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Gum Paste for Ornamenting Cakes, &C

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Gum Paste for Ornamenting Cakes, &C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dissolve Gum Dragon in water.

  2. Strain the mixture.

  3. Pound the mixture in a mortar with a little sifted sugar for 30 minutes.

  4. Add hair powder and pound again for 15 minutes.

  5. Add food coloring to achieve desired color.

  6. Form the paste in molds of any shape.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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