I use Nic Lodge's gumpaste recipe. I have always had good results with it.
http://www.nicholaslodge.com/gumpaste.htm
I wish I knew of a good basic gumpaste book for beginners but I don't really. If you are interested in doing gumpaste flowers I really like Nicholas Lodge's booklet called "A Potpourri Of Flowers."
I just bought myself a can of Gum-tex and was trying to figure out howmuch it would cost to make a pound of my own gum-paste. Well even using full price for the gumtex and glucose the cost of a tablespoon comes to a little less than 50 cent (only need a tablespoon of each I belived) and adding the cost of a pound of powdered sugar (figuring high at 75 cents a pound), we are talking less than $2 per pound of gumpaste instead of the $7.99 the premade Wilton package costs. Now I have to make a batch and see if the quality of homemade matches the store bought. Even it it only comes close in quality, would be a great savings!
deb
Hi.I make my own gumpaste. Here's how:
900g icing sugar ,8tbs gelatine powder ,1/2 cup cold water , 4tbs glucose syrup.
1)Put the cold water into a small pan and sprinkle the gelatine over to form what looks like a sponge.
2)Put this pan over a pan of hot water and stir till smooth. Add the glucose syrup. Stir.
3)Remove from heat and cool for 1 minute.
4)Work syrup quickly into icing sugar, stirring with a wooden spoon.
5)Add extra icing sugar to form a ball.
6)Wrap in ziploc bag and keep 24 hours before using.
I hope this is helpful
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