gum tragacanth substitute

[juliebtaurus]

Hi my neighbour also does cake decorating and her lecturer uses boots white denture powder as gum trag and it works great. its also safe as it has to be edible if we use it in our gobs anybody else heard of this

[victoria]

that sounds gross, but you are right, it must be okay...is it the stuff people use to stick dentures to their gums... i will ask my lecturer on thursday

[juliebtaurus]

its boots own make white denture powder i think its a fixative its the only one thats white as other makes are sometimes blue and that is no good as it colours the icing but she uses it all the time.its about £1.99 and in a blue and white box its used to make modelling and mexican paste.ill get recipe off her

[victoria]

my lecturer hadn't heard of it, but was very intrigued and she is going to try it...is it the same quantities as gum trag?

[juliebtaurus]

i think so victoria, anyway my neighbour is back from holiday now ill get recipe tomorrow and post it for you

[juliebtaurus]

heres recipe as promised for modeling paste
30mls cold water
7 1/2mls (1 1/2 tspn) powdered gelatine
500 gms icing sugar
5 level tspn boots denture fixative (blue /white container £1.99)
10mls liquid glucose
6 heaped tspn trex
1 egg white

METHOD
place water in a bowl ,sprinkle over gelatine
stand in a pan of boiling water untill dissolved
add liquid glucose and trex and mix together
mix icing sugar and fixative in a bowl
add egg white and other liquids and mix untill stringy
remove from bowl and knead it with hands
divide into small blocks and wrap in cling film
seal in an airtight container and refridgerate
the paste must be left 24 hrs before use.

[victoria]

thanks, i'll give it a try