The pieces that I have cast did not have seams. I am sure you could heat a flat blade with a torch and melt it down.

It sounds like when you are demolding the cast sugar you have a sharp "fin" or ridge. If you let the sugar cool down to the thickness of molasses before you pour it this won't happen. Dont' pour around the edges, try and only pour in the middle of the mold and let it ooze to the sides. You should get a nice bevelled edge that way. Other wise you need to heat a flat knife and polish it out.

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Thanks so much for answering my silly sounding questions, moydear77 and kincaellan.

-Grace

You are very welcome!

Love your sugar bubbles - this has to go into my favorites!

yes you can decorate them with royal icing

Thank you for sharing your techniue!

Wow this is great.. i am so going to try.. thanks for posting this you make it seem easy... i always though there was more to it.. thanks again

i already have my first sugar bubble, yey! but i still need lots of practice... i did it with my bare hands. yey! its in my photos

PS
Wearing gloves does two things

Heat is one of them and the other is that the moisture from your hands can cause to sugar to crystallize.

What is the wooden-looking "tube" that the sugar blob is stuck to? Would a metal turkey baster work for making these?

Hello All! Well here goes,,,,,,my first post........
I have been reading up on candy and the art of blowing it into bubbles for decoration. Very impressive. I am looking for tips on candy flowers with stems and the like. I saw it on the Food Network. One of the chefs had a cake decorating contest with a pro wedding cake designer. Her cake was decorated with everything edible. The flowers were placed in sprigs coming off the cake and were made of candy,,,,,not chocolate. Any tips on this would be most helpful. Also ,,,,has anyone seen the show "Ace of Cakes" on the Food Network? I happened on it by chance one night just flicking the channells. This guy and his crew are totally amazing. Check out their website. I've been decorating cakes for 25 years and haven't seen anything like this. It's true art at its best!!! Thanks to all for their great posts as I learn something new each time I check in here.

Hi Handi--welcome aboard. There's a great group of people here, and yes we all love Duff. He's ADHD at its best!! As for the flowers, they were likely gumpaste--and you can learn a lot about that here--or possibly sugared edible flowers--easier, but not as intricate.

Love the thought of making sugar bubbles. Will have to try it soon...thanks..

wow thats so cool, ill have to try that, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the tips!

I will have to try this someday!! Thanks

thanks for this tecnique its look great.

I love it!!!

Welcome aboard! Yes, Duff is a hero to many of us! I even had to create him out of gumpaste!! (check out in my photos). What I love about him and his crew is that their all down to earth and dont act like their the "only" people that do this. Love the man!

Gotta try this

i ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS!!!!

A teacher taught us to use cotton gloves with latex gloves over that when working w/ pulling or blowing sugar. It helped tremendously. Great tutorial! I'd love to start practicing again.

this is a great thread ..

this looks like alot of fun CAnt wait to try this!!!!!!!!!!

This looks like a lot of fun...but can you eat the decorations, the sugar ones like the bubbles or flowers?
Thanks!
Awnee

I have never seen anything like this- absolutely amazing! I am just a baby baker right now, learning how to so much as bake a cake and apply the icing, but I am an artist for a living and it's these things that make me want to work on the edible side of art. Thanks for sharing it!