Have you ever wondered what makes a jelly cake so pretty and wonderful, jelly cake designs are being used from ages by gelatin?
You can get your own customized jelly cake by ordering it online. It is baked by some of the greatest professionals and sent you at your doorsteps.
Gelatin is nothing but the form of collagen it has been used for centuries and has many health and beauty benefits like,
- It improves the bone health.
- Reduces the digestion problems.
- Gives you thicker healthier looking hairs.
- Stronger nails.
- Improves sleep.
As the junk food eating lifestyle has come people have stopped using gelatin which is naturally found in animals. To increase its consumption in daily basis supplements and gelatin art which is nothing but the jelly cake has been discovered.
What is gelatin art?
It is made by injecting food colors, into a clear gelatin forming flowers, petals etc. flowers are usually drawn by simple syringe with a needle.
Needles plays an important role in the jelly cake the best size to work with it is 22G or 20G.sharp tip needles can be used to draw petals, leaves or to make more realistic looking flowers.
Blunt tip needles are used to fill already drawn petals with color. It is used to fill the gaps and make more realistic.
To clean the needles wash them with dish liquid and warm water and let the water run through them never, leave the gelatin to dry inside the needle if, your gelatin dried in the needle, keep it in warm water for 5-10 minutes.
Tools used in gelatin art:
- Plastic tools:
The cheapest way to learn gelatin art is to practice with plastic cutlery. The plastic spoon is perfect for making flower petals with a perfect curve shape. Find the soft make plastic so that it can easily be inserted in gelatin and holds the shape.
Make the spoon shape in a different form by cutting the edges with the help of scissor and go creative with it.
- Knives:
Knives can be used to draw petals, butterfly wings, and other precise shapes. Another method is to cut the gelatin in the desired shape and then fill it up with a base color.
Use a pointy knife or round knife depending on the shape you want to achieve.
- Specialized gelatin art tools:
The easiest way to do gelatin art is by, using specialized tools that already come in form of different shape and size. The best way to use these tools is to keep them in warm water while working as they will be easier to insert in gelatin.
- Melting tools:
Round melting tools are basically used to make a flower center hole, the hole is very important to make as it will not let run color in all another way. Other than making a hole big melting tools can be used to make an animal head, candle, insect body etc.
- Gelatin cutting tools:
They are used to make the stem of flower, branches, limbs of animals and bugs etc.
Now that you know how jelly cakes are made up by gelatin art which takes a time to master in it, though if you wish to have one send cake to Udaipur for your loved ones by ordering cake online.
