What Is A "sugar" Seashell?

Sugar Work By amiegirl Updated 1 Mar 2007 , 10:05pm by BlakesCakes

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amiegirl Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:35am
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I was looking at some cake photos, and in the description it said sugar seashell. The seashells were suprisingly realistic and just amazing to look at. How are these made? I would love to try some!!

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MelissaRHK Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:38am
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I just posted a cake with a ton of shells -- I use white chocolate -- to the melted chocolate I add flakes of dark chocolate. let melt and swirl once or twice to get streaks -- and then put in to the molds -- I have molds made of silicone to do the shells

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ShirleyW Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 6:47am
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It sounds like they used gumpaste in a seashell silicone mold. Some people call gumpaste sugarpaste.

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Feefs Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 7:01am
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you could also do sugar seashells with granulated sugar and a tiny bit of water... then press into the mold, once you have firmly pushed the sugar into shape, tip out and let dry - will be hard and taken the shape of the shell. it will be a rougher finish/texture than using fondant. I used it to make sugar bells on Xmas cakes.

make sure u grease the mold with some veg. shortening/copha first to help the sugar release.

-- Fi

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BlakesCakes Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 10:05pm
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You can make molded sugar seashells with poured sugar or isomalt if the mold you're using is a food grade silicone that can be heated to over 350 degrees. Here's a close-up of some from a piece I did recently.

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