Whereas Sugar Paste Icing is soft, with a dough-like consistency, Royal Icing on the other-hand is hard with a dried texture. Sugar Paste Icing is therefore preferred for covering entire, large cakes, and Royal Icing is better for piping and creating decorations. If you are looking for ready-to-roll Sugar Paste in a particular colour, you have plenty to choose from within our Culpitt Perfect Finish Ready to Roll Icing range. This Sugar Paste is well suited to celebration cakes for birthdays, weddings and other occasions. This Sugar Paste contains gum tragacanth, making it pliable and easy to work with. The formulations results in a Sugar Paste which is soft on the underside and firm on the top. This firmness makes it ideal for adding decorations and also topping with colours, dusts and paints. Spread shortening over the ball of fondant and cover with plastic wrap. Place it in a Ziploc bag and let stand overnight. Stir the light corn syrup, glycerine, salt and optional chocolate into the melted gelatin. 2. Heat and Mix Until Smooth

Carefully roll out the Sugar Paste over the cake then smooth with your hands, starting at the top. Then, drape the icing over the sides and smooth around to create a smooth, professional finish. You can also use a smoothing tool across the top and sides of the cake. It has extra elasticity and is ideal for taller, deeper cakes. For best results you can use this for deep cakes and sculpted novelty cakes, but it is also suitable for sheeting, covering and modelling. Shortening is an ingredient which is not used in Greece. After discussing thiswith my friend Eftychia of Dream of Cakes, who is a fondant expert, I decided to experiment and use a substitute. This luxury Sugar Paste has been made with a special formula to ensure you get a silky, smooth finish. It also offers an excellent amount of stretch, strength and long-lasting pliability. Satinara Sugar Paste is suitable for vegans and vegetarians.The paste can be used immediately or tightly wrapped and stored in an airtight container until required.Do not refrigerate.

In this guide to Sugar Paste Icing, we look at what Sugar Paste Icing is used for, how it is used to cover your cake and the various brands and products we have available to buy. Sugar Paste FAQ's What is Sugar Paste Icing? could it really be as good as Couture, Massa Ticino,or SmartFlex?... there's only one way to find out ! Why not take your cake to the next level and flavour your sugar paste with Ingenious Edibles Flavoured Concentrated Icing Sugars? They come in various flavours, including indulgent salted caramel, nostalgic strawberry milkshake, zingy lemon drizzle and, of course, classic vanilla. Difference between sugar paste and fondant In the UK, fondant icing is really a soft, warmed icing used for fondant fancies and suchlike, whereas ready rolled sugarpaste icing is a cold product - used at room temperature for covering the cake.I am not very fond of using food colours and I rarely use them. However, I wanted to try them to see the result. Organised bakers love that sugarpaste allows them to make decorations in advance and keep them for when needed. Stored properly, sugarpaste decorations and creations remain as crisp, colourful and tasty as when created. You should let your sugarpaste decorations dry completely before you store them in a plastic container with lid, in a cool, dry place. If you’ve created anything particularly delicate, flowers for example, pad your container which some tissue paper or foam. Due to these attributes, Satinara Luxury Sugar Paste is suitable for use by both experts and beginners. Cake Stuff also recommend Flemings Covapaste- another top quality trade sugar paste fondant icing available in white and ivory, with good covering properties and a lovely, almost fudgey, vanilla flavour. Covapasteis aimed at professional bakers with pinning and sheeting equipment as it slightly more elastic than other brands, but can just as easily be used by home bakers and cake decorators. This Sugar Paste is available in white and ivory colours. Satinara Luxury White Sugar paste is available in quantities of 1kg, 2.5kg and 5kg. Satinara Ivory Sugar Paste is available in quantities of 2.5kg and 5kg.