Homemade gum paste

I had heard of gum paste before, but wasn't sure what you use it for. I now know that you can use it to sculpt figurines and flowers for cakes with or without fondant. I also learned you can use it to make your own mints! After finding the recipe for these Homemade Breath Mints, I also found a recipe for homemade gum paste instead of having to use the store bought kind. I already had all the ingredients to make it homemade, so rather than spend the money, I decided to try it. It was really…

Learning how to make gumpaste need not be difficult. If you search “gumpaste recipe” in Google, your search will lead to several recipes which are already using only eggwhites, powdered…

Easy, homemade gum paste to use for cake decorating and figure making.

I don't work with gum paste very often, but when I need to make gum paste figures or simple flowers I make the gum paste from scratch using this recipe: Gum paste Recipe

Learn about the major differences between fondant and gum paste, two cake decorating staples that can help you create some beautifully decorated desserts!

Sugar flowers are made with a special sugar dough called gumpaste recipe made with edible gums such as Tylose or CMC. These make the petals hard enabling us to roll the paste really thin thus creating lifelike sugar flowers. Making gum paste recipe at home is a simple, easy and effortless process and I have given you two recipes here that will be the answer to all your cake decorating and gumpaste flowers.

Learn to make gum paste from scratch with this easy recipe. You'll be sculpting bouquets of sugary flowers in no time.

1) Put water in a saucepan & sprinkle the gelatin over the water. Let gelatin soak for about 5 minutes or until it starts to look foamy. 2) Add the corn syrup. Stir...

Easy, homemade gum paste to use for cake decorating and figure making.