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Other Cake Decoration Recipes
Glitter
This glitter is prepared with Arabic glue; it’s edible and can be used without risks or prejudices. It is sprinkled onto the piece that is made to which it gives an iridescent, very particular and attractive shine.
Ingredients
150 grs of Arabic glue in blocks
350 to 400 cc of hot water
Preparation
- Place the blocks of this glue into a container and fill it with hot water
- Leave it for 10 or more hours until the Arabic glue dissolves completely and it becomes a thick liquid.
- Give to it the color desired with food coloring in paste.
- You can divide it in portions to make a variety of colors.
- Place it on a strainer of thin mesh to remove any impurities.
- with a thick brush paint a thin layer of the prepared solution on the surface of a thick glass.
- Let it dry in the sun or placed on the door of an oven at low heat.
- Once dry, the scales begin to un-stick for themselves; scrape them with a spatula letting them fall on a sheet of paper.
- Place another sheet of paper on top and grind them up until they become small scales.
- Store them in perfectly closed jars in a dry place.
- It lasts a long time.
- Use it by sprinkling it on top of an already finished object.
Note The Arabic glue in blocks can be bought at any pastry article store. It can be replaced with powdered Arabic glue, but the results are not as good.
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