stuck in red solo cup land please help

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on March 30, 2012 at 9:49am

Not sure I understand your question/dilemena Heather

Can you be more specific???? Perhaps then I & others can help.

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Permalink Reply by Heather Recore on March 30, 2012 at 12:46pm

I have to make cupcakes for a friend graduation I have to make mini solo cups the size of the tip of your pinky or a timble I can't get it right I need help figuring this out

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on March 30, 2012 at 7:14pm

Sorry it took so long to answer you Heather. Was working on a birthday cake for Sunday.

Ok, you mentioned thimble & actually that is a good idea. Any store that sells sewing supplies sell thimbles. You can find a thimble without bumps/ridges. Use a icing tip and cut out your gumpaste with the large round end. This way each one will be the same size. Push fondant into thimble, cut off excess if any comes up & over. Place in freezer approx 5-8 min. When it is good & hard loosen slightly, carefully, with a knife, and it should pop right out. It should come out resembling a smal cup.  Give it a try. In my mind, it looks like it will work.

Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Wolff on March 30, 2012 at 9:19pm

That sounds pretty doable June. You might want to first dust the inside first with corn starch though. Once it pops out, just use some Crisco to clean off the corn starch. You shouldn't even have to freeze them if you use cornstarch on the inside of the thimble. Another thought would be to go through all of your hair product lids. Sometimes hair products have much smaller lids that cover like a spray can of hair spray that could be used in the same manner. I'm always checking around the house to see if there is something that resembles the size and shape of what I need to make in gum paste or fondant.

June Kowalczyk said:

Sorry it took so long to answer you Heather. Was working on a birthday cake for Sunday.

Ok, you mentioned thimble & actually that is a good idea. Any store that sells sewing supplies sell thimbles. You can find a thimble without bumps/ridges. Use a icing tip and cut out your gumpaste with the large round end. This way each one will be the same size. Push fondant into thimble, cut off excess if any comes up & over. Place in freezer approx 5-8 min. When it is good & hard loosen slightly, carefully, with a knife, and it should pop right out. It should come out resembling a smal cup.  Give it a try. In my mind, it looks like it will work.

Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on March 31, 2012 at 8:43am

I do that too Linda. Looking around for household items to see if they can be used.

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