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Hello all!

I have recently begun to discover the art of sugar paste and all its details!
I’ve read many recipes but I am still confused as I never tried it but have seen my friends doing it….. Some of them succeeded and some of them did not 🙁
I have some questions, and it would be a great help if you could enlighten me with some ideas…
I have read many recipes calling for glycerine in the sugar paste. Is it neccessary to use it or not?
Can I add tylo powder to the sugar paste used to coat a cake or not (or should I use tylo only for flowers and decorations?)
What recipe did you use for sugar paste and gave you the best results?

I want to thank you all for reading my short questionaire and I’m hoping to find some answers! Thanks 🙂

Hello alinad

Welcome to the world of sugarcraft, there is certainly a lot to learn but you’re in the right place. There are are number of threads on the site which already give answers to your qustions. I will try and set most of the links leading to answers so you can refer to them. There are some recipes for making sugarpaste here:

How to make Sugarpaste from scratch?

and for making gumpaste which is used for making flowers and models here:

clarke baxter

click on more relevant information here:

Fondant – Make it or buy it? What do you do? What are your thoughts.

https://www.cakeflix.com/questions?s=gumoaste%2C+sugarpaste%2C+flower+paste
and more here: https://www.cakeflix.com/questions?s=best+modelling+paste

To search more threads, type in the search box, ‘gumpaste’ ‘sugarpaste’
There’s quite a lot to read, please let me know if any of the information helps.

Thank you so much, madewithlove 🙂