Hi everyone

Today  decided to try Mexican Paste a try, I had been told it would be better to use in a 3-D mold which I purchased a few weeks back.  I finally got around to making it , I got the recipe from globalsuagrart.com  which is a site I visit often.  The only thing I changed was that I used gum text instead of Gum Tragacanth , I read good and bad reviews about subsuituing it for gum tex so we will see what happens, you are suppose to let it "cure" overnght . 

We will have to see what happens. Below is the recipe

Happy Baking !

Julie


Mexican Paste Recipe


This it the paste that Marion Frost of Patchwork Cutters recommends to use with all her Patchwork Cutters. We do not recommend gumpaste for use with Patchwork cutters.

8 ounces (2 cups) 10x powdered sugar

3 teaspoons Gum Tragacanth -Buy Here

6 teaspoons cold water (plus or minus a teaspoon depending on your sugar)

Blend together 10x sugar and gum tragacanth in a bowl. Add water and mix with a heavy spoon until most of the sugar is absorbed. Pour onto a clean work surface and knead, picking up the extra bits of moist sugar as you knead, until the dough is smooth and pliable. Place in a sealed plastic bag and place that bag into another sealed bag. Leave overnight on the counter to cure. DO NOT REFRIGERATE! The paste will be very hard the next day. Break off a small piece and knead until soft before using.

You can keep Mexican Paste for up to 10 days as long as you knead it every 2-3 days. If you want to keep it longer, it freezes very well. Do not refrigerate Mexican paste

This weekend was full of sweets. I attempted my first cookes bouquet thanks to the memebers of cake central cakecentral.comfor answering a few of my question regarding packaging. I made footballs, jerseys, penants and hements for my son football team fundraiser. check out my cakes page or the above post for pictures Iam nto sure how to put them in this post. also made a sunflower basket cake for a friends birthday I am happy with the results love to use oreo cookies for the centers and used red M&M's for ladybugs!


That is all for this post.

Happy Baking !

Julie
 

Chocolate Salted Carmel Mini Cupckes


Well I started making Martha Stewarts Chocolate Salted Carmel Mini Cupcakes on Wednesday made some mini's but they did nto come out weel, so off to the garbage they went . I started over today and decided that I would make regular cupcakes, I followed the recipe and got 20 out of it. Then I made the carmel, the only trick I used was to use my Wilton choclate melting pot then I did not have to wait for the choclate to cool to add it to the frosting. All and all my cupcakes came out great !