…..and Edible!!
These easy to make decorations will soon adorn all your baked goodies! From cakes to cookies, cupcakes and everything in between. You can make them well ahead of time and not worry about spoilage since they harden and last for quite a long time. Keeping that in mind, you do have to keep the dough that you are not working with in an airtight container – the air will cause the dough to harden. The dough you will be working with is called gum paste or candy dough and I do have a recipe to share. I used the store-bought gum paste mix simply because I saw it at the store and bought it. All I had to do was add water. The dough is a tad sticky so adding confectioners (powdered) sugar as you work with it helps greatly.
The dough is easy to work with and making flowers, leaves and other designs is actually quite Fun! I did use food coloring a little, tried pink sparkles which didn’t adhere and mixed in food color paste (the purple) to create a colored flower. You can make your designs ahead of time and keep for future decorating when the occasion arises. The recipe for Candy Dough contains 1 cup confectioner’s sugar, 1/2 cup cornstarch, sifted, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 tablespoon unflavored gelatin and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Mix all ingredients with an electric mixer. Take the mixture and wrap it in plastic wrap and place in an airtight container. Set aside for 3 hours. Unwrap the dough and your imagination and get creative!
I melted some chocolate and used a plastic squeeze bottle to draw designs on wax paper. The chocolate didn’t take long to harden up. You do have to be careful as you peel it off the wax paper since it is rather fragile. You can combine your candy dough creations with the chocolate designs and create quite a professional finished goodie! You can make patterns to follow cut from cardboard or draw a design on paper with pencil, cover the design with wax paper and follow along the lines with the melted chocolate. The best part is nothing has to be perfect or identical … just Sweet and Simple …
and Edible!!
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