Your kid’s birthday is just the time for something like that.
Gum paste (also called florist paste) is similar to royal icing, but no cooking is required. Similar to sugar paste, but …better 🙂 It’s ideal for making cake decorations. Especially if are stubborn enough to WANT a certain cake decoration your way. In case there are more of us –
here’s the simple 3-ingredient recipe:
- Take a totally fresh egg and use a few drops of eggwhite
- add two spoonfuls of powdered sugar and
- a drop of liquid edible coloring.
- Mix well. Voila!
Now you can make that tiny animals or boats or cars for your kid’s birthday cake! Use many colors! It’s fun. (There are also AZO-free dyes on the market.)
Your kid can help. In fact, he/she will love to. It’s fun and close to working with playdough – only it tastes sweet 😉 I made a lot (and I mean a lot) of cake ornaments when I was a kid, helping my mom who used to make a loot of cakes (and again, I mean a lot). As I recall, I was modelling more gum paste than playdough in those years…
I was working alone this year, but next year, oh, I’m so looking forward to this! I’ve even made up a name ‘pre-birthday kids creative time’ 😉
A hint: make the decorations a day or two before making the cake (they also need some time to dry) so there’s less work for you to do in that final busy hours before the party 🙂
And it’s great if the kid has eaten (healthy food) just before starting the activity – otherwise you might end up without the products 😉
Carlee Scharnhorst says
What a great idea. It looks like something I might actually be able to accomplish too!
Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage says
Carlee,
thank you! Yes, go ahead, try it out – it's easy and fun 😉
Mionna Henderson says
Hmm…never thought to make your own cake decoration. This is a great idea, and yours look amazing…better than the ones you buy out of the stores! #FHFridays
Cathy McInnes says
What a great idea! Love how thick the letters and numbers turned out! And the share of green is great! Green is my favorite color-in any shade!
Cathy
z0fLfGKfaVUocFGPHFlJIJQQwp6719 says
Cathy, agree, green is great 😀
sanja says
O ja, zdaj pa vem, kako bosta bili torti okrašeni januarja 🙂 Hvala 🙂
z0fLfGKfaVUocFGPHFlJIJQQwp6719 says
Sanja,
fino! Sta oba tvoja fanta januarčka? To bo veselo 😉
sanja says
Mhm, 2 leti in 10 dni narazen 🙂
Michelle says
Genius! I'm totally trying this. I went cake crazy for my first son. He got an octopus, diggers, a dinosaur & more. My poor second son got a round cake covered in sprinkles lol
z0fLfGKfaVUocFGPHFlJIJQQwp6719 says
Michelle, good, glad to help you to new ideas. But now I'm sooo curious – could I see your octopus cake? It sounds an amazing idea 🙂