Good luck to you my friend, welcome to the world of cake decorating! I live in greece and i order most of the ingredients from UK, since there is a limited variety available here and often really overpriced.
It melts into oil when cooked. What can i use instead of Crisco? Thanks for any answer really! Welcome my friend!! To be honest I am not sure what you should use to make sugarpaste, but I would try the fytini since it is like a vegetable shortening…. I will also tell you since you do purchase things from the UL, you can purchase a shortening from them as well if you are interested. There is a shoortening used by decorators called high ratio shortening to make their sugarpaste.
You may also be able to purchase a regular shortening from the UK too. I am sorry I was unable to give you more info on what you could use from Greece. All my best to you!!
Hi, I am a beginner. I bought some fondant from the shop and was wondering if I needed to add the tylose powder to this before I create my little animals? Linda, I would add some tylose powder to your fondant so that it will add strength to the paste for making your animals.
Just add a few pinches to your paste and knead it very well, then make your animals! Thank you so much. I can now get started. I have been too scared to try this before I got your reply. To be honest I have no idea what the shelf life of Tylose Powder would be, you could google and see if there is anything online that would state exactly what the shelf life is.
I would think it lasts quite some time, I have some that I have been using for at least a year, it is powder so it should have a long shelf life. Hi I was wondering if I can use gum arabic to make gum paste since that is the only thing around me?
Rana, yes you can use the gum arabic to make your gumpaste it is a gum ingredient and will do the same thing as tylose powder does. Good luck to you my friend!! Lena, you should be able to use the Xanthan gum since it is a gum ingredient, although I have never used it myself. I would try the same amount as I would with the tylose powder which would be tsps to a pound of fondant. Good luck to you! Maria, yes you can add a gum mix to the fondant for making flowers, adding a gum product turns the fondant into a quick gumpaste.
Sharon if you are using gumpaste you do not need to add any gums to it, for those who dont know what I mean by gums, I am referring to tylose powder, cmc powder or gum trag.
If you are using regular fondant then yes you would add a gum ingredient to it. The best way to go about doing this project…. Hi, I am from India and newly starting up making figurines. I would like to know if I can add CMC to fondant to make figurines dry up faster. Also, how much CMC should I be adding. I must say the figurines you have made look really really cute. Yes, Cmc powder can be used and added to your fondant….. Now if I am making a for example a little dog figure I just add a few pinches of tylose or cmc powder to the ball of fondant that I intend to use for my dog.
I hope this makes sense to you. I wish you the best with your figures!! Am just starting out and mostly on my own. Really appreciated your definitions of powders used in gum paste. Have a question, tho. When I make the fondant to cover the cake, should I add tylos to that as well, or is the tylos added just to the fondant I will be using to make flowers, etc? Would really appreciate some help here—and thanks!
Welcome to the world of cake decorating!!! Hope this helps you!! Thanks for this, it has been really helpful. I was wondering the same thing as Pat. Could this be the cause of the cracking? Cindy alot of people use cornflower but from my experience it has made my fondant crack more.
When I use icing sugar powdered sugar I use very little since this is a huge reason for fondant cracking issues. I use shortening in my fondant which will help make it more pliable when rolling out. When the air hits fondant it will immediately cause drying out of your fondant so it is best to work quickly. Sorry to just be getting to your question, I get soo many and it takes some time to make sure I get all the info together to reply to all who ask questions….
To be honest regarding the gumpaste it may be easier to start with the mix avail. I do not make my own anymore since I can purchase it online here in the U. I purshase the Satin Ice brand and love it. But if you would like to make your own I plan to add a good recipe to use to my site since everyone is asking for a good one to use. To be honest perfection with fondant or gumpaste comes over time, I was horrible in the beginning and it seemed as though the more I worked with it the better things got.
You have to have patience in cake decorating, give yourself a pat on the back each and everytime that you try something new. It is not easy learning all these new techniques….
If everyone could have seen all my mistakes back in the beginning you would feel much better cause it does happen to ALL of us in the beginnning!! Please take my word for it, it does get easier dealing with all the little issue that come up. In my opinion becoming a great cake decorator is NOT someone who makes beautiful creations, but someone who learns to deal with all the mistakes, problems, and issues that come up when making and decorating a cake…..
I hope this all makes sense to you Paras, I know that its overwhelming at times my friend but you are doing just fine…. Oh and as far as Tylose powder you do not need it unless you are making your own gumpaste, or using it to add to fondant for making flowers or figurines. Could you help me!! I make little babies for cupcakes with the gumpaste recipe on the gum-tex container. But with the hot weather it takes a long to for them to dry.
Could you tell me could I add some Tylose to it? Dena…Sorry to be just getting to your question with the summer i am very backed up with soooo many questions!! If I were you I would purchase the Wilton fondant which sets up very nice and quckly so that you can create and ship quicker than with the recipe that your using now! Since the Wilton fondant taste sooo bad I only use it for making figurines I love the way it sets up and dries nice and hard!
Hope this helps you…. All my best my friend! Help, please! I would like them both to be able to keep them as a memento. Is there a way to ensure that they survive being kept a long while in small memnto boxes. I was thinking of varnishing them if so what varnish can be used this would ensure they are not damaged by moisture.
It would be nice if my nieces could show their children what was on their christening cakes and as they are only three and one that is a long way off. Hello Helen……. You can use any spray laquer that is available at most craft stores as well as any store that carries paint and supplies. I use a clear spray laquer that is in a spray can….. This does help to preserve the piece however please be aware that if the piece becomes exposed to warm temperaures or very high humidity it can get soft and begin to droop.
I always have my air conditioning on in the summer so my pieces that I have preserved are just fine. I wish you the best!!
Hi Maria….. I was surfing the net to find the solution to a problem and came across your website. Thank you for all your inputs, you are very kind. I need you help on the problem that I am facing in making the gumpaste. My gumpaste is crumbling on usage and I can see cracks developing when the object dries up. The proportion I have used is gm sugar to 35 gm cmc.
Are you able to help here. Am I using a wrong proprtion. Is there a ratio from converting tylose to cmc. Appreciate all your help. Best regards, Soneeka. Hi, I just started making a fondant and were I stay tylose are not available to ship. Hello Rosalie….. Yes, you can use Gum-Tex as a replacement in your fondant. Good Luck to you!! I hope this helps my friend!! I need to stick already made sugar bees to a beehive cake. Do you have reccomendations on what I could use?
We do not have much selection where I live. Thanks Ciara. Hello Ciara I would just use a little water on the sugar bees and then stick them to your cake, I hope my answer is what you were looking for now if you were wanting to make them appear as though they are flying, then you could put your bees on wires to put on your cake, now I do not put wires directly into my cakes I put drinking straws down into the cake and place the wires into the drinking straws.
Should I be adding a small amount of liquid to the sugar paste to activate the the gum tragacanth? Roz it is never a good idea to add liquid to your sugarpaste……it takes a few hrs for the gum trag to activate in your sugarpaste so this sounds like what is going on for you. Hi — I am a completely new to baking and cake decorating person who is going into this pretty much blind — only being led by helpful people such as yourselves!..
So far so good — I have made some extremely yummy cupcakes and this week have covered my first cake in fondant icing! If I want to make figurines from fondant icing — do I need to use this gummy stuff you all speak about!?.. Any advice or tips you can give me will be most welcome as I am really keen to make a good go of this, as so far I seem to be ok! I am looking for a good moist cake recipe.
I have been using Betty Crocker but something has happenedand it does not work for me anymore. I need a good white cake batter from scratch. I use the Betty Crocker SuperMoist white cake mix. Mix according to the package directions no yolks and add 8 oz of sour cream to it. It makes a good, moist, delicious, perfectly white cake that holds up nicely.
I made premade 1 inch strips out of gumpaste to put on a drum cake and now I have to attach them to the fondant cake. How much of it? Tylose is added to fondant to make it dry quicker or turn fondant into a quick form of gumpaste…. Thanks so much! I was wondering if you had any tips for problems with my gumpaste not getting smooth before setting?
Once I add a color and begin to roll it into a ball or shape it is very hard for me to get a smooth outside and I end up with cracks once it dries. I was hoping maybe using tylose powder would help make it stick together better. First off Gumpaste usually dries on the outside and then as it dries inside it causes the cracks to form and I myself have dealt with this quite a bit.
One thing that may help you quite a bit is to stop using the cornstarch it makes fondant and gumpaste dry out even worse thus causing more cracks…. Adding tylose powder to your gumpaste will not cause the issues you are having to stop, it will more than likely make things worse.
I use tylose to add to my fondant to create a quick form of gumpaste, and it also helps when you live in an area that has high humidity too. If you are unable to get to a store, please contact our Customer Care Department.
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Choose a Colour:. Select 50 g m Available - Low stock. Any suggestions or options that I could substitute? Singapore, which is closer to you, has all of these sorts of products- so does Malaysia which is even closer. Both are very big into cake decorating -especially in KL- and there are tons of options available. Can't you sub light corn syrup for the glycerin when making fondant? If so, then you can probably find that in Thailand, depending on which city you're in, but if you're in Bangkok- for sure you can if you check around sukhumvit area.
Hope this helps! Hi, I can totally relate to your dilemma! My Husband and i recently moved to India from Arizona. Arizona according to me was the perfect place for gumpaste the dry weather helped in keeping all my creations perfect!!
The humidity here is terrrible! After many batches of failed gumpaste recipe i finally found one that i can rely on its Nicholas Lodge recipe you can find it on the net I have read that adding glycerin in high humidity areas is not recommended cause it tends to absorb moisture in the air, so avoid as much as you need. And if you find your gumpaste melting after you have completed a figurine keep in under a lamp direct light to harden , however, be careful as the colour does then to fade.
Right now am trying to find a way to stop my creations from fading under direct light, if any of you out there knows a solution please share!!!!! Hi there OP. Yes, I was browsing both of the sites that you recommended and emailed them on how much the shipping costs would be. THanks again! Now, the waiting game begins for this supplies to arrive! I don't live in Bangkok used to be, last year for 2 months currently we live in Chiangmai, Thailand. And I ask my friends to look for me, they could not find any of those ingredients.
Here we have a lot of expat supermarkets and even bigger stores for baking, yet surprisingly they don't carry those ingredients, even given me a BIG question mark look like with a look that I have three heads on me.
Well, anyhoo that's thailand for you. Thanks again! Hi vairy! I had so many sleepless nights and almost going to butthead myself to the wall. Been looking all over places and searching for options and losing money at the same time.
I've been to Arizona by the way and I agree with everything that you mentioned. They even don't have CMC powder here.. Yes, most of my friends cakers told me not to use Glycerin because it would only aggravate the sagging part even melt as fast like icecream! Another question, for marzipan am trying this "NUT FREE" marzipan, am quite worried about people having allergies or may not like the almond, nutty flavour.
I'm going to experiment actually later today to see how it goes. Can I use any marzipan to cover any kind of cake flavours? Also, for homemade fondant for covering, what is the best way to make it stable and not wet sagging even after you placed it on the fridge it does not help at all..
Hi Evoir! I didn't look, although my husband told me to do the same thing. But not quite sure about that since it has to be of course "food Grade" and I really doubt having to explain it in Thai.
First of all I don't speak the language and secondly its really hard to communicate vis-a-vis. I think you'll find pharmacy grade glycerin finer grade than any other! Many people in my country use what they call 'Faux marzipan'.
It has nothing to do with a real marzipan, they just call it so. There are different recipes available on-line, you can try to make just half batch and see which one you like more. You can color it with gel colors, if you want to color the whole batch it's better to mix some color with the water before adding it to the dry mix.
If it's too runny, add the mixture of PS and powdered milk. Roll it out between two sheets of wax paper, mat or on the counter dusted with PS. Use immediately or wrap tightly in saran wrap, put in a zip lock bag and keep in the fridge.
Heat shortly in the microwave in intervals of 10 sec if too hard. You don't need ingredients like gelatine, glycerine or glucose. Years ago I lived in India for 2 years, so I can imagine your situation fondant-wise and how difficult in general caking there is.
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