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A Gumpaste recipe is a must have a recipe on hand for every cake decorator because of its many uses. This edible gum paste recipe can be used to make cake toppers and other cake elements that may be eaten because it uses meringue powder, not egg whites. I use it for kids cakes all the time. As you can see on this blog I have two recipes for gumpaste one with egg white and one with meringue.
The first recipe is adapted from Nicholas Lodge Gumpaste recipe using egg whites and I use that almost all the time to make my sugar flowers. Sugar flowers made with wires are not meant to be eaten so they can be made with egg whites.
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The drawback of the first gumpaste recipe for me is that it is made with raw eggs and I do not get pasteurized eggs. My first Castle Cake was made with this gum paste. As a cake decorator when I saw all the kids at the birthday party eat the towers it really freaked me out. After that, I went on a hunt for an edible gum paste recipe. I tried almost all recipes that are available hur bifogar du gumpaste the internet.
The most common complaint I had was that due to the heat and high humidity in Israel the gum paste would stay soft and sometimes form molds or sticky after 2 to 3 days. After several experiments, I came up with my own recipe and have now settled on this recipe. I use it on cakes where the gum paste may be eaten. All my cakes made for pregnant moms use this recipe.
Meringue powder can be expensive and sometimes hard to find. So if you need to use gum paste for an item that will not be eaten such as sugar flowers, use the gumpaste recipe made with raw egg whites. If you need edible gumpaste that might be eaten use this gumpaste made with meringue powder.
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If you live in hot humid weather than the first gumpaste recipe made with egg whites is the best for sugar flowers and this edible gumpaste for cake decorating would be ideal for other cake projects. The presence of egg whites in both these helps dry and keep the projects hard. Like fondant, gum paste too should have a long shelf life if kept properly.
Sealed properly this gum paste can be kept at room temperature for about a month.
You can leave it in the fridge for about three months or even freeze it for a bit longer. Just make sure you bring it to room temperature before you need it.
Nicholas Lodge’s Tylose Gumpaste
As a cake decorator, I use my supplies fast. I never store my gumpaste or fondant for long at room temperature especially in summer as the temperature can go up to 40 C so use your judgment when it comes to food safety. I portion my gum paste and bring one or two out of the fridge and it is usually used up in a day or week. It can still be used. Just heat it in the microwave for 5 seconds then knead it really well with some vegetable shortening.
When made fresh gumpaste appears too soft avoid adding too much powdered sugar and let it rest a few hours. If the gumpaste is too soft because of excess kneading, again just let it rest for a few hours and it will stiffen up again. No, unfortunately, gumpaste does not like the fridge. The gum tends to break down so when you take it out of the fridge the condensation will melt the gumpaste flowers or gum paste projects.
Hur bifogar du gumpaste, the ingredients used in gumpaste are all edible including the gums like CMC, tylose or gum tragacanth. Though not very tasty especially when it gets hard. Make sure to use pasteurized egg whites if you using it directly on a cake. Or use my edible gum paste for cake decorating recipe. For many things, yes. You can use fondant instead of gumpaste in many cake decorating projects.
Make a quick modeling paste like I have shown below with CMC added. This can hur bifogar du gumpaste used for cake toppers and other free-standing cake cutouts. Not recommended for sugar flowers see next question. Additionally, due to the presence of gelatin and glycerin in fondant it never really dries hard. In hot humid weather, it absorbs moisture so stays much softer.