Wilton Gum-Tex Same As Tylose Powder?
Decorating By trishalynn0708 Updated 5 Mar 2016 , 7:05pm by Kneadtocreate
I was wondering if the Wilton's gum-tex that you can get at Walmart is the same thing as Tylose powder??? I have never used either but I have been told that it works good adding a little to fondant to make it stiffer for like bows and what not...
Does anyone have any feedback for me?
Wilton Gum-Tex is karaya gum from a tree.
Tylose is a form of carboxymethylcellulose.
They absorb moisture differently and they give a different kid of "stretch" to the paste. They also interact with any gelatin present in fondant in different ways: the properties of different "gummy" ingredients do not simply add up as they are mixed in. The wrong combo of gum and gelatin can actually make the paste very soft.
I was wondering if the Wilton's gum-tex that you can get at Walmart is the same thing as Tylose powder??? I have never used either but I have been told that it works good adding a little to fondant to make it stiffer for like bows and what not...
Does anyone have any feedback for me?
Not identical, but they will react with fondant in a very similar way. Adding a little to fondant will help it set up faster & harder.
Be careful not to add too much at the start. One recommendation is 1 tsp. to 12 oz. of fondant. That seems about right for Wilton fondant. If you're using another, softer brand, you may need a bit more.
IT WILL NOT WORK WITH DUFF'S OR FONDARIFIC because they're candy melt based and have too much fat to be strongly affected by the gum.
Adding tylose (which is "stronger", so you use less) yields a whiter product. The gum- tex has a slight grey cast to it, but it's not really noticeable.
One trick with it is to deliberately add too much when you want to make something that looks aged--it yields raggedy edges and cracking that works really well for maps.
Rae
Not to steal the thread, but in the instance of making a graduation cap out of fondant, would I get the same affect from gumpaste alone vs. fondant with Tylose? what would be the pros and cons of each? Whenever I used gumpaste, it was for flowers and it seemed really elastic. I am having a hard time finding tylose for the purpose of making the fondant dry harder.
gumtex is a joke and the gumpaste always comes out dry and crumbly....and if you buy some of the Wilton ready made gumpaste look at the ingredients there is no GUMTEX at all there is tylose gum trag and gum arabic but no gumtex LOL if they don't use it why should we
..........gumtex is a joke and the gumpaste always comes out dry and crumbly.......
then you are adding too much. I have used it often to help fondant dry faster/harder. Yes, it does dry it out some (that is exactly what is suppost to do!) but I have never had it become crumbly.
..........gumtex is a joke and the gumpaste always comes out dry and crumbly.......
then you are adding too much. I have used it often to help fondant dry faster/harder. Yes, it does dry it out some (that is exactly what is suppost to do!) but I have never had it become crumbly.
Yep, I agree with kakeladi.
Rae
Fondarific is candy melt based, so it has a lot more fat than "regular" fondant. It acts much more like modeling chocolate than fondant. It does NOT respond to the addition of tylose/cmc/gum trag/gum-tex much, if at all. I have found nothing that you can add to Fondarific that will make it firm up the way fondant or gum paste will.
It worked!
I did 3 different samples with gum paste- 50/50, tylose powder and Gum-tex with Fondarific. It took 2-3 days for the roses , daisies and leaves to firm up and they are not as firm as fondant or gumpaste, but adequate. For those clients who want to eat the decorations, this is acceptable, as mine want to- they do not like the taste of Satin Ice. However, I would not make the big gift package style bow on top of my cake out of it. I wouldn't trust it, it takes so long to firm up, even if the loops were stuffed with cotton or viva. Otherwise, I too, would just use my Satin Ice fondant/ gum paste since it dries so quickly.
I haven't yet tried my Fondarific to cover a cake. I'll let you know how that goes- worried about the stretch factor for that.
Taste- wow. Everyone of the Fondarifics taste fabulous- I ordered samples of every flavor. My client liked them as did my family. The Cinnamon Bun- amazing and the Orange, Lemon, melon, and berry- surprisingly really good- very useful if I need these colors instead of adding lots of food coloring and the taste of them complement and not compete with my cake flavor. Would be great for decorations on kids cakes, too- particularly for blue, orange and bright green. The chocolate is also fabulous :).
To me and those who have sampled my fondant cakes with Satin Ice- we end up peeling it off, not a pleasant taste or texture. Not awful but definitely not pleasant - and And the Fondarific doesn't contain Titanium Dioxide, which is in my sunscreen :( . Most of my cakes are buttercream, will see what happens when I cover a test cake with this fondant. Thanks for the replies.
I have mixed the Gumtex alone into Marshmallow fondant for smaller / simpler items to good effect. For flowers and larger bows, grad hats, etc I mix in the GumTex well and then work in a teaspoon of GLUCOSE. It resolves the crumbling effect of the GumTex and also increases your working time. The flowers etc set up extremely firm and less likely to crack or crumble. Hope this helps. Nanacakes
Thank you for this response. It was very helpful for me too.
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