Easy, homemade gum paste to use for cake decorating and figure making.

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Gum paste is similar to fondant in many ways. It is a pliable sugar dough that you can roll, mold and shape into virtually any figure you desire. easy gumpaste recipe, how to make gum paste recipe, gum paste flowers recipe, make gumpaste your self

Learning how to make gumpaste need not be difficult. If you search “gumpaste recipe” in Google, your search will lead to several recipes which are already using only eggwhites, powdered…

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I had heard of gum paste before, but wasn't sure what you use it for. I now know that you can use it to sculpt figurines and flowers for cakes with or without fondant. I also learned you can use it to make your own mints! After finding the recipe for these Homemade Breath Mints, I also found a recipe for homemade gum paste instead of having to use the store bought kind. I already had all the ingredients to make it homemade, so rather than spend the money, I decided to try it. It was really…