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Help using a lace cake mould

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  • 08-12-2015 12:07am
    #1
    1961shooter
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi can anyone offer me advice?
    I want to use a silicone icing mould for this weekend but I can't get it to work!
    I've googled everything and watched numerous YouTube tutorials but my problem is this... If I make the sugarpaste pliable enough to press into the (very tiny) crevices in the mould then I can't get it out! I've tried freezing it in the hope that it'd pop out whole and then I'd leave it defrost but it didn't freeze at all! It was as soft coming out of the freezer as it was going in 5hrs previously.
    I dusted the mould with cornflour but it made no difference. Any suggestions? Please?!?


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    #2
    phormium
    Registered Users Posts: 3,342 ✭✭✭phormium


    Sugarpaste is no good for this job, you need flower/florist or modelling paste or at the very least you need to add cmc or gum trag to the sugarpaste. But the flower paste is the best, it's much tougher and stretchier than sugarpaste alone.

    You dust the mould lightly with the cornflour, a little whack to get out any loose stuff leaving just a light film of cornflour then you press the paste into the mould, depending on the shape of the mould I would use a rolled out sausage shape of paste and squish into the mould. Don't start off with a huge piece because you do so much squishing that you will rub off the cornflour and cause sticking. Just fill the mould and trim off level with a sharp knife. You should then flex the mould slightly in each direction to loosen the edges of the piece, turn upside down and push out from the back.

    Some of the very detailed lace moulds are very difficult to use even for a professional and I have some that I have even given up on.


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    #3
    1961shooter
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭1961shooter


    Thanks very much for all your help!
    Any recommendations where I should buy the florists paste?


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    #4
    1961shooter
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭1961shooter


    Phormiun, I just found some online.
    Thanks again I never knew there was such a thing!


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    phormium
    Registered Users Posts: 3,342 ✭✭✭phormium


    You could buy it in any of the specialist cake shops like Decobake or even in shops that carry a decent range of cake stuff. You can also of course as you discovered buy it online from Stuff4cakes or again of the big cake online shops in Ireland. But it's easy enough to get in an actual shop.


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