New Piping Gel Recipe (It Actually Works!!!!)
Decorating By doobsd Updated 4 Jan 2007 , 2:55am by fat-sissy
Hey everyone I found a piping gel recipe that actually works!!!! 1/3 cup sugar,1 tablespoon cornflour,1/4 cup lemon juice,1/4 cup water.
Combine sugar and corn flour in a small saucepan, gradually add juice then water. Stir over high heat until mixture boils then thickens. Colour as desired.
Last for a month or so in the fridge. JUST make sure there are no lumps in the completed mix. Hope this helps everyone. 
joby1, do you boil the ingredients with that recipe? I have tried one that is similar & it was horrible. I think it might be the same one but can't remember for sure. It didn't do anything but get hard & sticky. I wasted 2 envelopes of gelatin. 
I'm definetly trying this doobsd! Thanks!!
joby1, do you boil the ingredients with that recipe? I have tried one that is similar & it was horrible. I think it might be the same one but can't remember for sure. It didn't do anything but get hard & sticky. I wasted 2 envelopes of gelatin.
I'm definetly trying this doobsd! Thanks!!
I have not tried it yet but the instructions are:
1. sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a small saucepan and let set for 5 minutes. Heat on low until the gelatin has become clear/dissolved - DO NOT BOIL
2. Add the syrup and heat throughly
3. Cool & Store, refrigerated, for up to 2 months
Tug: is that icing that looks like a gel, it's glissening and many use it to make "stained glass" or to make balloons or the such. Was I of any assistance or did I confuse you?
nglez09
Thank you. It sounds like you basically use it to draw? I also heard of people mixing into whipped cream, etc. Why wouldn't you just use coloring paste or coloring powder?
joby1.. That's the same recipe! Several of us CCers tried it about a year ago & it was horrible. I don't think it worked out for anyone. Most of us who tried it lived in the south... I see your in TX... I think humidity played a big part in it not working out. Good luck! Let me know if it turns out for you.
Here is a great website that gives everything pretty much that piping gel does! Its very helpful!
http://www.kitchengifts.com/pipinggel.html
I tried the whole corn syrup recipe for piping gel and found it didnt sett hard enough for me, but with the recipe using corn flour (starch sorry) It works well it holds the colour, holds it shape and isnt suseptible to heat like gelatin is. Any way I just found that it worked great for me with my outlines ect with my decorating.
joby1,
You can get a 5# pail of piping gel from the Baker's Kitchen for $11.99 
http://www.thebakerskitchen.com/BAKEWARE_SHOPPE/Baking_Ingredients/Piping_Gels/piping_gel.htm
HTH
Does the cornflour make the gel cloudy? If it does, arrowroot powder (probably available from health stores in the USA), will give you exactly the same results as cornflour - but it will be crystal clear when cooked through.
The "other" recipe was terrible. I used it for water on a Polly Pocket beach cake. I put the finished cake in the fridge. The next morning, the gel had slid off the cake. I had to scrape it off and try to repair it. My friends said it looked like the levee broke!
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