Homemade cakes are not enough just to bake - they should look beautiful. What to think of for decoration if you don't want to create familiar cream roses on the surface for everyone? It is very easy to make confectionery mastic at home, the basis of which is condensed milk.
For 150 g of condensed milk, you will need a glass of powdered sugar, a teaspoon of lemon juice, as well as milk or cream in powder - about one and a half glasses. More powdered cream is sometimes required. The consumption must be controlled directly during the preparation and kneading of the mass.
In a deep bowl, combine milk or cream with powdered sugar. Add condensed milk, stir. Prepare your work surface. The mastic will need to be kneaded like a dough. Sprinkle the surface on which you will do this with powdered sugar. Then put the mass from the bowl on top of it and knead until it stops sticking to your hands.
If it seems to you that the mastic is too cloying, you can replace some of the powder with potato starch. When you add it, the mass will stick to your hands less. If there is glycerin, drop a few drops - this will help the mastic to become more beautiful and more elastic, not to dry out during storage.
The finished mastic can be considered when it reaches uniformity. You should get an elastic, elastic mass, resembling plasticine in its properties. When the mass is mixed, you can begin to sculpt figures from it. Cover the surface on which you are going to do this with powder. On it, the mastic can be rolled out without fear that it will stick to the table.
To get different colors of the confectionery mass, divide it into parts and add food coloring to each of them. For a brown or beige color, you can use cocoa powder. The pink and red color is obtained by adding berry syrup.
Decorations must be done in advance - they must dry before serving or decorating a cake. To dry, they must be wrapped in plastic or placed in a suitable dish and covered with a lid. If the mass remains, it can be stored in the refrigerator. Before sculpting from it again, leave it for half an hour in a room at room temperature, in a film, so that the mastic becomes softer and more pliable.
