The following week we did Pastillage as our sugar medium to build a box. Pastillage is made of icing sugar, cornstarch, white vinegar, glucose syrup, gelatine and water. I think it is also known as gum paste. It hardens up when in contact with air and no one actually eats it because they might break their teeth.
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| All the pieces are cut and left to dry |
We were given a template to make an octagon shaped box and a fixed amount of pastillage to complete the box with a lid and decorations. The process of making the box was spread across 2 days. Day 1, we cut the pieces and let it dry till the next day. Day 2 , we sanded the pieces with sand paper and then assembled them with royal icing acting as glue.
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| Assembling the octagon box |
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| The lid |
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| The box |
Then comes the decorations which I made pretty simple with some butterflies and leaves. Did the border with royal icing and outlined the leaves to give it a bit more colour. Then glued everything on with royal icing and tah-dah! box done.
Again, I am not too excited about the box, mainly because I can't eat it. Hehe. But I can put chocolates in the box and that will make me a lot happier.
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