How to make mushrooms from mastic. Techniques for making figures from mastic

Fly agaric mushroom made from mastic)

I was so inspired that at night I made my daughter a fly agaric cake. I’ll say right away - I’m not a pro, I just like to cook. Before that, I only made mastic from condensed milk (recipe), from which I made a children’s cake with a bunny, and also an autumn cake. This is how I did it children's cake made from mastic, which even a beginner can handle:
What required to make a homemade mastic cake:
I didn't have a single special tool! No boards, rolling pins, cutting boards!!! It was convenient to roll out on cling film right on the table. And I also simply wrapped my favorite ordinary rolling pin in cling film! To prevent the mastic from sticking to your hands and molds, I poured a little starch into a textile napkin (which come in white rolls for the kitchen), sprinkled it in a small ball directly through the napkin, and sprinkled just a little bit through the napkin, in a thin layer. I should have used potato starch, but I only had corn starch, left over from unsuccessful attempts at making cold porcelain. It worked out great with it too, it’s just as edible.

For cutting, I used whatever I could find - cutters, a knife, a baking dish for tubes and cut out circles.

The mastic was food grade - (PRINCESS modeling paste) You can eat the mastic for the cake! It is very tasty.
Gel food colorings.
Peanuts fit perfectly into the glaze as pebbles! Under the symbolic name “Pebbles”)

How to make a Mushroom cake from mastic with your own hands - step-by-step master class!

Ready-made Amanita cake made from mastic

First of all, I needed to make the base, the cake itself for mastic. Since the design is quite complex and should not have fallen apart, the main requirement for the cake is density, not a loose structure. I don’t have an oven, I usually go to my mother’s house to bake, but since I wanted to do it right away, I baked the cake in a bread machine. You can bake any dense - strong cakes or, like me, a cupcake. You can take any of my nine recipes in the article Step-by-step cupcake recipes with photos. I baked an almond muffin with plum jam - I will post a dozen more muffin recipes in the near future. The main thing is to choose a recipe that does not contain liquid fillings, without fresh berries, etc.

Preparing the cake for mastic:
The cake layers or cut cake can be coated with butter cream (beat equal amounts of softened butter and condensed milk). The same cream can be used to level the surface by smearing the mushroom on top before covering with mastic. My cupcake was delicious and small, so I didn’t add any additional filling. Do I need to coat the cake with something before covering it with fondant? I advise you not to be lazy. I covered the leg like this, and coated the cap with a thin layer of butter on top - leveled it and put it in the refrigerator until it hardened. The mastic went on much smoother.

If you are making a mastic-filled cake, first cut everything out, coat it, leave it in the refrigerator until the cream or butter hardens, and then cover it with mastic! Naturally, the cakes should not be soaked in syrup) They will be soft.

Mixing the dye

When I need to use food coloring, I first test it on a small piece of mastic. In order for the paint to mix, the mastic should not be crushed, but torn with your hands, and then kneaded until the color is uniform.
Well, I'm going back to that how to make a mushroom out of cake.
Please note that the cap is not much wider than the stem and the stem expands greatly downward. If the stem is too thin, too high, much smaller than the cap, the edges of the mushroom cap will simply break down or the mushroom will break altogether! So make plump, strong mushrooms!

Cake

As I did. I took my cupcake and cut it into two pieces. One is bigger than the other. The maximum is one third to two thirds.

Leg

From the smaller part, cutting off the excess, I cut out a leg. The main thing here is a sharp knife!

Leg with plums)))

Trimmed it

hat

I cut out a mushroom cap from most of it. I simply placed the first round object that came across on top and “circled” it with a knife.

hat

Then I rounded the hat, cutting off what was unnecessary. To the form that suited me.

Leg and cap

The result was a mushroom stem and cap.
How to decorate a cake with fondant yourself:

The grass is turning green)

I made grass - rolled out the mastic and cut it out with whatever I found - with the edge of the mold around it. I rolled it out thinly, probably half a centimeter. If the cake itself is very uneven or the mastic is made from condensed milk, you will have to roll it out thicker. But the mastic is very sweet, keep that in mind.

Leg

I rolled out the pancake onto the leg and threw it on top. When the mastic “lay down” on the cake, I removed the lower folds with the edge of my hand. With one hand, as in the photo, she smoothed the mastic from top to bottom, with the other at that moment she quietly pulled up the folds from below until the mastic covered the leg.

Leg

I cut off what was unnecessary with a knife. Without cream or oil, unevenness under the mastic is visible. So it’s better to coat the cake with mastic before covering it. Or later you will have to decorate the flaws.

Mastic is a plastic, tasty mass that is used to decorate confectionery products. You can cover the cake with mastic, sculpt animal figures, flowers, fruits, mushrooms, and inscriptions from it.

Modeling figures from mastic

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Preparation of mastic

Mastic can be used when ready eat at home. For this you will need: - 10 grams of butter; - 400 grams of powdered sugar; - 100 grams of chewing marshmallows.

Melt the butter and marshmallows in the microwave. Then carefully add powdered sugar into this mixture, while continuously stirring the mixture. The finished mastic should resemble plasticine in its structure.

You can tint the mastic with food coloring or vegetable and fruit juices.

Roses made from mastic

It's easy and quick to form beautiful small roses from mastic that will make any cake look elegant. To do this, roll a small ball of mastic of a suitable color in your palms and give it the shape of a sausage. Gently flatten it with your fingers to make it thinner and flatter. Now carefully roll the dough into a roll and cut off the excess. Thus, form the number of products you need.

Tulip made of mastic

Make five balls of the same size from red mastic. Flatten each ball to form an oval - the petal of the future flower. Now form a tulip out of them, fastening them together so that one petal slightly overlaps the other. Form a flagellum from a small piece of yellow mastic, attach two tiny balls formed from the same material to it. Secure the resulting pistil with stamens in the center of the flower - the tulip is ready.

To glue different parts of mastic, the joints need to be moistened with water or egg white with a small amount of powdered sugar

Mastic mouse

For a children's cake, you can make a figurine of a cute mouse from mastic. Take a piece of mastic of any color and divide it into four parts - three small and one large. Roll each part into a ball. Form a carrot-like shape from a large ball. Now make two indentations on the sharp side of the carrot. Moisten them with water and glue flattened small balls into them - ears. Roll a flagellum from the third ball and secure it on the wide side, bend the resulting mouse tail a little. You can make a small triangle out of yellow mastic and use a match to make holes in it. Now the mouse will have a piece of cheese.

But I’m not familiar with how to make a stand with a translator, so I’ll paste the original text, and let someone who can translate it)))
I think when serving cupcakes or mini cakes they look so much better when served on a cake stand. In this tutorial I will show you how to make a cake stand that is very easy and quick to make. You can adapt it to the color or pattern on your cakes. I have used thick gift wrap paper to cover the cake boards. But you could ice your cake boards with rolled sugarpaste/fondant icing instead. Only remember to ice the cake board a few days in advanced so they can dry through.
Note: remember when you have assembled the cake stand with cakes on it, not to move it around too much.
This is what I have used:

Cake boards: 1×8″, 1×10″, 1×12″
Note: if you want two more tiers on the stand, you will need 1×14″ + 1×16″ cake boards. Polysthyrene cake dummies each 2″ high in the sizes: 2X6″ and 2×7″ (or if you can get 4″ high dummies, then you will only need 1 of each size)
Note: You will need 2×8″ 2×9″ polysthyrene cake dummies for two more tiers.
A 5 TIER CAKE STAND CAN HOLD ABOUT 51 REGULAR CUPCAKES.
Satin ribbon for the cake board and the polysthyrene cake dummies
Thick paper or sugarpaste/rolled fondant icing
Glue stick and craft glue
Metal pins
A pair of scissors
A pencil
Step 1:
Start by glue the dummies together. So they can dry completely.

Step 2:
Take your chosen ribbon, and attach it on the dummies with a metal pin.
Note: you can also glue the ribbon on the dummies if you like.

Step 3:
When the dummies are dry, start by wrapping the ribbon around them so it slightly overlaps all the way to the top.
Note: the metal pin on the picture, was only put in so I could take the picture

Step 4:
Attach the ribbon with a metal pin.

Step 5:
Lay the cake boards on the chosen paper. Take your pencil and draw a line around the board on the paper. Cut out with a pair of scissors.

Step 6:
Take the glue stick and add glue through all over the board.

Step 7:
Place the paper cirkel on the cake board and rub it lightly.

Step 8:
Now it is time to attach the ribbon to the side of the cake board. Add a metal pin to just keep the ribbon in place.

Step 9:
If you like you can rub a bit of glue on the side so the ribbon stays in place. End by taking the metal pin and attach it to the overlaps.

Step 10:
Now your cake stand is finished.
Note: I have not assembled my cake stand with glue, but you could do that for an extra safety. If you use iced cake boards you can use royal icing to fix it if you like.
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On this cake stand I have used 7″, 10″, 13″ but I would recommend to use the cake board size’s above.

IMPORTANT!! If you are having problems finding the materials to make this cake stand. Then please take your time and read through the comment section as you will find links and answers on where to buy the materials.
Here are a few options for such cupcake stands))