Emz, as requested, my gumpaste recipe. ^_^
I actually use 2 gumpaste recipes. One I learned from this fondant lesson that is really yummy but cracks easily therefore not suitable for nice gumpaste figures and flowers. The other one I learned from net research. I use this one in my sugar flowers and figures. It's really nice for sugarflowers because you get to roll this gumpaste really thin giving a more life-like look to the petals. Here's how to do it:
4 - Large Egg Whites
1 - 2 lb. bag 10x powdered sugar
12 - Level teaspoons Tylose
4 - Teaspoons shortening
Beat the eggwhites with an electric mixer at high speed to break it. Mix in the powdered sugar reserving at least a cup for kneading later. sprinkle in the tylose powder. Bring the mixture on your kneading table and knead in the remaining powdered sugar with your hands generously smeared with shortening. You should keep your gumpaste in a zip lock bag or any plastic bag so as not to expose it to air. Air makes gumpaste hard. Put the gumpaste in your refrigerator before using it. If your not consuming all your gumpaste, just keep it tightly sealed inside your ref.
You may also use gum tragacanth or food-grade CMC powder in lieu of tylose. For those in Manila, it's kinda hard to find tylose. I found get mine at sweetcraft.
If you are making a gumpaste with only one color, put in your food color while still mixing the ingredients.
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