Agar As Stabilizer?

Decorating By Mom2LiamandQuinn Updated 16 Jul 2007 , 11:34pm by JoAnnB

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Mom2LiamandQuinn Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 10:05pm
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I'm worried about the heat affecting some cakes I have coming up, and while visiting a cake store out of town I bought some agar. The woman in the store was not the decorator and didn't know how to use it. I thought I'd just come home and google it, but I'm not coming up with any recipes for it in buttercream.

Has anyone used this? How do I do it? Or would I be better off with something else?

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JoAnnB Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 11:34pm
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Agar is a thickening agent, like gelatin.

I don't know if it would have any good effect on icing, but it might make it chewy. You could try it on a small batch and test it.

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