Gingerbread painting: what a beginner needs to know?
Painting gingerbread with glaze is a fascinating hobby that confectioners elevate to the category of creativity. The experts told what you need to pay attention to.
Depending on the painting technique, simple and complex products are distinguished. On simple gingerbread, there are unpretentious patterns, possibly drawings. For complex confectionery masterpieces, you need perseverance, since they are painted with an openwork mesh and curls. However, any pattern will make these cinnamon baked goods festive and festive.
A novice craftsman will need a pastry bag with nozzles, spoons of different sizes, needles or toothpicks, pastry spatulas. This set can be safely replaced with a bag that is pre-filled with glaze, and then cut through - a corner is made.
Before painting, the baked goods should cool well so that the applied glaze does not flow over the gingerbread. This usually takes up to several hours.
Glaze can be made at this time. The resulting substance should be creamy and thick in consistency. To test the glaze for readiness, pour it into a teaspoon and tilt it at an angle. The frosting should not drip over the spoon. But at the same time, be a little thicker than sour cream.
To paint a gingerbread, you first need to choose a pattern. In many ways, the very shape of the gingerbread is important here - often these are houses, hearts, plants and animals. The first stage is to trace the product along the contour. Then the execution of individual elements. Use of different colors if necessary.
After applying the glaze, the gingerbread is again sent to the oven for final drying.
Confectionery bags with attachments for working with gingerbread, as well as other kitchen utensils, can be ordered in the section of the OXO website of the same name.
Depending on the painting technique, simple and complex products are distinguished. On simple gingerbread, there are unpretentious patterns, possibly drawings. For complex confectionery masterpieces, you need perseverance, since they are painted with an openwork mesh and curls. However, any pattern will make these cinnamon baked goods festive and festive.
A novice craftsman will need a pastry bag with nozzles, spoons of different sizes, needles or toothpicks, pastry spatulas. This set can be safely replaced with a bag that is pre-filled with glaze, and then cut through - a corner is made.
Before painting, the baked goods should cool well so that the applied glaze does not flow over the gingerbread. This usually takes up to several hours.
Glaze can be made at this time. The resulting substance should be creamy and thick in consistency. To test the glaze for readiness, pour it into a teaspoon and tilt it at an angle. The frosting should not drip over the spoon. But at the same time, be a little thicker than sour cream.
To paint a gingerbread, you first need to choose a pattern. In many ways, the very shape of the gingerbread is important here - often these are houses, hearts, plants and animals. The first stage is to trace the product along the contour. Then the execution of individual elements. Use of different colors if necessary.
After applying the glaze, the gingerbread is again sent to the oven for final drying.
Confectionery bags with attachments for working with gingerbread, as well as other kitchen utensils, can be ordered in the section of the OXO website of the same name.
