I am making a beer bucket cake and I see all sorts of cakes with the "ice cubes" does anyone know how to make them? what is knox blox?

if you watch that " cake boss" show on TLC he makes a diamond for a cake, you could make your cubes like that, he also does coral, by pouring sugar over ice, you could do that with clear sugar and make it looked like crusted ice.

When I made my beer bucket I jused clear rock candy. I tried 3 times to make my own, but it turned brown every time. I finaly gave up and just bought it.

knox blox are jello squares. There's a clear unflavored geletin called Knox sold in a small box. It shoulld be right near the jello. The recipe is on the package to make knox blox.

I use Isomalt. That is what I used for the ice in both of my cakes with coolers (in my pictures).

sgaff is right - cooked sugar has a yellow tint to it, isomalt is clear when done.

hi! My sugar cubes are always clear when I make my ice for my beer bucket cakes. Have used isomalt before and the taste was not that great. I only heat my sugar/syrup mixture to 250 this is the soft crack stage which is right before it starts turning the amber color. I then pour into molds and pop out a, hour or 2 later.

Yes, isomalt is the way to go. I used the mini brownie mold by wilton, its silicone and withstands a lot of heat. They popped right out

Isomalt is my best friend when making ice cubes, its so easy to use and make you just need to make sure that you don't burn yourself thats all!

Be careful when using isomalt if its for a customer! It gave 3 of my friends bathroom problems last time I used it! I have been using sugar ever since. It turns a little amber, but I agree with boiling it to the soft crack stage to prevent that. Just work quickly with it if you are going to cook to soft crack, because it "melts" as it sits. I used it in my beer bucket cake a few weeks ago and it looked fine...

Hi! Sorry for the late reply. For the ice in my last beer bucket cake (in my photos) I uses 1/2 a cup of corn syrup and 1/2 a cup of sugar. Microwaved for 1min, stirred, microwaved another 30 sec, stirred then microwaved andother 30 sec. When I put my candy thermometer in it read 250. I then poured it into my mold and let it set and I set nice and hard about an hour later. The mold I used was from Hobby Lobby, it was PLASTIC (glad it didnt melt), and I found it near the molds for the hard candy. I hope this helps.

Yikes!! I just read my last post, saw all the typos and grammatical errors. Sorry about that.....

I just made a bunch of sugar ice this weekend. My first few batches were amber colored but then as the PP said, don't heat it to the hard crack stage. I was afraid it wouldn't hold it's shape, but it did fine. Now if you're making sugar bottles, you do have to wait for the hard crack stage otherwise the bottles will end up melting. At least mine did anyway

I used equal amounts of sugar and light corn syrup. I poured mine in regular mini ice cube trays to set and they were fine. I took a chance that the trays may melt but they didn't so I guess I got lucky there.

Mines are kind of soft. If there anything I can do to fixed them? I didn't have a take the temp is that why?

Sorry for the bad grammar..... Can I fix them?

J-Black, I'm not sure if you're still on CC but just wanted to thank you for your recipe and clear instructions on ice- cubes. I've made them more than once and they are always perfect. Thanks

When making the ice cubes, do you fill the mold up completely? In other words, will the cubes be solid?

Hello,

I wanted to know if the cubes could go on the cake and into the fridge until delivery? I also wanted to know how long would they last before melting.

thanks

A.