Comments on: Why does my sugarpaste crack?

By: Lindys Team

Lindys Team — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:06 +0000

Dear Rebecca

Once a cake has sugarpaste on it it should be stored in a cardboard box and then put somewhere cool.

Good luck with your mum’s cake!

Zoe

By: Rebecca Vallance

Rebecca Vallance — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:32:36 +0000

Hi Lindy,
I’m making a cake for my mum. It is just a plain Victoria sponge cake with sugar paste over the top and some sugar paste roses. Her birthday is 4 days away. My gran says i should rap it in clingfilm and put in a cool cupboard.
thanks for your help, Rebecca.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:44:02 +0000

Hello Elaine,

The air bubble could have been when you covered the cake and trapped air in it, or fermentation.

Jane

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:17:27 +0000

Hello Amina,

Your paste may be a little dry. Maybe don’t add as much icing sugar to the mix next time. For your moulds, you don’t mention putting any gum into your sugarpaste to make modelling paste. You will need to add 1tsp of gum trag per 225g of sugarpaste. This will make a firm paste and you should be able to make moulds easier. To store your sugarpaste, put it in a plastic bag and seal, then place in an airtight container out of direct sunlight and in a cool place (but not the fridge).

Hope this helps.
Jane

By: elaine

elaine — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:36:51 +0000

Hi i live in Spain and now the weather is very wet which is making my fondant cakes a nightmare to dry!! My husband has invented what i call my light box.Its a small voltage light bulb incorporated into a large cardboard box with a vent for air at the top. This is the only way i seem to be able to dry the cakes out!!Thought it may be of use to other cake makers. One more thing-i have been covering cakes successfully for years now but the other day i had what they call a ‘cake fart’. In other words a bulge appeared in my covered cake the next day.I did manage to pop it and it wasnt too bad-what are your thoughts on this matter. Many thanks Elaine

By: Lindys Team

Lindys Team — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:31:26 +0000

Hi Vivd,
Sorry to hear about your disaster, it sounds like many factors contributed to this happening i.e. hot day, moist sponge and maybe the ganache was too thin?
Other than decorating the cake at the last moment and keeping in an air conditioned room we have drawn a blank. Otherwise it sounds like you did everything correctly.
Hope this was a one off.
Marina

By: amina

amina — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:25:05 +0000

everytime i make sugar paste at home its never as stretchy as the shop bought ones. i use silicone moulds to sometimes shape my decoraive pieces, it becomes so messy and disappointing when the sugar paste sticks to the mould and comes out all out of shape. please share a recipe/mehod that will help me attain a good stretchy sugar paste, that will easily come out of silicone moulds and shape well. also some storage tips please.

Thank you
Amina

By: Vivd

Vivd — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:38:47 +0000

Hi… great site… I’m looking for some advice after a complete disaster… Fondant iced a 4 tier cake… (3 tiers sponge 1 fruit, individually dowelled). 2 tiers were chocolate sponge with ganache. On one of the ganache tiers, the purple fondant(coloured with sugarflair) went very sticky and ran off the cake causing that tier/cake to collapse but the other covered in white fondant didn’t. The fruit cake also covered with the purple did not go sticky. The sponge was a very moist sponge which I think may have contributed to this and also the very hot days/ cold nights and very hot room. But this has never ever happened to me before and wondered what you might suggest. Sadly this was a wedding cake and ended up a disaster. (The purple fondant had not been refridgerated or stored in a plastic box. The cake was not frozen.) Any suggestions grateful as don’t want this to happen again x

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:15:42 +0000

Hello Kimberley,
You can make the moulds well in advance. They will keep as long as the sell by date on the sugarpaste. Make sure you make them from modelling paste and store them in a box – not airtight container as they will not be able to dry out.
Good Luck
Jane

By: kimberley sweenie

kimberley sweenie — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:41:34 +0000

Hello,

This is my first time using sugarpaste and making moulds. I am making a Teddy bears picnic cake for my son birthday.
Just wondered if its possible to make the moulds up in advance and if so how should i store them. How long will they last.

Thanks for the advise
Kimberley