Help!!! Mmf Bow Won't Dry!!!

Decorating By sandi64 Updated 5 Jun 2006 , 10:09am by sandi64

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sandi64 Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 1:49pm
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Help, I made the recipe for mmf had no problems rolling out but today my flowers and bows are very tacky and sticky...what did I do wrong? Why won't they start to dry?

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kelleym Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 3:05pm
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Is it very hot and/or humid where you are? That's the only thing I can think of that would cause them to be that way.

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sandi64 Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 5:52pm
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It is very humid but my air conditioning is on. do you know if I can do anything to get them to dry? They are for my Wilton course 3, the square cake with the bow.

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dodibug Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 5:58pm
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mmf takes days to completely dry. You might try putting a fan on it just to help combat the humidity part though. icon_smile.gif

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dandelion Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 6:01pm
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i made an mmf bow once. it took almost a whole week to dry.

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Solobaker Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 6:04pm
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I could be totally way off base, but I remember using Gum-tex in the Wilton class I took to help with fondant and hardening when we were making the bows.

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sandi64 Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 6:29pm
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Thanks for all the advice! I didn't know about adding gum-tex. If I redo the bow and flowers can I add the gum-tex to already made mmf? And how much would I add? Thanks again

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dodibug Posted 5 Jun 2006 , 12:25am
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Here is a thread about adding denture powder to fondant to make it like gumpaste.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-15823-.html

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Solobaker Posted 5 Jun 2006 , 2:39am
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I looked back in my Wilton course book, and it said "to stabalize fondant for flowers, etc., add 2 teaspoons to Gum-Tex to 24 ox. of rolled fondant. I would think you could still start over with your bow and add it to your MMF. In class, we just added the gum-tex to pre-made fondant. Hope this helps. Although it still took a while, the bow I made in class dried very hard.

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janethorp Posted 5 Jun 2006 , 2:48am
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I have been heating my oven to 250 degrees then shutting it off and then sticking my gumpaste bows in there and they are cooled down and then repeat again 2 hours later. Rock hard!

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regymusic Posted 5 Jun 2006 , 3:01am
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Once had a cake that became tacky and sticky when I took it out of the refrigerator on a very humid day (it wasn't all that hot). The customer was going to pickup the cake in about 2 hours. So I placed the fan in front of the air conditioning unit and placed my cake in front of that. I had to rotate the cake every 15 min, but by the time the customer arrived, the cake was no longer tacky.

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sandi64 Posted 5 Jun 2006 , 10:09am
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Thanks for all the great advice...will pick up the gum-tex today and start over
with the bow and flowers. I hope it works!!

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