What is Massa Ticino?

What is Massa Ticino?

Massa Ticino Sugarpaste invented by Carma is the original white decoration paste, world-famous among cake designers. Massa Ticino Sugarpaste offers nine exciting colours that allow you to create over 60 unique shades.

What is Massa paste?

Massa Ticinio produce a range of white and vibrant coloured sugar pastes considered by many to be the Rolls Royce of sugar paste. It is highly elastic, so will not rip or crack and will smooth to a perfect finish with a crisp shell. The colours come in 250g packs.

Is Massa Ticino vegan?

They have also been designed with the most common issues in mind, as such the Massa Ticino sugarpaste is ideal to use in any temperature or humidity, is made with all natural ingredients with no azo dyes, is suitable for vegetarians and vegans and is cholesterol and gluten free.

Is Massa Ticino dairy free?

Carefully manufactured with only natural ingredients, Massa Ticino sugarpaste is AZO-dye free, free from dairy, gluten and cholesterol and are vegan-friendly.

Is fondant a sugar paste?

Sugarpaste is also known as fondant icing and ready to roll icing – in our case Renshaw Ready To Roll Fondant Icing. Sugarpaste is a sweet tasting, soft, malleable icing which is easy to roll out – it has a lovely consistency, which is rather like Play-Doh. Sugarpaste is a cake maker’s best friend.

What is the best fondant icing to use UK?

Renshaws is soft and easy to roll out, it will tear if too thin, but on the whole I find it’s good to work with. Satin ice is my favourite, it can be rolled out very thin, doesn’t tear very easily and has a yummy vanilla taste. Satin ice also do others flavours and their own gumpaste.

What can be used instead of fondant?

Alternative to Fondant for Cake Decorating

• Use better fondant. There’s two options for using better fondant, either make it yourself or buy better brands.
• Use gum paste.
• For decorations, use isomalt.
• Use sugar candy.
• Chocolate!
• And if all those alternatives to fondant don’t get you excited, you can use frosting.

Is sugar paste or fondant better?

Gum paste is a soft and pliable sugar dough, but unlike fondant, it dries completely hard. It’s also slightly more durable than fondant, so you can roll it out into thin layers to create ruffles without a fear of tearing.

Is Renshaw fondant any good?

It has a melt-in-your mouth quality that I like. When eaten with the frosting and cake the Renshaw fondant just kind of melts away and is indistinguishable from the frosting. It doesn’t have any bold flavor of its own so all you taste (and feel in your mouth) is the cake and frosting.