Just Want To Share With Anyone Who Has.............
Decorating By sweet_as_tisse Updated 16 Oct 2006 , 4:21am by tyty
made the small mmf recipe, i just made some and i added a tablespoon of crisco and it seems to have given it a little more elasticity and stretch, its freshly made so i will wait until tomorrow to see if it has made a real difference.
heres the recipe i used:
1cup of marshmellows
1 table spoon of water
1 table spoon of crisco
you may need to add 2 cups of sugar to this recipe instead of the usual 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups
melt marshmellows, water and crisco in microwave for roughly 30 seconds, take out and stir, then add your color.
add some of the sugar and stir, keep adding the sugar until it gets hard to stir with a spoon. dust the bench with sugar and tip out mixture then just knead until it comes together and isn't sticky, either use straight away or wrap in saran wrap til needed.
kylie
Do this have to rest overnight or is it ready for immediate use?
hi poodledoodle
i have used the recipe straight away before and find it alot easier to work with, once it has rested it gets a crumbly shell on it and also you have to nuk it in the microwave to get it back to being pliable
i am going to make some ribbon roses shortly with the crisco version so i will keep you posted as to what it is like to work with.
kylie
hi guys
i have just finished making the ribbon roses with this recipe ( they will be in my photos shortly ) and they turned out pretty good, the mmf was really easy to work with and it did not crack or split when i rolled the roses up.
so i can say that using the mmf straight away is fine.
kylie
Great job on the ribbon roses & the puff rose is wonderful. Are you going to tell us how you made it?
Hi PoodleDoodle
the puffy rose is a bit hard to explain but i will give it a try....
you need to cut 5 2 1/2 " circles out of gumpaste or mmf. with each circle you fold them in half and then bring each corner down and into the centre to form a petal shape. arrange all the petals to form a circle and overlap them if you want. attach them with water or edible glue.
make some more petals and attach them inside the first set.
for the centre you make 3 more petals the same as the first 10, but with one you roll it to from the bud then attach the other two half circle petals around that.
thats about it, i hope it makes sense as this is the best i can explain it without showing you.
kylie
Do you mean you start from the outside and work your way to the middle?
Thanks
Do you mean you start from the outside and work your way to the middle?
Thanks
Hi CrystalCakes5
if you mean the puffy pillow rose in my photos then yes thats right, its the opposite way to making normal roses where you start with the centre and work your way out.
kylie
hi ozcake
there is a supermarket in melbourne that is all american foods, i ordered some crisco from them.
www.usafoods.com.au/
just search crisco at their site and it will come up. they are really quick with their delivery too.
as for the solite i have not used this yet, but it should be fine to use i know other aussie's on here use it. i have brought a shortening called cream cup but it is still an off white color where as the crisco i got is pure white and smooth looking.
kylie
Kylie, your roses are awesome, do you add the color in the marshmallows when you melt them and how did you get them so red, thanks for sharing
Whoops just read the recipe instructions again on adding the color
hi irisinbloom
thank you,
and yes you add the color after you melt the marshmellows, i just keep adding and mixing until i get the color i want. it stays the same even after adding the sugar.
the color i used was burgundy its a brand we can get here in australia called "CORRELLA".
the roses are acually a lot deeper in color than the photo shows.
kylie
I used to have a terrible time working with MMF (drying, cracking, etc.) until I started adding the Crisco. I swear by it now... thanks for spreading the good word!! This is an invaluable tip for anyone who wants to use MMF!!
Those pillow roses are just adorable! I love them!! Good work!
hey melvira,
you are so right about adding the crisco, my mmf always dried and crumbled too, so i will definately keep adding the crisco all the time now.
how cool is this sharing with every one, i am going to give your roller method ago next friday when i make my daughter stacked bratz cake. hope my buttercream comes out as smooth as yours does.
love the shirt cake by the way...
kylie
Thank you kylie!! That's very sweet! I think you will like the roller method, so far I have heard a lot of good things about it! I can't wait to see your Bratz cake... I have someone that wants that, but she wants the Bratz Big babyz... I think that's what they're called. So when her b-day rolls around that's what I'll be doing! 
3angels
check out the forum topic 'i share because i care' by melvira. she uses a foam paint roller to smooth her BC. i think the topic is in the cake decorating forum.
kylie
I found that if I use an extra tblspoon of water to the full recipe, then constantly grease my hands with crisco as I'm kneading it, it works well. That way, I don't add too much crisco, and my hands don't get as sticky. then, when i reheat it the next day, it comes back to its original softness without the crumble.
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%