I needed some gel for a cake decorating class and i won t buy the store brand junk.
Cake writing gel recipe.
Dowels cake supports.
If you don t have a pastry bag use a resealable plastic bag instead.
In microwaveable bowl mix cold water and cornstarch together.
The teacher was amazed at how identical it was to the name brand 0 and all good ingredients.
The paste coloring is best but the drops will work fine too.
They don t taste that good either.
For green house s cake gels the amount to use in making cakes is 5 of the total weight of the eggs in the recipe.
This is an amazing recipe and quick.
Fill the bag then snip the tip with scissors to create a tiny opening.
Piping gel home made recipe type.
Baking i love to use this recipe when i need to make water for my cakes like in this dora swimming pool cake.
If you are a beginner cake decorator try writing your message in cursive fonts because it can be very difficult to control the flow and stop of icing cleanly in block letters.
I don t like buying those ready made tubes because they re so expensive for such a small amount of icing.
Cursive writing fits in well with elegant or whimsical cakes especially if your printed alphabet is shaky.
Tips for writing on cakes or cupcakes.
Pillar and plate sets.
In this post i share with you two recipes one with gelatin as well as a vegetarian with lots of possibilities.
You can tint it any color you want by adding food coloring.
Piping gel writing gels.
Add it in and beat together with the eggs as it encourages foaming enhances the natural foaming functions of eggs specifically the egg whites.
Microwave on high for 1min 30sec 2 min until mixture boils and turns clear.
Fit a pastry bag with a fine tip and fill with room temperature melted chocolate colored frosting or piping gel.
Add corn syrup and white vanilla and stir until combined.
I just dollop it on top of my blue fondant and voila.
Here s the recipe i use when i just need a small batch.
Pillars white ivory.
It has become an important aspect of cake decorating form glue to sticking flowers.