Make It Shine By Brushing With Corn Syrup????
Decorating By EvMarie Updated 1 Dec 2010 , 1:19am by EvMarie
Hi Everyone -
I made a black gumpaste flower for a cookie favor idea I had. It's a whimsical type flower and it's imprinted with little squiggles. A fun look -
Unfortunately...it's a bit dull. I know I read somewhere about people using corn syrup & something for shine. But, can't remember the other "thing" that's mixed in.
Anybody know?
Thanks!
Corn syrup & vodka is what I use. The vodka evaporates/dries leaving only the shine and very little stickiness. 
I brush on a little Pam cooking spray..it works great
. Thanks a bunch drakegore - I'll put that in my "bag of tricks" too. It might be a better trick for more delicate flowers. This flower isn't of the delicate sort. More - cartoon-ish...teenager-eee. Funky? I actually have the same flower on the purple cake I added to my gallery. Not sure if you can see it....I didn't take very good pics.
The only thing I had in the cupboard was corn syrup. So - I just mixed it with a tiny bit of water and brushed it on. It looks real nice. Just a tiny bit tacky...but none of the black comes off on your fingers...so I think it's acceptable.
I will for sure try all these things down the road. I guess I should just trust myself more often. Sometime you don't know what you don't know & therefore prone to messing things up!
Anywho - thanks again everyone!
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