Name The Cake Items You Can't Get In Foreign Countries....

Decorating By yeastconfection Updated 11 Mar 2010 , 9:50am by Evoir

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lauthala Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 6:12am
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Evoir Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:09am
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Elise - I asked if it was possible to use your own marshmallows a while ago...someone replied yes, they're too tasty to make into frosting or fondant (from memory), icon_smile.gif

I do make my own marshmallows and they are so much nicer than store-bought. I have a friend who does specialty chocolates etc, and I make her orange flavoured (and coloured) marshmallows by the kilo! Its a relatively easy process.

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Elise87 Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:19am
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cool! thanks evoir thumbs_up.gif

Yeh I have made my own marshmallows before so know how to make them....i use to eat them rolled in coconut...yummy yummy!

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jennicita Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:22am
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Those homemade marshmallows sound so good but as I suspected, you need corn syrup for them. And that's one thing I haven't found a substitute for in Germany. Grrr.....

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noahsmummy Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:51am
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do you have glucose? thats what i use instead.

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jennicita Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:52am
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Yeah, I think so. But isn't glucose much more liquid than corn syrup? I've been looking for something with higher viscosity.

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Evoir Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:53am
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I, too use liquid glucose...health food stores might carry it in Germany - or even chocolate/candy supply stores.

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Evoir Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:54am
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You're thinking of glycerin...glucose is a lot more viscous than corn syrup.

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jennicita Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:58am
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Is it? I'll have to look again. It can't have been glycerin that I saw on the shelf since you can only get that at the pharmacy here. I can picture the bottle in my head but maybe I'm thinking of the wrong one. I'll probably be going shopping later on today so I'll have to look. It'd be great if glucose would work!

Thanks!

Jenny

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Elise87 Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 8:59am
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what about this recipe....u think it's any good? it's hasn't got glucose or corn syrup

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/204/marshmallows

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jennicita Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 9:03am
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That'd probably work well - you're just making your own syrup first. What I'm picturing right now is how good they might taste with a bit of raspberry flavoring. Has anybody ever tried that? Or a bit of pineapple flavoring and then rolled in coconut? Pina colada marshmallows???

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Evoir Posted 11 Mar 2010 , 9:50am
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Orange and chocolate flavour are scrummy icon_wink.gif

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