cp soap cake question

[ilovedoxies]

How do you keep your drizzle from ashing?

I'm having a terrible problem w/ash lately. I spray the top of my log w/alcohol on day 2 and it seems to work on most of it, but it still ashes around the corners. Grrrr....

 

[agriffin]

Hmmm...good questions.

I didn't drizzle my soap cake but if I did I would probably use melt and pour soap to do so. But maybe someone else will chime in if doing CP.

 

[mandolyn]

Hmmm...good questions.

I didn't drizzle my soap cake but if I did I would probably use melt and pour soap to do so. But maybe someone else will chime in if doing CP.

I let the soapcake fully cure so there will be no shrinking, then drizzle with M&P. You have to work fast so the M&P remains pourable & drizzles well, but it can't be too runny either. It's tricky, but with a bit of practice it works well.

 

[bombus]

I let my cakes cure for about 3 weeks before drizzling with M&P. I have
found that if I let the M&P cool down so there is a "crust " on top that you
have to break through, the liquid soap beneath will pour at a good rate
to run down the sides just like real glaze. I use a 1-cup pyrex (glass)
measuring cup.

Then I cut the cake so the inside has good exposure to the air for 3 more
weeks before I sell it. Two things I have found to be aware of:
1. Don't put white on a chocolate brown CP cake- it turns carmel-colored,
and old-looking after a few days.
2. In high humidity, the glaze will absorb moisture from the air and feel slick.

 

[Galavanting Gifts]

I wouldn't be able to use the m&p drizzle here because where we are situated would cause the icing/drizzle to sweat to no end soooooo........

If I were going to use cp drizzle that ended up with ash on it then I would spritz a moderatlely soft bristled craft brush with rubbing alcohole and firmly but gently brush over the drizzle. wiping afterwoods with a soft flannelette cloth and/or a cotten tip

 

[bombus]

I wouldn't be able to use the m&p drizzle here because where we are situated would cause the icing/drizzle to sweat to no end soooooo........

If I were going to use cp drizzle that ended up with ash on it then I would spritz a moderatlely soft bristled craft brush with rubbing alcohole and firmly but gently brush over the drizzle. wiping afterwoods with a soft flannelette cloth and/or a cotten tip

Have you done this? If so, at what stage do you drizzle? Do you spritz the
cake with alcohol before you drizzle so the glaze will stick?

I wonder if I drizzled white CP on achocolate CP cake, it would stay white.

I foresee some experimenting!

 

[ToniD]

I have not done any cake icing yet, but I embeded a white cp soap ball into a chocolate cp bar and the soap ball stayed white.

 

[bombus]

How do you keep your drizzle from ashing?

I'm having a terrible problem w/ash lately. I spray the top of my log w/alcohol on day 2 and it seems to work on most of it, but it still ashes around the corners. Grrrr....

I read somewhere lately that you need 91% isopropyl alcohol for preventing ash,
and that it available at Walgreens. I haven't tried it yet, though.