Marshmallow - a kind of souffle, sweet very popular in the English-speaking countries. It differs in the expressed sweet taste and elastic consistence and is on sale, packed in bags. Candies souffles are very much loved by children, and hostesses use a marshmallow as a basis for house mastic from which it is possible to mold flowers, animals, little men and other jewelry for cakes and cakes.
Preparation of sugar mastic
masticfrom a marshmallowIt is simple to prepare , the main thing is not to save on icing sugar. Buy it more, and choose a quality product of very fine crushing. The sugar kristallik which got in powder can spoil ready mastic. Therefore before the use it is better to sift a ready-made product.
It is possible to find a marshmallow of different flowers in sale. Most often white and pink souffle meets, but a blue, cream-paste, lilac or greenish candies comes across. Before starting mastic production, sort them in the flowers. If you plan to paint finished products, prefer white souffle. For a molding of flowers it is possible to use color.
Color of mastic can be enhanced, having added to it ready food colors in the form of liquid or paste.
It will be required to you: - 100 g of a marshmallow; - 1.5 glasses of small icing sugar; - 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Lay out souffle in a bowl, add lemon juice and kindle in the microwave oven to homogeneous mass. If it is necessary, add food color and mix. Slightly cool weight and in the portions pour into it icing sugar, constantly mixing mix. When weight becomes rather dense, lay out it from a bowl on a wooden board and you knead hands, continuing to pour icing sugar. Ready mastic has uniform, plastic texture, she doesn't grow stout and doesn't stick to hands. If weight began to crumble, sprinkle it water, to a podsypta still and you pomesit powders several seconds. Densely inwrap ready mastic in food wrap and place in the fridge for half an hour. When weight stiffens, it is possible to start creation of figures.
If you had unused mastic, densely inwrap it in a film and remove in the fridge for storage.
Sugar mastic: small features
From ready mastic it is possible to mold various figures - they turn out volume and well hold a form. That products didn't blur, you stick together them in advance and dry, having spread out on a board. It is necessary to decorate cake with products from a marshmallow just before giving - it is especially important if you plan to place a decor on a cream layer. If you want to decorate cake in advance, before dressing cover it with a layer of thinly rolled marzipan or dense glaze. Such protective layer won't allow moisture to spoil products from mastic. Finished products from mastic can be painted. Prepare concentrated solution from water and food color and by means of a brush apply it on a figure. Don't do the painting solution too liquid, otherwise water will soak mastic. Figures and mastic flowers can be prepared for the future. You stick together products, dry up them and put in a cardboard box with a cover. Sugar mastic can be stored several months in the dry and cool place.