Comments on: Gumpaste/Fondant Questions….Updated! http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/ Cake Decorating and More Sun, 20 May 2012 23:20:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Sugar Lane http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-5236 Sun, 20 May 2012 23:20:15 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-5236 Hello Meghana……

To answer your question you do not have to add CMC powder unless you find that your figures are drooping or sagging, CMC powder is only used to strenghten your paste, so if you are able to create your figures just fine with the paste then dont worry about adding the CMC powder. If you live in a very hunid area the CMC powder is good for elinating the humidity from your paste. The CMC powder can change the taste just a tad but not enough to really make a difference. I wish you the best with your project.

]]> By: Meghana http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-5222 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:47:26 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-5222 Hi
Your blog is very helpful. I have a question:
I am making a mickey mouse clubhouse cake for my son’s birthday. I am planning to cover th cake with buttercream icing and make the clubhouse figures with sugarpaste. I am little confused here i.e. whether to use pure sugarpaste to make figures or add little CMC to it, considering mickeymouse clubhouse is not a very detailed structure like any human figure. Will adding CMC make it completely tasteless?
I would appreciate if you could answer quickly as my son’s birthday party is next saturday.

]]> By: Sam http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4549 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:27:57 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4549 Thanks so much. I will try out the playdoh thing if I still have mine and the styrofoam and cardboard thing. Hope all goes well for me. Haha. <3

]]> By: The Sugar Lane http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4531 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:15:06 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4531 Hello Teresa!!

You can use a purchased fondant that is already colored and still add tylose powder to it without any issues! It is up to you whether you choose to add the tylose powder to your fondant, things will still work for you. What the tylose powder, cmc powder, gum tex, or gum trag does is strenghten the fondant so that it is easier for the figure to setup and dry quicker in addition if your in a humid area the powder will help to keep the paste drier keeping the humidity out of it. I use it for figures that are sitting and standing, but like I said it is up to you to choose whether you want to use it, you do not have to. I wish you the best with your project I hope that it turns out perfect for you my friend!!!

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]]> By: Teresa http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4495 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:51:47 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4495 Thank you so much for sharing this, after spending hours searching the Internet to try and find which is the best icing to use for making figures just to end up being even more confused. After reading your page I have decided to use fondant and add tylose powder, But do you think this is nessesary even though the figures are sitting?? Also can I add Tylose to pre bought ready tinted fondant? Or would I have to use white and add my own colour?? Hope you. An help
Teresa

]]> By: The Sugar Lane http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4480 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:50:42 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4480 Susie…..It is always best to add dowel rods to the cake so that you have a great foundation to place your gumpaste figure on top of. All my best to you Susie!

]]> By: The Sugar Lane http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4476 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:41:05 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4476 Hello to you Sam, so excited to hear that at only 17yrs old you are interested in cake decorating. It is so fun to create things from sugar! Now to answer your questions
I have made graduation caps before, you can do it either way actually. It depends on the size of the cap that you are interested in making. One way is to use a round piece of styrofoam cut in half, rub crisco all over so that fondant will stick to it then cover it in fondant (you do not need to add tylose powder to the fondant for this part) then take a piece of cardboard that is porportioned in size to the styrofoam that you are using, use a paintbrush to paint water on the cardboard and then cover in fondant as well. You can make the tassel out of fondant (add a few pinches of tylose powder to the fondant so that it will hold its shape better) to make the strands of fondant out of different colors like you want for your school colors you can get yourself a playdoh factory….I think it is called that, this will allow you to put your fondant in the color of your choice into the play doh tool and use the lever to push the fondant through a plastic piece that has snall holds and it will create strands that can be gathered to make the tassel….then attach the tassel with water to the cap. Or you could also make a cap completely out of fondant as well it just depends what you want to do. I wish you the best and hope all goes well for you. Congratulations on graduating this yr!!

I will make a posting on the front page of my blog showing the pics of the playdoh tool that I am talking about, and also I will post pics of how I made the grad. cap that I am describing for you.

]]> By: The Sugar Lane http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4471 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:18:38 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4471 Melisa if the recipe calls for glucose then it is needed, there are some gumpaste recipes that do not use glucose at all.

]]> By: Melisa http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4363 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:32:16 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4363 I have a question. I want to make Gumpaste and I want to know if glucose is a MUST for the Gumpaste?

]]> By: Sam http://thesugarlane.com/2008/10/15/answers-to-your-most-asked-gumpastefondant-questions/#comment-4361 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:14:42 +0000 http://cakecreator.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-4361 Hey. I was trying to read the comments so I don’t repeat a question but there are so many that I figured it would just be best to ask. I’m a young baker, 17, and I’ve always wanted to work with fondant since I saw it on Foodnetwork. My mom is finally giving me a chance to by letting me make a fondant graduation cap for my party in June. Now I’m not the best carver. So my question is… Should I just use straight fondant with that powder you mentioned to make the cap or should I try to carve cake and cover it in fondant? And also I wanna make like individual strands for the tassel (two colors like mine) and combine them like an actual tassel so how would I do this with fondant?

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