Do you like to cook cakes? Do you like decorating your sweet pieces? If yes, then learn how to make a
flower from mastic so that in the future your cakes will become real masterpieces.
All that is needed for this creativity is to learn the technology of preparing sweet mass for modeling and a little imagination. And although your products, like any other culinary, will be “art that lives only for a moment”, still try to master it.
Mastic recipe
For those confectioners who are just starting to learn how to make a flower from mastic, a simpler and more convenient option for work is recommended - milk mastic.
• Mix milk and powdered sugar in a 1: 1 ratio.
• Add the same amount of condensed milk. All ingredients in equal amounts.
• You can add a little food or natural dyes to give a certain shade.
• Knead the mixture until you get a consistency similar to children's plasticine.
Making flowers from mastic
Try to remember the school lessons in which you learned to sculpt various figures from plasticine . Follow the same procedure.
- Spread the cling film on the table and roll the mastic into a thin layer. It can be sprinkled with a little sugar powder.
- Cut either circles with petals or other necessary details using a sharp knife or a small tin (a glass or similar base is suitable).
- Form volumetric elements by connecting together the two sides of the petal at the base.
- Dry the workpieces.
If you notice that during operation, the mastic flower sticks to your hands, add a little powdered sugar. To prevent the mass from drying out, wrap it in film or parchment. Experienced confectioners advise you not to get involved in a large number of parts from mastic, so that the cakes are not harsh. Since milk mastic has a natural creamy yellow hue, you can try another recipe for sweet mass if you want to make a pale blue or pink flower from mastic.
Gelatin base for cake decorating workshop
There are subtleties here. Because gelatin mastic is more capricious, as confectioners like to say, you need to “feel it”.
• Take 10 gr. gelatin, soak it in water (ten tablespoons) for an hour.
• Heat the composition in a water bath so that all gelatin is completely dissolved.
• Wait for it to cool.
• In cool gelatin, but still liquid, gradually add 900 g. powdered sugar. Keep the mass well kneaded.
• Now roll out very thinly part of the mastic on the film (you need to sprinkle it with powdered sugar).
• Tear off fragments and use a regular teaspoon to form petals (for example, a tulip) using its inner surface. Do the same on other spoons. Collect dried items directly on the cake.
If you understand the technology of how to make a flower from mastic, then other elements of cake decorating (for example, animals, houses, figures, openwork fragments) will no longer present difficulties for you. Good luck!