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A small mound of homemade white gum paste sits on a lightly dusted surface with powdered sugar scattered around.

Gum Paste Recipe : How to make this Paste for Beautiful Cupcake and Cake Toppers

Gum paste is a versatile and edible sugar dough used extensively in cake decorating for creating intricate and detailed decorations.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Cake Decoration
Cuisine Global
Servings 1 batch

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large egg white
  • 2 cups / 240 grams / 8.46 ounces sifted icing sugar (approximately)
  • 2 level tsp tylose powder / CMC (Carboxymethyl Cellulose)  Available at baking supply stores
  • Holsum White vegetable fat or shortening

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, break up the egg white with a fork.
    Lightly beaten egg white in a glass bowl with a fork on a brown speckled countertop.
  • Add 1 cup of sifted icing sugar to the egg white.
  • Mix well. The consistency will be runny.
    Egg white and icing sugar mixture in a glass bowl with a fork, before adding tylose powder.
  • Sprinkle the tylose powder on top of the mixture, then add ½ cup of icing sugar.
    Tylose paste has been sprinkled ontop a mixture of egg white and icing sugar in a glass bowl with a fork on a brown countertop.
  • Mix well with a fork. Gradually add more icing sugar until the paste becomes too stiff to mix with the fork.
  • Turn the mixture onto a surface sprinkled with icing sugar.
  • Rub some Holsum onto your hands, and knead the paste until it's non-sticky, adding more icing sugar as needed.
    A small mound of homemade white gum paste sits on a lightly dusted surface with powdered sugar scattered around.
  • Continue kneading until the paste is smooth.