Mastic crown: a master class for beginner confectioners

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-07 22:37

It doesn't matter if you have never been familiar with the art of confectionery and have not heard what a mastic crown is. A master class for beginners will allow you to turn the most inconspicuous cake into a work of art! Well, let's get started!

Mastic crown: master class

Cooking a "royal" cake at home should start with preliminary preparation or purchase of mastic. In the process of creating you will need:

• jar or bottle;
• food wrap;
• sheet of paper;
• pencil;
• scotch.

Among other things, you will have to stretch your hands and fingers in order to twist the "sausages". By the way, you can give preference to a special device called an extruder: it will allow you to create components of a future diadem that are ideal in shape and width.

If you previously had to think: “This is not mine, I won’t give in to the crown of mastic!”, Step by step photos will completely turn your mind and teach you how to make tiaras with crazy monograms at a time!

Step 1. Sketching

The first step is to turn on the creative genius. Take paper and recreate a sketch of the future on itcreations. To avoid the appearance of asymmetry in the pattern, it is rational to use a checkered sheet.

For perfectionists, there is an extra trick: fold the paper in two layers. The fold will serve as an imaginary line for dividing the crown in half. Using a marker or pencil, draw the thread of the future diadem. After that, unfold the sheet: symmetrical prints will remain on the second half of the sheet.

If you are convinced of your visual mediocrity or just running out of time, you can use ready-made sketches or “steal like an artist” to be inspired by ideas from the Internet.

Most importantly, leave small spaces between the monograms: the future mastic crown will be voluminous! However, eventually, when the mastic flagella are in place, they should have points of contact.

Step 2. Fixing

A mastic crown must be at least a hemisphere. To do this, a tin can or a bottle of the desired diameter will come to the rescue (remember that you should have enough material). Using adhesive tape, we fix a sketch of the future decoration on the surface.

On top of the paper, put a layer of cling film or parchment paper, smeared with a small amount of oil. Fasten in the same way.

Step 3. Sculpting flagella

The third part of the marathon to create an edible jewel is to form the basis of future crown monograms. If your hobby or occupation is related to the confectionery business, then you probably know how to work.with extruder. If the level of your “internal confectioner” is equal to the “beginner”, use your hands: twist thin sausages, the diameter of which will be approximately the same along the entire length. The accuracy and elegance of the final creation directly depends on the thickness of the rolled flagella! At the same time, make the ends of the ropes thinner - this will help to connect the parts as naturally and beautifully as possible.

Step 4. Recreation

Now that the preparatory process is over, you can start the most exciting, responsible and painstaking work: transferring the flagella to the sketch.

Sausages should be shaped according to the sketch. It is better not to scrape whole parts of the picture from the remaining pieces of mastic. Try to make the elements as solid as possible. The places where the flagella are attached to each other should be lubricated with water or egg white and pressed lightly.

In the process of creating, you can always add new layers, balls or specks to the monograms, thereby giving volume to the crown. The main thing is to observe the principle of fixing flagella.

Beads and decor - the stage is optional. If after drying the jewelry you are going to give it a new shade, cover the "semi-finished diadem" with kandurin and the painting process will be easier in the future.

Step 5. The mastic crown is ready

The duration of hardening of the figurine directly depends on its thickness and volume. So this process can take from several to ten hours! Fullythe dried mastic crown easily detaches from the base and holds its shape firmly as a separate unit.

Tips and secrets

As an easier alternative to long twisting of mastic flagella to recreate a complex pattern, you can make a star-shaped crown. To do this, on paper, you need to sketch a star. Leave a round hole in the center. Then you need to transfer the sketch to the rolled layer of mastic. Don't forget to decorate after drying

• For those who plan to regularly bake cakes with a crown crowning the top, it will be beneficial to purchase special molds at a price affordable for their personal budget. Financial costs, as well as time, will be minimized.
• To get a more elegant and bizarre crown shape, you can use icing. Royal icing opens all doors to confectionery creativity. Purchase from the store or make it at home. The icing will only need to be applied to the template using a bag, fixed on a cylindrical shape and dried. An icing tiara is no worse than a mastic crown: the photos confirm this!

The process of making mastic decoration for dessert causes a storm of emotions. However, a real flurry of admiration and enchanted eyes awaits you at the moment the cake is placed on the festive table. Bon appetit and new culinaryaccomplishments!