Sweet Sugar Mushrooms with Rooms

Here is a sweet little craft that was the brainstorm of Michelle at Green Kitchen and myself while we were getting ready to mold sugar skulls.

We were recalling the peekaboo Easter eggs made of sugar

were made of the same stuff and Michelle had an old candle form

and said: "I want to make peekaboo sugar mushrooms".

Well, I went home and decided I could put them together using regular dishes as molds.

And here is the tutorial so you can too!

 

Sugar 'Shroomies: 

supplies:

white sugar

meringue powder

spray on color

powdered sugar

food color

(all non grocery items can be found where they sell cake decorating supplies)

 

Tools:

fork

various cups bowls and glasses

spoon

plate or stiff card board to invert and use as a base

icing bag or plastic bag with a small hole in one corner

 

No one step of this is very time consuming but the drying times are not to be trifled with.

Allow yourself enough time and plan ahead, setting timers and whatnot to ensure maximum success.

Even in those circumstances keep a sense of humor,

because the failure rate was about 50/50, for me, with the stems.

 

 

Step 1: Mix it up

 step1: mix up sugar, meringue and water in a 1 cup sugar to 1 tsp each of meringue powder and water.

mash around with a fork until it resembles damp sand.

 

Comments

[bitterbetty]

I tried that too... It was trickier than hollowing out... The release wasn't the problem. It was getting it centered. Someone else might try it and have success.
It might have been me!

[rayvenfairmoon]

These are really cute :) They look like Smurf houses under glass.

[Void Schism]

I've never done sugar craft, but wouldnt it be easier to mold it with an empty shot glass inside the cup? Would it release?

[Zorasta]

these are pretty cool =3
might try to make a few at some point

[ChrysN]

Wow, they are so cute!

[bitterbetty]

Thanks! They are fast and pretty cheap too. 2 things i like in a craft, especially this time of year.

[nave]

smurfs!!!

[bitterbetty]

It does have a super high smurfability quotient.

[kmc512]

these look AWESOME! are you supposed to keep them or eat them?

[bitterbetty]

Well, I wouldn't eat them. I suppose a kid MIGHT. But they are like the peekaboo eggs, they just happen to be made of all edible ingredients.

[bitterbetty]

thanks so much for all the encouragement!
Make sure you let me know if you try it.. i'd love to see pictures!

[luvit]

 i keep watching the pic incase smurfette steps-out.
smurfette made my saturday mornings. -- i miss her.

[Very Interesting]

Adorable!

[canida]

Cute!
How well does the substrate hold up, especially under humid conditions?

[bitterbetty]

We had no problems in our heated home. We are in what is considered a subtropical rainforest and a half a block from a river. I wouldn't leave them outside though.