I haven't made sugar crystals in decades, but one thing I remember clearly is that after you have made your strong sugar syrup and poured it into the tall jar, place it in a spot where it will not be moved! Not at all. Then add the stick or string with some table sugar on it and gently place it in the jar. Do not move this jar or the stick/string. That way the crystals will grow large AND clear. Moving even a little bit disrupts this process and although you may grow crystals, they will not be so clear and well formed.
Thank you for all your lovely tutorials! Here's what worked for me when I wanted to make a lot of rock candy: I made a huge batch of the sugar syrup and poured it into a square polycarbonate food storage container (mine is from WebstaurantStore but it's just a heat-resistant restaurant-grade food container) after it had cooled slightly. The crystals grew up the sides and across the bottom. I was able to wiggle/move the plastic enough to get the crystals off the plastic. The bottom was a little tricky to get out because it grew in a solid sheet and all the chunks needed to be broken up, but it felt worth it to me because of how many more crystals I got from a batch using the stick method.
Jennifer, thank you for sharing your rock candy technique. I have never had much success with the stick rock candy method, even though I remember my class successfully making stick rock candy in first or second grade. Of course we basically just watched the teacher make it, and that was what was considered appropriate instruction for young children all those years ago. Boring!
Thank you georgia for all your tips and video tutorials! I just started my business few months ago and i've learned everything on youtube. really appreciate it!
I loved this tutorial I’ve been wanting to try this cake trend but have been too intimidated. After watching you do it I feel confident because you make everything look so easy lol. 💕
The cake is really lovely, and the teaching tape make the creation of the cake so accessible. My only concern is making the rock crystals. Many years I made a project out of making rock candy with toddlers, only we had a real problem getting crystals to form. I finally bought rock candy on a stick, and sneaky replaced the failed candy with the beautiful professional rock candy. The children, being young and innocent, were thrilled and delighted with the “magical” transformation. But if I have to resort to buying commercial rock candy, this will be one expensive cake! But the gratification of creating something so beautiful, so it will be worth
Another thing you can do with the crystals is colour your solution(s) your gradiation. Then it saves you the step. I might use everclear instead of vodka, just because it's higher in alcohol and will dry faster
Hi Georgia I've just found your video and can't wait to try the crystals Just wondering how long will the crystals last and also the best way to store them please 🙂
Probably a silly question but how cold should the syrup be before you put the sugar coated skewers in. I want to make some for a cake I’m doing but want to practice first.
Amazing tutorial! Cake looks incredible! Very talented. You’ve inspired me to learn how to make / try making cakes in your style.... I’m still trying to perfect the Swiss meringue buttercream though! How important is adding all of the butter - this always seems so much butter and I can’t seem to get your consistency? The meringue element always works ok though - except for one hot kitchen aid machine!
Hello, Beautiful cake! Can I paint gold lines all around the cake as well as you did around the crystals with gold paint? Since is buttercream I am not sure if the gold paint or the buttercream are going to get damage? Thank you!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’ve been trying to figure out for months how you make the rock candy. I’m looking forward to trying it. Do you think humid weather will affect it?
Do you store the stick with sugar on the fridge? I’m asking because I live in a tropical weather and ants come fast when they smell sugar even if you put a jar on a cabinet.
I know this comment is 3 month old, but I want to answer in case anybody is reading this later: It works, but i've experienced that the colours are not as intense as if you paint them. Hope this helps :)
Oh lord no! Definitely don’t do that. Just an idea, you can cover a dummy cake and then just practice the geode part 🤷🏽♀️that way you cut down on costs and don’t waste cake
Should we cut the piece for the sugar crystals and place them while the cake is still chilled? I see after you place the crystals you also put back in the fridge as well... just want to make sure of this step!
What happens with the rest of the cut out cake? Is there a way to include that part as part of the bottom of the cake somewhere? ...as if it's falling out of the cake?
I really love this video and I'm gonna try it, trust me. But I really want to learn how to make a perfect sugar crystals. Could you make the video pls?
I am leading a cake decorating club, and this is the perfect tutorial for me to learn from and teach my club mates!
I haven't made sugar crystals in decades, but one thing I remember clearly is that after you have made your strong sugar syrup and poured it into the tall jar, place it in a spot where it will not be moved! Not at all. Then add the stick or string with some table sugar on it and gently place it in the jar. Do not move this jar or the stick/string. That way the crystals will grow large AND clear. Moving even a little bit disrupts this process and although you may grow crystals, they will not be so clear and well formed.
I have tried so many different sugar crystal methods to make my own birthday cake, yet this one was the most efficient result! Thank you Georgia
Thank you for all your lovely tutorials! Here's what worked for me when I wanted to make a lot of rock candy: I made a huge batch of the sugar syrup and poured it into a square polycarbonate food storage container (mine is from WebstaurantStore but it's just a heat-resistant restaurant-grade food container) after it had cooled slightly. The crystals grew up the sides and across the bottom. I was able to wiggle/move the plastic enough to get the crystals off the plastic. The bottom was a little tricky to get out because it grew in a solid sheet and all the chunks needed to be broken up, but it felt worth it to me because of how many more crystals I got from a batch using the stick method.
Jennifer, thank you for sharing your rock candy technique. I have never had much success with the stick rock candy method, even though I remember my class successfully making stick rock candy in first or second grade. Of course we basically just watched the teacher make it, and that was what was considered appropriate instruction for young children all those years ago. Boring!
this cake is gorgeous! the different shades of purple truly highlight the depth of this cake. i love cakes AND geodes so this cake is really heaven
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you georgia for all your tips and video tutorials! I just started my business few months ago and i've learned everything on youtube. really appreciate it!
I loved this tutorial I’ve been wanting to try this cake trend but have been too intimidated. After watching you do it I feel confident because you make everything look so easy lol. 💕
The cake is really lovely, and the teaching tape make the creation of the cake so accessible. My only concern is making the rock crystals. Many years I made a project out of making rock candy with toddlers, only we had a real problem getting crystals to form. I finally bought rock candy on a stick, and sneaky replaced the failed candy with the beautiful professional rock candy. The children, being young and innocent, were thrilled and delighted with the “magical” transformation. But if I have to resort to buying commercial rock candy, this will be one expensive cake! But the gratification of creating something so beautiful, so it will be worth
Will definitely try making the sugar crystals and the Geode cake. You make it look so easy. Thank you, Georgia.
Thank you so much. I enjoy watching tutorial. It gives me a better idea of what I want to do.
Beautiful! Thank you. You are a wonderful teacher!
Thank you for your lovely tutorials. They r awesome. Gonna try this💪🏻🔥❤️
Great for a February birthday cake where Amethyst is the birthstone 😊
It came out so good! Thank you!
Going to be coping this to make my daughters birthday cake. Fantastic video, thank you 💜
Good luck!
Beautiful cake. We also love making cakes and different food. The way we make a geode cake is a bit different. Love making these cakes
WOW.. OMG The Dramatic cake.. I never see it before it.. Petjaaahhh..
So going to try the sugar crystal trick!! Can't wait!!
Excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing
Very beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial and informations.
OMG…thank u so much for your tutorial,love from 🇨🇦
Thanks Georgia really great tutorial. You do explaine really well all your steps x
You make it look so easy!!! The cake looks amazing! definitely trying this one out
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to trying this 😍
Thank you so much! I can’t wait to try this 😍
Yes! I’ve been eagerly awaiting this one :)
Lovely tutorial, I'll have a try
Going to give this a try thank you 💚
This is really cool!! Thank you so much for sharing the diy of the sugar crystals as they are unavailable in our shops!! ❤️❤️❤️
Awesome content, learned so much. Thank you. Cheers
fan from the Philippines here!
Very good teaching thank you kindly
Really really nice the only thing I found it extra was the flowers,it was out of subject. Bravooooo
What a beautiful cake! Thank you for sharing! I’m excited to try this.
Ur all tutorials r amazing I have one request that can u show how to make veg cakes including eggless sponge
Beautiful!
Wow, thanks for this tutorial! Very informative!
Wow .. awesome tutorial thanks for sharing 🙏🙏😍😍
Lovely! Thanks for sharing.
Can I try this on whipped cream cake?
I just loooove your work 😍 hi !! From Algeria 🇩🇿
Gorgeous ty for the class!
Another thing you can do with the crystals is colour your solution(s) your gradiation. Then it saves you the step. I might use everclear instead of vodka, just because it's higher in alcohol and will dry faster
Gorgeous cake, stunning. Can i ask, what is the other options if we can't use vodca. Thank u
Use bakers spirit
I learn soooo much from you...thanks babes!!!!
Gorgeous and simple!
Hi Georgia I've just found your video and can't wait to try the crystals Just wondering how long will the crystals last and also the best way to store them please 🙂
I also am a cake and cupcake baker and I love 💕 watching you and getting ideas 💡 from you I made one of your cakes 🎂 for my daughter n laws birthday
I'm gonna try this for my birthday cake 😍
Probably a silly question but how cold should the syrup be before you put the sugar coated skewers in. I want to make some for a cake I’m doing but want to practice first.
Amazing tutorial! Cake looks incredible! Very talented. You’ve inspired me to learn how to make / try making cakes in your style.... I’m still trying to perfect the Swiss meringue buttercream though! How important is adding all of the butter - this always seems so much butter and I can’t seem to get your consistency? The meringue element always works ok though - except for one hot kitchen aid machine!
Try making ermine frosting instead (boiled flour buttercream). I think its easier to nake, doesbt have eggs and is less sweet and tastier.
I would just use regular buttercream because I bake a lot and in my experience swis meringue buttercream tastes discusting and of butter
@@elitzadoseva5222can you please share a tried and tested recipe?
So cool
Hello,
Beautiful cake!
Can I paint gold lines all around the cake as well as you did around the crystals with gold paint? Since is buttercream I am not sure if the gold paint or the buttercream are going to get damage?
Thank you!
Lovely.thanks for the tip
Brilliant tutorial. Thank you for that
Great cake!
Could you not add food colour to sugar syrup mixture?
thanks a lot thats really helpful
I love how explain things
I love geode cake
Fantastic!
This is very funny! Congrats finally you made it 😬👏👏👏
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’ve been trying to figure out for months how you make the rock candy. I’m looking forward to trying it. Do you think humid weather will affect it?
So awesome
You can color the water to get different colors.
omggggggggggg this one is amazing I HAVE TO try this to impress my man's parent to get married soon 😂😂😂
Freezing iced cake
Love your chanel. Have you tried flavouring the sugar?
Pleasure will you make a mirror glaze drip cake or a marble drip cake ❤️
hi Georgia
did u use SMB or american buttercream for palette knife tutorial
Always swiss meringue!
@@GeorgiasCakes thanks so much Georgia. Just love your work. Thankyou from "down under" for all the wonderful tutorials
Do you store the stick with sugar on the fridge? I’m asking because I live in a tropical weather and ants come fast when they smell sugar even if you put a jar on a cabinet.
Hey do I have to put this jar in the refrigerator to let it grow in candy rocks?
This is cool! I'm wondering if food coloring could be added to the sugar syrup to achieve different colored crystals?
Duh
@@New.phone.who.dis1286 No need to be rude
I know this comment is 3 month old, but I want to answer in case anybody is reading this later: It works, but i've experienced that the colours are not as intense as if you paint them. Hope this helps :)
I've been so nervous to try a geode cake because i dont want to use a cients order as a trial... what if it goes wrong?
Oh lord no! Definitely don’t do that. Just an idea, you can cover a dummy cake and then just practice the geode part 🤷🏽♀️that way you cut down on costs and don’t waste cake
Any cake I want to practice on I just do 4inch mini cake at the weekend and then we eat for pudding on Sunday 😊
When we're practicing I think we have to accept there will be wastage unfortunately, but yes, definitely don't practice on a clients order!
I also make cakes too, this cake is goood idea and Beautiful
Thank you I just learnt something. Will be trying it out ❤
Love it
I am going to try this. how do you get air bubbles out of your buttercream?
I love your videos, did you try to make it with thread? I tried once long time ago but with thread and it came up nicely.
Should we cut the piece for the sugar crystals and place them while the cake is still chilled? I see after you place the crystals you also put back in the fridge as well... just want to make sure of this step!
Yes - it's a lot easier to carve a chilled cake!
Very nice cake, where do you get edible flowers
Would leaving the fully made cake cause the sugar to dissolve?
What happens with the rest of the cut out cake? Is there a way to include that part as part of the bottom of the cake somewhere? ...as if it's falling out of the cake?
What else can you use instead of vodka? Any non alcoholic alternatives?
Can you suggest something other than vodka or water?
Plz the test of the syrup in the glass jar what can u use it for.
Does this technique work on salt??
Question.. how about crushing boiled sweets?
This is beautiful. Please make letter cake. Love from Canada
The cristal cake dont melt when you put it in a fridge?
Is it necessary to use gel colour can we use water based colour
Can i use granulated sugar for the crystal?
How do you and when do you color it?
Should i leave the sugar crystals in the fridge or out?
You should try adding very little food coloring to you sugar syrup be for you add sugar skewer to it.
Your amazing
How long does it take for the crystals to form!?
So lovely...can I replace it with fruit like cherry just asking thou 🤣🤣🤣
I really love this video and I'm gonna try it, trust me. But I really want to learn how to make a perfect sugar crystals. Could you make the video pls?
The sugar crystals, do they end up having that vodka taste? Or is it not noticeable?
Can i use liquid food colouring and vodka instead of gel food colouring?
Gel food colour is best
can you reuse crystal sugar water