Seahorse cupcake and bubbles in silicone moulds
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 6:40PM 
seahorse cupcake
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Goodness, sorry I'm sooo behind in answering mail... I'm answering one today, and I can hear many saying "about time!!!". It's a question about using a gas torch to remove the bubbles created in pieces of isomalt when you are using silicone moulds.
hi, I tried to use a butane torch like you did on the butterflies on my isomalt pieces but I couldn't get rid of the all the bubbles and created a melted mess. What am I doing wrong?
Vicki
Hi, Vicki you didn't say what moulds you were using but I presume it's something small or with finer detail? I thought I do an example piece today to illustrate...
An isomalt seahorse straight from the silicone mould. Tiny air bubbles cover the surface of the piece.
To remove the air bubbles wave the flame of a chef's gas torch over the surface of the piece.
You can see in this shot I'm part way through torching, I've lost a little of the detail but not much. The fin of the seahorse is thin, I give it another quick flash of flame but I won't keep going to remove all the bubbles as I would be risking melting the piece.
Note the photo on top of page, I photograhed in front of white card so you can see how there still is few small areas of bubbles. However to the naked eye they are difficult to see.
Finally, my torch is very small it is possible your torch is more powerful? If that is the case, perhaps invest in a small chefs torch as they are relatively inexpensive nowadays. Hope this helps you Vicki.
Happy Baking :)
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Reader Comments (2)
I'm having such a good time reading all the posts I missed, Jeniffer. Absolutely L-O-V-E all your tips. Who would've though one could still smooth out the bubbles in an isomalt candy AFTER it has set. I really hope you will put out your own unique decorating book one day - I've seen things on your blog I've never seen anywhere else. You're so creative!
OMG your spun sugar and isomalt creations are amazing. I've been meaning to try this myself but just haven't got round to it yet. Looove your cupcakes!