A flower made of caramel is a tasty decoration by one's own hands.

Ah, these cakes are in the window! Decorated with intricate patterns, flowers and figures, they look so attractive that they cause an irresistible desire to taste this beauty.

An ordinary home-made biscuit will turn into a work of art if you approach it creatively and try to decorate the cake or cake not only with cream, but with your own edible ornaments. Correctly prepared caramel provides space for creativity and realization of hidden confectioner talents.

Secrets of caramel for jewelry

Standard caramel from water, sugar and citric acid, used to make well-known candies on a stick, is not suitable for the manufacture of elegant ornaments, in the extreme case it is possible to make a decorative mesh formed from thin jets of foil extruded on a sheet and a cooled caramel mass. Or a cast base for other decorations. A flower made of caramel from such a mixture can not be made, it is only suitable for casting.

To caramel mass has become suitable for modeling, it is made more plastic, adding molasses to the production. It is rather difficult to buy molasses in the retail network, because if you want to make flowers from caramel at home, try replacing it with maple syrup or fresh, not sugar-coated honey (it should be poured from a spoon). In extreme cases, use artificial honey as a plasticizer.

Preparation of caramel mass

1. In a saucepan or bowl intended for cooking, pour water at the rate of 100 g of water to 300 g of granulated sugar, bring to a boil.
2. Pour the sugar into the boiling water and cook, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved, add the vinegar essence or citric acid to prevent the sugar from crystallizing.
3. In the boiling syrup, put the molasses or its substitute in a ratio of 2: 1 (sugar: treacle), heat again to boil and boil until a caramel sample is obtained (a drop of syrup placed in cold water forms a solid icicle, biting does not stick to the teeth and crumbles On small crystals). The mass has a yellowish shade, so divide the mixture and add food colorings in order to make the flowers from caramel as close to the natural kind.

Caramel mass is ready, it's time to make the decoration itself.

Formation of a decorative flower from caramel

Pour the contents of the pot on the prepared surface. Best of all, if it is made of marble, but in its absence, you can use a silicone lining under a plate or silicone mat. Then proceed as follows:

1. Products are formed from hot mass, temperature not lower than 70 ^о С, therefore it is necessary to mold in thick heat-resistant gloves. Collect the lightly cooled mass in a lump and knead it hot in the palms of your hands, pulling out the strands in succession and again turning the workpiece into a ball. Ready caramel "dough" should be reminiscent of the consistency of clay.
2. Place the finished mass under a powerful lamp to cool it more slowly, and quickly make the details of the ornaments, in our case, the caramel flowers. Cut off small pieces of dough and use special molds to turn them into blanks of petals and leaves. The blank that has come out of the mold is plastic, so give it the necessary bending by hand while simultaneously cooling the almost finished part with a fan.

Collect the finished items or attach them to the molded caramel stand. To do this, use a gas burner to heat the joints and combine them. When cooling down, the parts are firmly stuck together and the caramel flower will be finished.