube" that the sugar blob is stuck to? Would a metal turkey baster work for making these?

Some people use a blood pressure pump. I use a sports ball pump. It is Plastic.

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