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Starch Molds and Molding

By Capouch
February 5 in Pastry & Baking

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/166241-starch-molds-and-molding/

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Capouch

Posted February 5

My starch-printing molds. I have two more finished that aren't mounted yet. The starch is in a 9x13 pan.

Printing is a bit of a chore since I have found it essentially impossible to raise the mold straight up without slightly moving it to one side or the other, which often causes cave-ins or smears. I am working on a frame to hold the mold with an apparatus that will push it straight down into the starch, allow for more pressure that I can get just pushing with my hands, and most important, it will lift it straight back up.

I also made a "pusher" for each shape that is the "negative" of one cavity with a handle on it. I use them to clean up any sloppy edges , sprinkles of starch in the bottom of a cavity, or slight cave-in.