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Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #30 - Crystal Clear - NON-ENTRY

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Dragana posted:

Such a wonderful set and brilliant idea to use silicone matt for this. I love the texture you achieved!

 

 

Thank you @Dragana, as I mentioned the sparkle has been @Julia M. Usher’s video of her “3D Retro Oven Cookie”. That tutorial and her tutorial in general have inspired me in many ways.

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Cookies Fantastique by Carol posted:

Oh what a creative idea @Manu biscotti decorati!! I love how you designed the double door and lanterns to the side. The isomalt turned out perfect! Beautiful work, as always

I've been playing around with isomalt and found that the isomalt in 2 projects I had done turned cloudy before I completed the decorating on the cookies. (Definitely didn't want to post those for the challenge!!) Not sure what I'm doing wrong as it's not humid here in AZ and I've done a lot of reading and watching videos about the product . Will keep at it...not about to give up as this should be simple and straightforward when you simply want to fill a decent sized heart shaped opening. Ugh

 

Thank you Carol , @Cookies Fantastique

I poured isomalt on the cookies this morning and waited a couple of hours for a bit of sunlight to take pictures. I am surprised that yours turned cloudy before you finished decorating.

It is very humid here in Bangkok and I worked with air conditioning on. After I took the pictures I put the cookies under a glass cloche with some silica gels (I had a lot of them leftovers from the moving boxes and nobody will eat this cookies). I took this picture now, after more than 12 hours from pouring isomalt and they still look perfect. I didn’t open the cloche to take a picture because the A/C is off now. I used a glass to elevate the doors, if you are wondering about those weird lines. I will keep monitoring them in the next days and probably I will bag them tomorrow, just to see how the isomalt behave. I will keep you posted.

I melted isomalt in a pan on the stove and I used a thermometer. 

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Thank you for your comments and pictures @Manu biscotti decorati! It sounds like I followed the exact same steps as you, even using the silica gel packs. Did you seal the doors and lanterns into containers or bags with the silica gel to keep the air out? That's what I did. I used the nibs this time rather than the granules. That may be part of the problem, I don't know. I've used isomalt before and not had this amount of cloudiness. I picked up some more granules and plan to finish a project with isomalt as part of my Halloween set this year. I specifically picked up the silica gel packs that are FDA approved. Will keep you posted on how things go with the isomalt granules and hope to get this particular cookie (actually 2 cookies) completed within the next couple of days .

Thanks again for your helpful comments and the pics. I will take some pics along the way this time as well .

Cookies Fantastique by Carol posted:

Oh what a creative idea @Manu biscotti decorati!! I love how you designed the double door and lanterns to the side. The isomalt turned out perfect! Beautiful work, as always

I've been playing around with isomalt and found that the isomalt in 2 projects I had done turned cloudy before I completed the decorating on the cookies. (Definitely didn't want to post those for the challenge!!) Not sure what I'm doing wrong as it's not humid here in AZ and I've done a lot of reading and watching videos about the product . Will keep at it...not about to give up as this should be simple and straightforward when you simply want to fill a decent sized heart shaped opening. Ugh

 

Thank you Carol , @Cookies Fantastique

I poured isomalt on the cookies this morning and waited a couple of hours for a bit of sunlight to take pictures. I am surprised that yours turned cloudy before you finished decorating.

It is very humid here in Bangkok and I worked with air conditioning on. After I took the pictures I put the cookies under a glass cloche with some silica gels (I had a lot of them leftovers from the moving boxes and nobody will eat this cookies). I took this picture now, after more than 12 hours from pouring isomalt and they still look perfect. I didn’t open the cloche to take a picture because the A/C is off now. I used a glass to elevate the doors, if you are wondering about those weird lines. I will keep monitoring them in the next days and probably I will bag them tomorrow, just to see how the isomalt behave. I will keep you posted.

I melted isomalt in a pan on the stove and I used a thermometer. 

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Oh what a creative idea @Manu biscotti decorati!! I love how you designed the double door and lanterns to the side. The isomalt turned out perfect! Beautiful work, as always

I've been playing around with isomalt and found that the isomalt in 2 projects I had done turned cloudy before I completed the decorating on the cookies. (Definitely didn't want to post those for the challenge!!) Not sure what I'm doing wrong as it's not humid here in AZ and I've done a lot of reading and watching videos about the product . Will keep at it...not about to give up as this should be simple and straightforward when you simply want to fill a decent sized heart shaped opening. Ugh

 

Sweet Prodigy posted:

Really nice work, Manu! I do love all of the details ❤️

Thank you, Christine @Sweet Prodigy, I started with the idea of the three different colors of  the mums and then I went on figuring out the other colors and details... color combination is my kriptonite and it took forever to decide. The background I choose at the beginning didn’t match anymore and therefore I choose to use “our plate”! The converging lines add perspective! 😊

 

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