[Sca-cooks] Fwd: Sugar paste icing SOS

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Hullo, the list!

I don't know how to help this lady; I thought maybe someone here
might be more familiar with this particular product. I can find
recipes for it, but don't know much about emergency repair in this
case.

Many thanks!

Adamantius

>Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 21:18:20 -0400
>From: shelleygroen at netscape.net (Shelley Groen)
>To: troy at asan.com
>Subject: Sugar paste icing SOS
>
>Hi, I hope this is an email address. I found it on some message
>posting. I am having trouble with my first ever batch of sugar paste
>icing... It is so dry that I can't knead it into a ball. I used 5
>teaspoons of gelatin dissolved in 3 tablespoons of water, mixed in
>125 (4 oz) glucose and 1 tablespoon of glycerin, then added that all
>to 2lbs (1kg) of sifted icing sugar.  Is it possible that I mixed
>the g.g.&g. together too long. I followed the recipe to a T. Can you
>help me? Can I add water to it, should i add more glycerine.... it
>would take a lot! Thanks for any helpful suggestions you may have.
>Shelley Groen
>
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>Shelley Groen