Use frosting paste to perk up any cake.
Frosting paste (also called sugar paste) is used in making exquisite cake decorations such as flowers, ribbons, delicate trims and borders. Frosting paste is made using a base of confectioners sugar and resembles a soft dough. Roll frosting into a thin paste and use it to create a smooth icing covering on a cake. Color the frosting paste, roll flat, cut and then form into flowers, leaves, letters or any kind of icing decoration.
Instructions
1. Mix four egg whites in a large mixer bowl for approximately 10 to 15 seconds or until the egg whites begin to look frothy. Reserve 1 cup of powdered sugar and set it aside. Slowly add the balance of the sugar to the egg whites while mixing at low speed.
2. Increase the mixer speed to medium (setting 3 or 4 on most mixers) and continue mixing the sugar and egg whites for two minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly sprinkle the tylose into the sugar and egg white mixture. Increase speed to highest setting and mix for 10 seconds or until the mixture thickens.
3. Sprinkle powdered sugar from the 1 cup you reserved onto a mixing board. Scrape the sugar paste from the bowl onto the mixing board. Rub the vegetable shortening on your hands and then knead the sugar paste. Add sugar from the reserves cup of powdered sugar and continue to knead the sugar paste until it reaches a soft dough consistency.
4. Refrigerate the paste in a zipper-top plastic bag for 24 hours. Allow the paste to warm to room temperature. Knead the paste with a touch of vegetable shortening before using on a cake.
Tips Warnings
Freeze left over frosting paste, which will last up to six months frozen. Add colors to the paste during the kneading process after the paste has been refrigerated for 24 hours.
