Epic fail: sugar

[alysten]

Rule 1: Sugar and water are NOT friends.
Rule 2: Egg whites are mostly water.
Rule 3: Royal icing is sugar and egg whites
Rule 4: royal icing will seperate when stored in the fridge.

Apparently I forgot this little bit of trivia when I applied the royal icing to my rock hard gum paste sugar tail for sparky. Long story short the sugar tail cracked in 3 places.

Goo news I bought a roll of plaster for just this type of oppsy. Bad news... I had to use it. Now I am waiting for it to dry so I can apply the final layer of sugar befor the fondant tomorrow.

Plaster is a period method for making this type of repare. And I did not have to use duck tape this year.

I am just glad Sparky's head didn't fall off.I knew this project was moving along too smoothly.

Comments

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

Did it separate AFTER you piped it on? Not stick to the fondant?

(I remember Mom keeping Royal Icing on the counter with a damp dishcloth laid over the bowl and saran wrap on top of that....)

[alysten.livejournal.com]

In the bucket. I thought I mixed it. I am spackling it on with a pastry knife. It wasn't sticking well because I forgot to rough the surface. But now I know that wasn't the problem.

It was a stupid error on my part because I was working on it at 1 am. I couldn't sleep and wanted to get a jump on tonight's tasks. Ah well.

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

Remind me to get you a super whisk for you bucket. ;-)

[math5.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a euphemism.

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

No, but if I think about it, I can probably come up with one.