Gumpaste Sticking To Pyrex Bowl
Decorating By frankandcathy Updated 5 May 2006 , 4:26am by frankandcathy
Hey all. I made a gumpaste sombrero. I dusted the outside of a Pyrex bowl with cornstarch and then placed the gumpaste on top to dry. The outside is nice and hard but it appears to be sticking to the bowl. I tried placing it in a closed oven with the oven light on but that doesn't appear to be helping. The next time I do this, I'll cover the bowl with plastic wrap but what do I do now??? I tried prying the edges up a bit and the gumpaste started cracking. 
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Please help!!
Unfortunately, that sort of made things worse. The gumpaste got stickier after it came out of the freezer. ( I've read that putting vodka on it helps but I don't have any. I do have tequila...maybe I'll try that!
I'm sorry, I don't have any suggestions for you on how to get it out without cracking it. I just started working a little with gumpaste and it sure does seem to crack easily in general.
I just tried making a cross for a communion cake using a cookie cutter on some rolled out gumpaste and I used some crisco on my work surface first. Once the top of the cross was dry enough, I flipped it over onto a clean plate and then let the bottom dry. Because I had used some crisco I was able to pick it up rather easily off the original work surface without it sticking.
I know that doesn't help you now 
, but if you can't salvage the sombrero and have to redo it, maybe the crisco would work.
I hope someone else comes up with a better idea...
I had to pry the sombrero off the bowl. It wound up being too tall anyway so I just cut off the cracked part with a pair of scissors. No harm no foul.
I would REALLY recommend using saran wrap if you ever attempt this, though.
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