Food Grade Mold Recipe

This feels & acts like silicone! Quick & easy to make, cheap too! Have fun with it, I am!

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Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 30, 2014 at 9:18am: Duh..., now why didn't I think of that?!? lol

Comment by June Kowalczyk on June 30, 2014 at 8:40am: Go on the Deco Gel site, maybe there's tutorials? Or google and see what comes up....

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 29, 2014 at 11:01pm: Thanks June. I still have them. They are quite sturdy, while remaining soft & flexible. But then I still have some of the very first ones that I made. And they too are still soft & quite flexible. I just luv this stuff. But I need to find more ways to use it. lol

Comment by June Kowalczyk on June 29, 2014 at 10:54pm: The gummy gel beads look very pretty...

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 29, 2014 at 10:28pm: Continuing info on the mold made on May 22nd. below.

First I used fondant, then my GummyGel, in the mold. Both worked, but I like the detail with the GummyGel better. Remember to oil the mold well before each use, when using the GummyGel. To clean up, wipe the mold with a paper towel. I think the design was a little to fine & shallow for the fondant/gumpaste, almost too shallow & fine even for the GummyGel. I will take this into consideration on my next mold. The bead mold worked the best here, both with the fondant & GummyGel. The others are just too shallow for either medium. I will be melting this one down for reuse.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 29, 2014 at 10:23pm: This is the process I used to make my latest mold, on May 22nd.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 4, 2014 at 10:25pm: Updated Food safe 'Mold' Recipe 6-4-14'
Securely attach item to bottom of container. Make enough mix to completely cover chosen item. Spray item, & inside of container well before adding mold mixture. NOT for use with isomalt, or very hot chocolate, because the heat melts them.

1/3  cup edible glycerin

      2  oz clear gelatin

   1/4  cup cool water

1 1/4  tsp corn syrup - optional

   1/6 tsp coconut oil, no substitutions, as your solvent

1.Warm glycerin in microwave for 20 seconds, & set aside

2.Mix the water & gelatin until all the dry powder is gone

3.Heat in microwave, in 20 sec. intervals & stir, until the gelatin is melted and free from lumps

4.Add the warmed glycerin, glucose, & coconut oil, stir until blended

5.Microwave 20 seconds, if clarifying, proceed with clarifying process.

6.It is now ready to use, & should be used immediately. Will start to set quickly

7.Cool the new mold by placing in the fridge for 20 minutes

Comment by Bonnie Willey on April 13, 2014 at 11:29pm: Hello All!

We just finished a cute little cake for my sister's granddaughter's baby shower today. I helped her, and her other granddaughter, to do this one. I wanted to make a cake board, but they opted for the cookie sheet.

All of the bead work, top & bottom, as well as all of the dots on both the cake & blanket, along with all of the giraffes, both big & little, were all done using my GummyGel! The orange ones were flavored with orange, the red with cherry, and some of the purple with grape, but the rest with pure mint, at the Mom-to-be's request.

The cake is 2 golden yellow sheet cakes stacked one on top of the other, & is frosted with vanilla/almond buttercream using the paper towel method to smooth it. The center filling was dammed with buttercream, and filled with a layer of whipped cream, a layer of strawberries, then another layer of whipped cream. It was as thick as a layer of cake!

The baby's body was a combo of rice krispie treats & peanut butter cups. And, yes, there was a whole baby under that blanket, not just a butt. The legs were all fondant. The panties, covering for the rice krispie treats body, & blanket, were also of fondant. The 4 small babies at the bottom on each side were of fondant too. The dots, on the cake & blanket, along with the giraffes on the blanket, were Nancy's idea, and made the cake look very 'busy'!

I made the cake, frosted & smoothed it, did the baby, & rolled out the blanket, and this is my second 'Baby Butt' cake. I also made the GummyGel, all they had to do was divide, remelt, color, & flavor it. And I supplied the molds, and Tappit set. It was their cake, so I turned them loose on the decorating.

The party was fun, I took my 2 grands with me. And the cake was a hit!

Comment by Bonnie Willey on April 3, 2014 at 11:05pm: (Ran out of space again on prior post! lol)

FYI: I used this opportunity to add a Tablespoon of water to my leftover, cut up, mold materials, instead of glycerine, before reheating it, and it did help restore the desired consistency to the mold itself! Reheating leftover mold material in the microwave tends to dry it out over time, this is another option to correct this issue. I am still reheating, and reusing, some of my original batches. Have not had to throw any out yet!

Princess or Barbie Cake Toppers

Now you can have a totally edible Princess, or Barbie, cake.

Just put one of these on top instead of a real doll and it looks just as good! (Assuming you can paint! lol))

I was quite pleased with them. Clarifying the mix before pouring will probably come in handy here for an even smoother finish.

Have some fun in the kitchen everyone!

Comment by Bonnie Willey on April 3, 2014 at 10:59pm: I finally found a receptacle of the right size to try this project. Or so I thought! Make sure that it does not get smaller at the top! Do as I say, not as I did! I had a hard time getting the doll out of the mold, so I could get the mold out of the glass! If it had been larger at the top, I could have pulled doll, in mold, out easily.

I made a cut up the BACK of the mold so any seam in the finished fondant/gumpaste/chocolate doll would not be an issue. This will allow easy removal of the finished product.

One doll topper is finished, and another one is in the mold. The excess is left on the bottom to form the top of a skirt, any shape you need, once the 'doll' is removed from the mold. Fill the mold fully, to fill all the little nock & crannies. Squeeze just enough to close the slit in the back, forcing excess material back into the mold, or remove it as needed. Then remove from mold to dry. It will not dry well in the mold. I did not spray, or powder, before putting the fondant into the mold, and they came out well, but will try them next time, just to see what works best.

As you can seethe doll 's head got a little too close to the edge while in the mold, but it has not been an issue, still holds the full pattern of the hair when removed. Just keep your doll straighter! lol

I was able to get a pretty good model from the mold. Now, if I could only paint...

You can move the head around while still soft for desired effect, one is looking up, the other down. We also have 2 different skirt top shapes. And 1 is holding a scarf effect, the other is not! Both from the same mold, play with it!