I am making a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to stand next to my brothers birthday cake. In a book I have it says to make sugar glue mix sugarpaste with boiling water and stir until it is a thick paste. My sugar glue never makes a thick paste.
I am making this for Saturday and I don't have a cake supplies shop near me. I have sugarpaste, icing sugar, gum tragacanth. Is it possible to make some glue, so his arms don't fall off, out of any of this?
Thank you!!
You can make an edible glue by mixing some cmc / tylose powder in water - stir it in well & it gradually sets to a clear gel.
Just adjust the amounts of water / tylose depending on how thick you want it
This is what I do, and it's a very reliable glue. I make all my figures with this glue.
I boil about 1/4 cup water. Add 1/2 tsp. Tylose (Gum Tragacanth). Then I add about 1 Tbsp. of Fondant cut up in little bits. Put it in a small container that has a lid. Stir it up with a small spoon and when it has cooled, give it a good shake and the next day it is nice and thickish, all dissolved and ready to use. If you add fondant or gumpaste to your tylose mixture, it seems to strengthen the adhesion.
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