If you are fond of decorating cakes, then no mastic can not do. Ready mastic can be difficult to get at an affordable price, but because confectioners, lovers have come up with a great alternative to this product - marshmallow mastic. Sugar paste for the decor is not inferior to the original mastic, neither in appearance, nor in plasticity. More about preparing mastic from marshmallow at home we'll talk in this material.
Mastic from marshmallow without starch at home - recipe
Homemade mastics can be stained with any food coloring on a gel base, but for a bright and uniform color, you need to buy a marshmallow that is not tinted with the dye during production.
Ingredients:
- marshmallow - 455 g;
- water 30-115 ml;
- powdered sugar - 980 g;
- butter - 45 g.
Preparation
Before you make marshmallow mastic, put the butter to room temperature. Marshmellow put in a microwave suitable for use and pour a couple of tablespoons of water. Preheat the marshmallow in the microwave for 30 seconds, stirring between each heating and bringing everything to homogeneity. In the event that you do not have a microwave, do the same thing over the water bath.
Very abundantly lubricate the work surface and hands (even the back of the palms and the place between the fingers) with butter. In the dishes with marshmellow, put about 2/3 cups of sugar powder and start to mix the paste on the working surface. Pour sugar in portions until mastic begins to lag behind. In the process, grease hands and the workplace with oil. When all the powder is added, check the consistency of the finished product: if the marshmallow paste made by your own hands is easily torn, then you have added too much sugar powder and now you need to pour a little water.
Note that this mastic is not suitable for storage, because it dries quickly, and therefore prepare it for the time of decorating the finished cake.
Chocolate mastic from marshmallow, which is always obtained
Ingredients:
- marshmallow - 90 g;
- cocoa powder - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- water;
- powdered sugar - 265 g.
Preparation
Spray a little water to the marshmallow and melt the marshmallow in a microwave or in a bath. When the mass becomes uniform, pour the sifted powder and cocoa to it. After carefully mixing the mastic from the marshmallow home is ready, roll out and proceed to cover the cake.