Gumpaste
Hello Ladies,
I was wondering; when you make your gumpaste flowers, which brand of gumpaste do you use and why? I ask this because I mostly use Wilton, just becasue I can get it fairly cheap. But, I noticed when I was at the local cake shop Nicholas Lodge has a gumpaste line and now Satin Ice also has a gumpaste line. Also if I am not mistaken Duff is also coming out with a fondant/gumpaste line as well. All of these are pricey compared to what I pay for the Wilton gumpaste. Granite I am not a gumpaste flower expert, can't see buying this stuff and praticing with it? Has anybody tried any of these others? What do you think of the quality of the gumpaste? Would it be worth the exspense to try any of these other products?
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Permalink Reply by Deah on
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I use the Wilton also. It is what I learned with and I can get it local and inexpensive.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Tessler on
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I made my own and it is awesome!!!
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I got this recipe from Cakecentral. From Chaptips.
The following recipe will make approximately 2 pounds of gumpaste.
Gumpaste
Ingredients
4 – Large Egg Whites
1 – 2 lb. bag 10x powdered sugar
12 – Level teaspoons Tylose
4 – Teaspoons shortening (Crisco)
Instructions
1. Place the egg whites in a Kitchen Aid mixer bowl fitted with the flat paddle.
2. Turn the mixer on high speed for 10 seconds to break up the egg whites.
3. Reserve 1 cup of the powdered sugar and set aside.
4. Turn the mixer to the lowest speed and slowly add the remaining sugar. This will make a soft consistency royal icing.
5. Turn up the speed to setting 3 or 4 for about 2 minutes. During this time measure off the tylose into a small container.
6. Make sure the mixture is at the soft peak stage. It should look shiny, like meringue and the peaks fall over. (If coloring the entire batch, add the paste color at this stage, making it a shade darker than the desired color.)
7. Turn the mixer to the slow setting and sprinkle the tylose in over a five second time period. Next, turn the speed up to the high setting for a few seconds. (This will thicken the mixture.
8. Scrape the mixture out of the bowl onto a work surface that has been sprinkled with some of the reserved 1 cup of powdered sugar. Place the shortening on your hands and knead the paste, adding enough of the reserved powdered sugar to form a soft but not sticky dough. You can check by pinching with your fingers and they should come away clean. Place the finished paste in a zip-top bag, then place the bagged paste in a second bag and seal well.
9. Place in the refrigerator for 24 hours if possible before using to mature the paste.
10. Before use, remove from refrigerator and allow the paste to come to room temperature. Take a small amount of shortening on the end of your finger and knead this into the paste. If you are coloring the paste, add the paste color at this stage.
11. Always store the paste in the zip-top bags and return to the refrigerator when you are not using the paste. Will keep under refrigeration for approximately 6 months. You can keep the paste longer by freezing. Be sure to use zip-top freezer bags. If you will be freezing a batch of paste, allow it to mature for 24 hours in the refrigerator first before placing into the freezer.
Tylose is an alternative product to use in making gumpaste instead of gum tragacanth. The advantage of the tylose is that the paste is less expensive,, easier to make, holds up better in humidity and is whiter in color. The 55g container makes approximately 3 pounds of finished gumpaste.
I had to use more powdered sugar when working wth it. I hope this works for you.
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Permalink Reply by jeri c on
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I use Satin Ice Gumpaste and I love GSA's Mexican Paste. And Marcella Sanchez's Flower paste is awesome too.
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Permalink Reply by Carol Hill on
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Tracey,
I wanted to try gum paste and there wasn't much for choices in my area so I ordered a cheap 2 pound bag of C&K gum paste mix from the internet. I used most of it and needed more ,so I found a store that had Wilton mix. When I made both of them separately I could see that the Wilton was much whiter .The C&K seemed to have a dirty look to it almost like it was played with un-washed hands. Other than that I don't notice a difference. I use Wilton if I want a white product.
Hope this helps.
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Permalink Reply by tracey lopez on
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i have seen this mexican paste quite a bit could tell me where i can buy it? Why is it called mexican paste?
jeri c said:I use Satin Ice Gumpaste and I love GSA's Mexican Paste. And Marcella Sanchez's Flower paste is awesome too.
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http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=23300&name=Mexican...
Here is the link to global sugar arts mexican paste. I get it from them. I like it works up nicely. I can not tell you why it is called mexican paste!
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Permalink Reply by Dena Bryngelson on
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I like wilton with tylose added...and it is cheaper. Satin ice cracks, Nicks doesn't dry...we used it in our TLC cake off for that reason alone.
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What does the tylose powder do to the wilton gumpaste? I know gumtex helps it dry faster.
Dena Bryngelson said:I like wilton with tylose added...and it is cheaper. Satin ice cracks, Nicks doesn't dry...we used it in our TLC cake off for that reason alone.
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I tried googleing it to find out why or what the difference is, and nothing came up.
jeri c said:http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=23300&name=Mexican...
Here is the link to global sugar arts mexican paste. I get it from them. I like it works up nicely. I can not tell you why it is called mexican paste!
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