“Why buy a tube of piping gel when you can make your own quickly and inexpensively?”
- Ready In:
- 7mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
- 1
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1⁄4
cup white corn syrup
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1⁄4
cup cold water
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3 -4
teaspoons cornstarch (or more if needed for desired consistency)
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1⁄2
teaspoon white vanilla
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food coloring paste
directions
- In microwaveable bowl, mix cold water and cornstarch together.
- Add corn syrup and white vanilla, and stir until combined.
- Microwave on high for 1min 30sec – 2 min until mixture boils and turns clear.
- Remove from microwave and let cool (whisk occasionally while cooling).
- Add food dye (gel) to make desired color.
- Put in piping bag and use to decorate cakes, cookies, etc.
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Worked really well. I think they meant 3-4 teaspoons of cornstarch not tablespoons. 1 tablespoon worked perfectly. I colored mine green. Takes to coloring better than I expected.
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I cut the recipe in half only needed a bit had to make twice first time used 1 1/2 tbs corn starch but it got too thick so used just one and turned out purfect and only cooked for 45sec =)
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This is an amazing recipe, but as one of the messages said, it is 3 teaspoons, not tablespoons.
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I put in 4 tablespoons of corn starch and it came out super thick i am going to try just the 3 tablespoons now hope it turns out better. I will update as soon as i am done.
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Used dark vanilla and it turned out. Next time I’ll apply it to a frozen cake before it’s completely cool. It lost it’s transparency and lustre when I stired it to prep it for application after it had cooled…which was sad as I wanted it to resemble water. It froze well, was fast and easy to make, I will use it again.
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