Speed Drying For Royal Icing Flowers

Decorating By kayscake Updated 11 May 2007 , 8:12pm by BJ

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kayscake Posted 11 May 2007 , 12:48pm
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I need a quick way to dry royal icing lillies on foil. Any ideas would be great.

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mizshelli Posted 11 May 2007 , 1:27pm
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Put them on a cooling rack and set a fan next to them. Lillies take forever to dry on foil, I always use waxed paper in mine.

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kayscake Posted 11 May 2007 , 1:45pm
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Thank's I'll try that, also I read on here that someone used a food dehydrator to dry their gumpaste flowers would this work with royal icing?

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KoryAK Posted 11 May 2007 , 5:49pm
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I don't see why not. Mine is in the mail so I don't know yet! (can't wait for it to get here)

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BJ Posted 11 May 2007 , 8:12pm
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When you put the foil into the lily nail do you poke small holes in the bottom with a toothpick before you start making the flowers? I teach my students that little trick to make the drying time shorter when using these to make all the flowers.
If you've made the flowers already you can also place a heat lamp above the flowers to quicken the drying time. A regular spot light will work too. Not too close - put your hand over the flower and feel the heat and adjust how close you have the lamp - you only want it warm. Hope this helps. thumbs_up.gif

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