Instructions

The easiest and safest way to color is to use food coloring. If you take it, then you just need to drop a couple of drops from the bottle onto the material. Then knead the mass intensively and get a homogeneous lump of plastic dough, from which you can already create. Just remember that you need to mix the dough with the paint very vigorously so that the mastic does not harden and the color is distributed evenly.

If you are using dry dyes, you can paint mastic two ways. The first one looks like this. Take a toothpick and dip it into the dry dye, then push it through the mixture itself. Repeat this several times, then start mixing the dough. Do this until the color is evenly distributed. If you feel that the color intensity is not enough, add dry powder again using a toothpick.

The second method of coloring with dry dyes looks like this. Place some dye of one color or another in a small container. You only need a teaspoon of the product. Add 2-3 drops of plain water or lemon juice (diluted citric acid will also work) and stir. Then place this mixture into the mastic dough and mix.

If you are not going to eat mastic figurines, you can paint the source material with ordinary gouache paints. You will also need 1-2 drops of them. Try not to pour too much, otherwise you risk ruining it. mastic - after all, from excess moisture it simply breaks. Just like with food coloring, stir mastic and paint. Start creating.

Can be painted mastic and after the fact. To do this, make a figure, connect its parts together, let it dry - usually the mastic dries for about a day. Next, take markers or paints and a brush and start coloring. Again, remember that you cannot wet the material too much - your toy may leak.

note

You should not pour dry dye into the mastic. You won't be able to mix it properly, and the mixture will turn out spotty and lumpy.

Shiny floors in the house indicate cleanliness, delighting household members and guests. But with repeated application of gloss mastics, the resulting film becomes dirty, dull, and loses its attractive appearance.

You will need

• - self-shining agent;
• - a rag or sponge;
• - floor cleaner from self-shining compounds;
• - hard brush.

Instructions

To add shine to your flooring, coat it with a self-gloss polish.

Wash the floor surface or wipe it with a damp cloth.

Moving from the far wall to the door of the room, apply the product (for example, “Self-shine”, Saihky lattiakiilto, “Vipolis”, etc.) in small quantities to individual areas of the floor surface, then immediately distribute the product in an even layer with a sponge or rag over the floor.

Wait 30-40 minutes. During this time period, the product will harden, and an even glossy film with a pleasant shine will form on the floor. To make the mastic shine stronger, repeat the above procedure 2-3 times. This product does not require rubbing.

Twice a year, remove all film from the floor surface, since its appearance deteriorates over time under the influence of light and air, then apply a new layer of self-shining product. To do this, use special cleaners (“Egle”, “Floor Cleaner for Self-Shine Compounds”, etc.): shake the contents of the bottle thoroughly, dilute it with 6-8 liters of water and mix thoroughly.

Apply the resulting emulsion to the floor surface and wait five minutes, then rub the entire coating with a stiff brush or sponge. Complete the cleaning procedure by washing the floor with clean water.

On the cleaned floor, after it has dried, apply a new layer of self-shining product.

note

If the floor being treated is parquet, then minimize its contact with water.

Helpful advice

Self-shining products are made on a wax or polymer base. The products of the first group form a more rigid film, which is more water-resistant and less susceptible to scratches than films formed from wax-based self-glosses, which are more elastic.

Sources:

• To make the floors shine

Baking mastic is an effective way to decorate a cake the way you want. It is easy to use, flexible, stores well and looks great on the cake. Mastic can be used to decorate a variety of desserts - from themed cakes to multi-tiered wedding cakes.

Often when working it is necessary to paint it in some color. This can be done using special food colors of the desired shade. And if the choice in stores is not pleasing and you can’t find the right shade, these tips can come to the rescue.

· If you can't find the right food coloring or are against using chemical coloring, you can use juices. Spinach juice will give the mastic a light green color, beet juice will give it a red color, and carrot juice will give it an orange color. For a lighter color, you can defrost the spinach and squeeze the juice out of it. A more concentrated color is obtained by boiling the spinach in a small amount of water and straining.

· Yellow color can be obtained. To do this, you need to brew turmeric with boiling water (1 tablespoon turmeric, 2 tablespoons boiling water), let it brew, then strain. The resulting decoction can be used as a yellow dye.

· The purple color can be obtained from elderberry juice. Another way to make purple dye is to boil shredded red cabbage in a little water.

· It is very difficult to paint mastic black without black dye. In this case, craftswomen use a mixture of three dyes: one part each of red and blue and two parts blue. The resulting blackness depends on the shades of dyes that were used. The color may not be completely black, but slightly greenish with a hint of purple.

· Another way to get a black color is to add burnt sugar to the mastic, getting a brown color. Then adjust the color using blue dye.

Use these tips and your desserts will delight you and your guests with bright colors.

Every pastry chef strives to turn his creation into a work of art. And food coloring provides significant help with this. It is with them that we paint the mastic to obtain bright, beautiful shades, from which we will then sculpt various figures for our cake. We’ll talk about all the variety of food colors for mastic, creams and dough in this article.

Classification of dyes

Dyes are divided into:

• synthetic;
• natural.

Synthetic paints are divided into:

• dry;
• liquid;
• gel.

Dry dyes have a powdery appearance. They are used to give additional shade to confectionery products and to color small parts. Dry dyes are diluted in boiled water, vodka or alcohol (1 tablespoon of liquid on the tip of a paint knife). If desired, can be applied dry to baked goods.

Liquid paintresidents color creams and protein-rice mass. They can be added to sugar mastic instead of water. Liquid dyes are also used in airbrushes.

Geldyes similar to liquid ones, but they are characterized by a thicker consistency and higher concentration, which makes them economical and versatile. Gel dyes are used to color mastic, dough, glazes and creams (not protein ones). They make it possible to obtain bright and rich colors, as well as delicate shades.

Variety of dyes

"Kandurin" for decorating baked goods

You can find a wide variety of dyes in stores. Among them, the most common powder dye is “Kandurin”. "Kandurin" is a dye with glitter. But this dye is not added to the cream. It is applied only on top: on chocolate, mastic, marzipan, glaze, icing curls. This is an excellent choice for decorating wedding and anniversary cakes. You can use it to color drinks, jelly, caramel.

"Kandurin", like other powder dyes, is used dry or diluted in water or vodka. Dry dye n apply to the cream with a brush or shaking.

If you want the surface of the cake to shine, then dilute Kandurin with vodka and apply it to the mastic with a brush. If you need a glossy surface, then dissolve the dye in water.

When coloring protein cream, unwhipped protein is used to dissolve the dye.

The diluted paint can be poured into a sprayer and the resulting aerosol can be used to cover the cake completely or partially, covering part of the product with paper.

“Kandurin” will help you obtain shimmering and pearlescent shades.

Cocoa butter based dyes

Sometimes paints made from cocoa butter are sold. They are ideal for coloring rich cream and white chocolate (other dyes are difficult to mix with them), but are completely unsuitable for protein cream and syrup.

Sometimes you can find velor dye based on cocoa butter on sale. It is very economical and looks beautiful. Velor dye can be applied to any surface, including cream, souffle, mastic and chocolate. But when using it, you need to take into account some features: the can of dye should be warmed well in warm water, and the cake should be well leveled and frozen.

Creating new shades

How to get the right shade if you only have a few colors? By combining existing colors, you can get many new shades.

Mixing colors to create new shades:

Dyes at home

What to do if you are planning to bake a cake, but don’t have any dyes? Herbal ingredients will come to the rescue.

Natural dyes:

• white – powdered sugar, milk, cream, sour cream,
• yellow - carrot juice, juicy yellow pepper juice, juicy pineapple, turmeric powder or saffron diluted in water, vodka or alcohol;
• orange – orange and lemon juice or mix carrot and beet or berry juice;
• red and pink - beetroot, cranberry, currant, pomegranate, raspberry, strawberry, cherry juice or red wine;
• green - juice of parsley, spinach, sorrel, lettuce (finely chop the greens, put in a sandwich bag and roll out with a rolling pin; place the open edges of the bag in a plate so that the juice flows into it) or brilliant green;
• coniferous - add a drop of beet juice to parsley or spinach juice;
• purple – blueberry, blackberry or grape juice;
• brown – burnt sugar or coffee;
• chocolate – cocoa powder, chocolate or mix red paint with burnt sugar;
• black – activated carbon.

In a rich cream, the dye acquires a more saturated color. Therefore, you will have to put much more dye in the protein cream than in the oil cream.

For protein cream, you cannot use alcohol-containing dyes and fat, as in this case the cream will settle.

It is allowed to use egg paints for pastry cakes if it is indicated on the bag that they are food grade. Such paints are diluted in a dessert spoon of hot water.

Where can I buy

Very often I get asked questions about where to buy food coloring. Often the dyes in regular supermarkets are not at all suitable. I advise you to look for specialized confectionery stores or contact our Chinese manufacturers on Aliexpress, for me this is the easiest and least expensive option.

Today I will tell you how to make cake mastic from milk powder at home. Mastic looks very beautiful on cakes. With its help you can cover cakes, sculpt beautiful figures and patterns. But since the main consumers of sweets are children, you want the cake to be not only beautiful and tasty, but also, at a minimum, not harmful. Therefore, I advise you to make mastic with your own hands at home.

Recipe for mastic from powdered milk

I will make mastic from milk powder. To prepare mastic, I use a recipe that you will need:

• Powdered milk 150 gr.
• Powdered sugar 150 gr.
• Condensed milk 1/2 can.

How to make mastic at home

Making mastic at home is not difficult, you just need a little patience and desire.

To do this, take milk powder and powdered sugar in equal quantities.

Mix thoroughly and sift through a sieve. This is necessary so that the mixture turns out homogeneous, without lumps, which later, when rolled out, will tear our mastic.

Don’t be stingy and use richer milk powder, it will make the mastic elastic and manageable. Then you can roll it out in a thin layer without tearing, which is very important for tightening the cake.

After pouring your mixture into a deep bowl, gradually stirring, add condensed milk. To prepare mastic you will need about half a can of condensed milk. After pouring it in, knead the mastic thoroughly.

Start kneading the mixture with a spoon first, and when the mixture thickens, you should knead it with your hands.

If the mastic crumbles

If the kneaded mastic crumbles and continues to crumble, add a little more condensed milk. If the mastic mixture floats, dry it with a small amount of milk powder.

Kneading mastic by hand

At first, the mixture sticks terribly to your hands and spreads. You will understand that the mastic is ready when the mass becomes homogeneous and begins to lag behind your hands.

Mastic consistency

The consistency of the mastic will resemble soft plasticine or shortbread dough. The color of the finished mastic ranges from milky white to cream. There is never a pure white mastic made from powdered milk.

How to store mastic?

The finished mastic can be stored for quite a long time. To do this, you need to put it in the refrigerator or freezer, wrapped in a plastic bag.

It is very comfortable. After all, you can prepare mastic in advance, a few days before the actual holiday and baking of your cake.

The storage conditions for the finished cake are somewhat different. A cake decorated with powdered milk mastic should be stored in the refrigerator at medium temperature.

Extreme cold may cause “perspiration” to appear on the surface of the cake.

So, we figured out how to make mastic for a cake at home, it turned out to be homogeneous and elastic. But that is not all.

How and with what to paint mastic at home

The finished mastic has a milky white tint, and in order for the cake to turn out beautiful and bright, the ready-made mastic needs to be painted. We will now look at how and what to paint mastic at home.

How to paint mastic with dye

Divide the finished mastic into proportional parts and paint with liquid dye in the colors you need. To do this, add a few drops of dye to a piece of mastic and mix thoroughly.

The easiest way is to use ready-made food coloring. There are natural and synthetic food colors.

Natural dyes are extracts from plants and vegetables used to color dishes. They are, of course, expensive. True, in order to paint the mastic you only need a few drops, so they last a long time.

How to paint mastic with dry dye

Dry powdered food coloring will not dissolve in the mastic due to its thickness, and the color will be uneven and speckled.

Therefore, to paint mastic with dry dye, you need to take a little powder on the tip of a knife and mix it with a few drops of water. Then mix the liquid thoroughly and drop it into the mastic.

How to replace food coloring for mastic

How to color the mastic if you don’t have food coloring?

You can paint the mastic with homemade natural dyes. They are an excellent replacement for store-bought synthetic powders. For this you can use vegetable and fruit juices and seasonings.

How to get the right colors for mastic:

• pink, red– beet juice, cherry juice, pomegranate juice;
• brown– cocoa, coffee;
• yellow and its shades– carrot juice, turmeric;
• violet– blueberry or black currant juice;
• blue– decoction or juice of blue cabbage;
• green– juice or decoction of spinach, parsley, lettuce;

Base for mastic. Cream

Moisture causes the mastic from powdered milk to flow and dissolve. Therefore, you should not put it on liquid creams. You must first make a base for the mastic; for this we use an oil cream.

This is an important rule: when you cover a cake with fondant, it is necessary to spread the mastic on an oil base.

If the cream in your cake is sour cream, protein or any other, you need to cover it on top and sides with a layer of butter cream or softened butter.

Mastic reveals all the irregularities and tubercles. Therefore, after greasing the finished cake with butter cream, put it in the refrigerator to harden.

When the cream hardens, it needs to be well leveled. To do this, take a wide knife, dip it in hot water, quickly wipe away any moisture, and run it across the surface, removing any unevenness.

When the knife cools down, the procedure can be repeated. Having given the surface of the cake the desired shape, in your opinion, put it in the refrigerator and let it harden. Once the butter has set, you will have a nice base for your buttercream cake frosting.

How to properly cover a cake with fondant

Now the cake can be safely covered with mastic.

The consistency of mastic is similar to plasticine. To cover the cake with fondant, roll it out with a rolling pin to a thickness of 2-3 mm. It is convenient to roll out mastic on starch.

It is important to cover the cake with fondant correctly without creases. To do this, roll it out, carefully place it on the cake and spread it lightly with your hands.

There is no need to press or pull hard to prevent tears.

The mastic glides perfectly on an oil base and lays down evenly. And from the warmth of the hands it warms up and stretches. Gently press from the sides and, if desired, level with a spatula. Cut off the excess at the base of the cake with a knife.

The basis for your creativity is ready.

DIY mastic cake figurines

Mastic is a very pliable and elastic material. Therefore, you can easily make cake decorations from mastic in the form of various figures with your own hands.

Figures from mastic can be made both flat and three-dimensional. It is advisable to mold voluminous figures in advance and dry them a little.

To ensure that the figures stick well, you can glue them onto a drop of water. Flat designs stick well without gluing.

If your pattern consists of multi-colored parts, cut out flat parts of the corresponding colors, and then connect them using mastic.

Maybe you don't have a very rich imagination, and you can't imagine what the final version will look like? Try placing it on cling film (rolling), and then carefully transfer it onto the cake.

In any case, experiment and you will understand that making figures from mastic at home is quite possible.

Mastic made from powdered milk is a convenient and beautiful means of decorating cakes and pastries, sculpting delicious and interesting figures. With its help, each of your cakes will become a unique work of art, each holiday – a celebration of creativity.

Don't be afraid to try making cake mastic at home. After all, mastic made from powdered milk is not only tasty and beautiful, but also safer for your children than store-bought jewelry.

After all, you can control the naturalness and freshness of the products. But, most importantly, you will be able to realize the fairy-tale wishes of your children and prove to them that their mother is a sorceress.

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I want to make a cake and cover it with fondant. I don’t have the opportunity to buy food coloring; I’m at home with my child all the time. Please advise, maybe there is a way to paint the mastic with something so that there is at least a shade. I was thinking about beet juice. But then the consistency will change?

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Mastic is a very famous product today. It is used to cover cakes, to make figurines for decorating confectionery products, and to create primitive toys. However, the mastic itself is an ordinary white mass, similar to plasticine. And in order for products made from mastic to be authentic and diverse, it must be painted. But not everyone knows how to do this positively.

You will need

• – food coloring (gel or dry);
• – gouache paints;
• – toothpicks;
• – brushes.

Instructions

1. The most primitive and harmless method of painting mastic – use of food coloring. If you take gel ones, then you only need to drop each one a couple of times from the bottle onto the material. Then knead the mass thoroughly and get a homogeneous lump of graceful dough, from which you can now create. Just remember that you need to mix the dough with the paint vigorously so that the mastic does not harden and the color is distributed evenly.

2. If you are using dry dyes, you can paint mastic two methods. The 1st one looks like this. Take a toothpick and dip it into the dry dye, then pierce the mixture itself with it. Repeat this several times, then start mixing the dough. Do this until the color is evenly distributed. If you feel that the color intensity is not enough, add dry powder again using a toothpick.

3. The 2nd method of coloring mastic with dry dyes looks like this. Place a little dye of one color or another in a small container. You only need a teaspoon of the product each. Drop 2-3 drops of plain water or lemon juice into it (diluted citric acid will also work) and stir. After this, place this mixture into the mastic dough and mix.

4. If you are not going to eat mastic figurines, you can paint the starting material with ordinary gouache paints. You will also need 1-2 drops of them. Try not to pour too much, on the contrary, you risk spoiling it mastic – the tea simply breaks due to excess moisture. Just like with food coloring, stir mastic and paint. Start creating.

5. Allowed to color mastic and after the fact. To do this, make a figure, combine its parts together, and let it dry - traditionally, the mastic dries for about a day. Next, take markers or paints and a brush and start coloring. Again, remember that it is impossible to wet the material too much - your toy may leak.

Homemade cakes are a little easy to bake - they are bound to look great. What can you come up with for decoration if you don’t want to create the usual cream roses on every surface? It is very primitive to prepare 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 powdered milk or cream - approximately one and a half glasses. Occasionally more powdered cream is required. Consumption should be controlled easily during preparation and kneading of the mass.

In a deep bowl, mix milk or cream with powdered sugar. Add condensed milk, stir. Prepare your work surface. The mastic will need to be kneaded like dough. Sprinkle the surface on which you will do this with powdered sugar. After this, put the mixture from the bowl onto it and knead until it stops sticking to your hands.

If you think that the mastic is too sugary, you can replace some of the powder with potato starch. When you add it, the mass will stick to your hands less. If you have glycerin, add a few drops - this will help the mastic become more beautiful and flexible, and not dry out during storage.

The mastic is considered ready when it reaches homogeneity. The result should be an elastic, flexible mass, reminiscent of 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. You can roll out mastic on it without fear that it will stick to the table.

To get different colors of the pastry mixture, divide it into parts and add food coloring to each of them. To achieve a chestnut or beige color, you can use cocoa powder. Pink and scarlet colors are obtained by adding berry syrup.

Decorations must be made in advance - they must dry before serving or decorating the cake. To dry, they need to be wrapped in film or placed in a suitable container and covered with a lid. If the mass remains, it can be stored in the refrigerator. Before sculpting from it again, leave it for 30 minutes in a room at room temperature, in film, so that the mastic becomes soft and more flexible.

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Baking mastic is an effective way to decorate a cake the way you want. It is easy to use, graceful, stores well and looks charming on the cake. Mastic can be used to decorate a wide variety of desserts - from themed cakes to multi-tiered wedding cakes.

Often when working with mastic you need to paint it some color. This can be done by using special food colors of the required shade. And if the choice in stores is not pleasing and you cannot find the required shade, these tips can come to the rescue.

· If you cannot find the required food coloring or despite the use of chemical coloring, you can use juices. Spinach juice will give the mastic a clear green color, beetroot juice will give it a scarlet color, and carrot juice will give it an orange color. For a clearer color, you can defrost the spinach and squeeze the juice out of it. A more concentrated color is obtained by boiling spinach in a small amount of water and straining.

· Yellow color can be obtained from turmeric. To do this, you need to brew turmeric with boiling water (1 tablespoon turmeric, 2 tablespoons boiling water), let it brew, then strain. The resulting decoction can be used as a yellow dye.

· The purple color can be obtained from elderberry juice. Another way to get purple dye is to boil shredded red cabbage in a small amount of water.

· It is very difficult to paint mastic black without black dye. In this case, craftswomen use a mixture of 3 dyes: one part each of red and blue and two parts blue. The resulting blackness depends on the shades of dyes that were used. The color may not be entirely black, but slightly greenish with a hint of purple.

· Another method to get a black color is to add burnt sugar to the mastic, getting a chestnut color. After this, adjust the color using blue dye.

Use these tips and your desserts will delight you and your guests with bright colors.

Note!
You should not pour dry dye into the mastic. You will not be able to stir it properly, and the mass will turn out spotty and with lumps.