We promised you you would have the Pastry Tools in time for the holidays and TODAY IS THE DAY! The Pastry Starter Kit is now available for purchase in our online store!!
Also available is the Pastry Tool sold by itself, Pastry Mats, and other accessories like Pastry Replacement Blades, the Perfect Height Roller, Ready Made White Fondant, and Sugar Sheets! We’ve had a HUGE response to these exciting new tools so make sure to get your order in before we run out!!! If you haven’t heard about the Pastry Tools yet, check out our video to see the amazing new things you can do with your Inspiration!
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Are you salivating yet?? Wondering what to order? I HIGHLY recommend that the Pastry Starter Kit be at the top of your list. You get the Pastry Tool, a Pastry Mat, a Sugar Sheet, Replacement Rollers, and a Pick Tool for much less than you can buy them individually. The Pastry Starter Kit also includes cake cutting files and three videos that have a treasure trove of information like how to prep your mat and Inspiration; coloring, rolling out, cutting, and storing fondant and gumpaste; how to apply designs to your pastries and MUCH more! I personally had to learn this process by trial and error and I can tell you that the tutorials alone are by FAR worth the price of the entire kit.
I also highly recommend you get an extra pack of Pastry Mats especially if you plan to cut anything besides sugar sheets. Often you will want to let your food set on the mat for a while before you cut it so having multiple mats will allow you to keep working while you have one mat set aside. I also recommend an extra pack of Pastry Replacement Blades simply because Murphy’s Law suggests that you will realize you need a new blade right in the middle of a last minute project!
After that it depends on what you hope to do. If you are looking for easy and quick, the Sugar Sheets can’t be beat. They are super easy to cut and you get a lot of impact for not a lot of work. If you want to go the fondant route I would start with some Ready Made White Fondant. Since it is white you can color it to any color you want using food dyes (gel dyes work best). You can make your own fondant but the consistency is important to get right and that can be tricky to do especially if you have never worked with fondant before. With everything else you will be learning, adding in the factor of learning to make fondant is just more than I would want to handle in the beginning. Also be aware that it is very hard to achieve black, brown, and red fondant by dyeing it simply because it requires so much food coloring to get the hue right. For those colors you may want to try sugar sheets instead.
The Perfect Height Roller is a MUST for rolling out fondant UNLESS you already have a pasta roller. Pasta rollers work wonderfully for rolling out fondant but they are pricey so the perfect height roller, which is very affordable, is a great alternative. Rolling the fondant thin enough can require a decent amount of “umph” so if you have arthritis or other factors that make hand rolling a bad choice definitely consider getting the sugar sheets or investing in a pasta roller (the ones that attach to your mixer are awesome and require very little physical work).
Just ordered the Pastry Tool Kit. I can’t wait to receive it. I am quite excited to try my hand at decorating something nice for Thanksgiving.
I have a 3 year old grand-daughter birthday on Sunday and am hoping that I get the Pastry Tool Kit in time to have fun!!!
I just got back into my computer and I am so HAPPY. I just ordered everything for the new pastry tool kit and all the other stuff. Can’t wait till I receive it all so I can start creating christmas cup cakes.
Just placed my order and am soooooo happy!