Food Grade Mold Recipe

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Comment by Bonnie Willey on February 4, 2014 at 8:25pm

The cold, the rain, the snow... Anything AND everything seems to be an excuse to stay home, & play with my stuff! 

I decided it was time to go through my molds, & melt down the ones least likely to be used.  So say good bye to my very first mold, the big one in my palm.   I also want to let you know, that in my opinion, it is best to keep these in a container, or baggie, in the fridge.   The molds I have been refrigerating seem to retain their softness, and flexibility a lot better than the ones left in the open air.  But, as you can see, this one is still quite flexible, just not as soft & malleable as before.  I have left this one out a LOT, was actually only in the fridge during the time I had misplaced it, and found it in the fridge, in a large container, on top of the buttercream! lol  So several others will join these two, and be melted down, ... to make some leaf molds.

 In this picture I am touching the bottom portion of some cloth leaves, with plastic spines, that I picked up at Michael's.   I cut off the 4 leaves that were above these to use in the molds.  They were getting smaller toward the top.  I FORGOT to take pictures as I went...was too interested in seeing if I could get it to work. 

I sprayed the leaves, front & back, well, with oil.  Heated the mixture for 20 seconds, used my same dowel as always to stir it rapidly, then back in microwave for another 15-20 seconds, I stop it when I see it bubbling.  Remove & mix rapidly again.  I poured a thinnish layer into a bowl, laid the leaves on top, pressing down on them where I wanted a wavy effect, and poured in the rest of the mix, just to cover the leaves totally, but not thicker than needed for this purpose.  Work fast because this stuff cools, and starts to set, FAST!  More so than if it were a freshly made batch, it seems.

(Will finish this in a minute, ran out of allowable words?!!)

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on February 2, 2014 at 4:42pm

; )

Comment by Bonnie Willey on February 2, 2014 at 4:40pm

THANK You!

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on February 2, 2014 at 4:36pm

awesome , your the best ; )

Comment by Bonnie Willey on February 2, 2014 at 4:31pm

Hi again

 

First off, the materials I work with to do these molds, plus the plastic bowl.  I use a clear RubberMaid one with a lid, so I can just close it up, then remelt it next time if I want.  Or just pull the leftovers out of the bowl, once it cools, & throw them back in, to store for later.  A little neater this way. 

 

 

Here are the 'left & tight sides only' of the original lace applique.  The roasting pan was the only one I had large enough to hold both of them.  I stuck them to the bottom of the pan with corn syrup, just to see if it would work, and it did. And washed out so much easier.  I forgot to spray them, will do it next time though.  The corn syrup was sticky on the mold, had to wipe it off with paper towels! lol   I used no cardboard to build them out this time, and as you can see, they were thick enough to give good detail this way.  I put the lace back in the pan for the pic.

 

 

They measure about 4" high.  You can link them end to end, or cut into individual pieces to use on your cake.  You can also only fill the part of the mold that you want, instead of the entire thing, like for the design to the left only, on this one.

Any questions yet???  Will have to start cutting them into smaller pieces/shapes to see what I get that will make a nice usable mold.  

I like the fact that this lace is not as thick & balky as the ones I made prior, though they too do have their uses.  Sometime the thick ones stand off the cake enough to make them look ...more pronounced, & richer?, you get what I mean. 

Most of all, I like the fact that I can use syrup to anchor the lace to the base, and it will hold it there! lol  

 

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on January 28, 2014 at 9:28am

thanks for sharing

Comment by Bonnie Willey on January 28, 2014 at 9:20am

I put 'mess', they said 'mix'...

When ready, the mess should be consistent in quality.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on January 28, 2014 at 9:08am

Another Answer about the recipe!

On step 2. Mix the water & the gelatin.  Start mixing immediately & keep mixing until all the water & the gelatin is thoroughly mixed together.  DON'T STOP mixing or it will separate & congeal in layers.  When ready, the mess should be consistent in quality.

I think that simply means what it says, that you 'don't stop mixing' until ALL of the dry powder is wet & incorporated before nuking it in the microwave.  Nuke it as soon as it is mixed, don't let it dry out.  It will be lumpy as the dickens, and look terrible, but it will melt out properly.  And thus you will see the original recipe for polymer clay's idea of 'consistent in quality!  HAHA! HAHA! HEEHEE!

Comment by June Kowalczyk on January 28, 2014 at 8:19am

To bad Bonnie
Was worth a shot. Obviously the two don't have the same properties. Thanks for trying....

Comment by Bonnie Willey on January 28, 2014 at 12:01am

To continue:

I cut the lace piece, that I made the 6x9 in. image from, into 5 smaller pieces, then made molds for them.

 

 

 

A little luster dust for definition...

 

Below are some possible combinations using these pieces.

 

 

 

 

 

There are so many things you can do with them. 

I was going to make molds of these combos, but now I don't see the need for doing that.

So I will work on the 4" high wrap around one next using a different piece of the original lace applique

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