Sugar mastic at home - it's easy! It is also very interesting and exciting for those who like to decorate cakes with their own hands using various products.
Sugar mastic at home. Use chewing marshmallows
Take a small bag (100-150 g) of marshmallows, a tablespoon of butter or margarine, powdered sugar (it may need up to 350 g, so stock up) and food colors (preferably liquid). Melt the marshmallows by adding oil, in the microwave or in a water bath. This will take in the first case no more than twenty seconds, and in the second - a few minutes. After the marshmallows swell under the influence of high temperature, begin to add powdered sugar, gradually stirring. If you need multi-colored mastic at home (photos show how different it can be in color), then add dye immediately, dividing the mass into parts.
After stirring, look at the consistency. The mass should look like plasticine. If such a consistency has not yet been achieved, continue to add powdered sugar one tablespoon each. You will see when it will be necessary to stop.
Roll the mastic into a layer. If you make small figures for decorating cakes, dry them during the day, but do not put them in the refrigerator. If the mastic is ready at home, how to roll it into a thin uniform layer? Many people think that this time-consuming operation is available only to experienced confectioners. This is not true. There are two ways that are available even to beginners. The first is rolling mastic on starch. The second is between greased sheets of polyethylene. The latter method is also convenient because you can, having rolled out, transfer the mastic to the cake on one of the sheets of film. It is better to take polyethylene thicker, it will not form wrinkles. We’ll reveal a little secret that will make it possible for sugar mastic to shine at home after it is applied to the cake: grease its surface with a mixture of honey and vodka. These ingredients should be taken in a ratio of 1: 1.
Use a brush to grease the surface of the cake.
Honey mastic at home
Soak 10 g of gelatin in water to swell. After that, it should be heated in a water bath so that it dissolves, mixed with two tablespoons of margarine and the same amount of honey. Now your task is to add half a kilogram of powdered sugar to this mixture. This should be done gradually by interfering with a spatula or spatula. Knead the thickened mass, laying on the table, like dough. Honey mastic is a type of sugar. But when working with it, certain rules should be followed. In no case should it be soft - this will make working with it impossible. She will be constantly torn. Therefore, by adding powdered sugar, make the consistency of honey mastic steeper. Please note that a cake coating made of this material does not tolerate moisture. Therefore, use recipes that allow you to bake a dry biscuit, and keep the finished cake in an airtight package.