Sugar Paste Chic Aubergine
The Sugar Paste Colour of the Year 2024: Chic Aubergine! Chic Aubergine is a warm, luxurious and quirky colour. The deep tones of Chic Aubergine make us feel comfortable, loved and cozy. Cakes and other treats decorated with this colour will get a unique and classy look.
FunCakes sugar paste is flexible, smooth and easy to use because of its fine structure and malleability. Thanks to the satin finish FunCakes sugar paste is perfect for covering a cake neatly and creating sharp edges.
Sugar Paste Chic Aubergine
sugar (79%), vegetable fat (palm kernel, palm), glucose syrup, water, humectant: E422, thickener: E415, E466, emulsifier: E471, colour: E120, E141, E153, preservative: E200, acid: E330, flavouring.
May contain traces of: nuts.
Store in a cool, dry place, under 25°C.
Nutritional values per 100 g
| Energy | 1694 kJ / 401 kcal |
| Fat | 6,7 g |
| of which saturated | 4,6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 86 g |
| of which sugar | 83 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Salt | 0,1 g |
- 250 g (F20290)
Let the sugar paste come to ambient temperature.
Knead the sugar paste firmly until it is smooth and elastic.
Dust the work surface with a bit of icing sugar or Magic Roll-Out Powder and roll out the sugar paste with a rolling pin to an even circle of 2-3 mm thickness.
Are there still small cracks visible on the edges when the sugar paste is rolled out? Knead again firmly until the edges are completely smooth when rolling out. Then the sugar paste is ready for use.
Turn the sugar paste a quarter to prevent sticking.
Cover your cake with the sugar paste or cut out shapes.
Tip! Do you use the sugar paste to cover your cake? Make sure to cover your cake with a thin layer of buttercream first.
The perfect colour when you want your wedding cake to be something other than the usual, your Christmas cake to be classy and luxurious or your Halloween treats to be a new kind of purple for a change. Chic Aubergine is feminine yet bold and will bring a new wave of inspiration into the cake decorating world of 2024.
Supported by the spot colours Rosé White, Vintage Purple, Mystic Turquoise and Tropical Orange this new Colour of the Year ’24 forms the Boho Chic colour palette. Together with the earthy tones of Tropical Orange and Mystic Turquoise, Chic Aubergine offers a reassuring link to nature, while combined with the warm, soft palettes of Rosé White and Vintage Purple, the colour creates inviting spaces to follow your heart.
FunCakes sugar paste is soft, pliable and hardens completely after processing. Thanks to its great forgivibilty the sugar paste is suitable for both the beginner and the professional. The sugar paste has a delicious creamy vanilla flavour and is available in no less than 40 colours! Can’t find the specific colour you are looking for? The FunCakes sugar paste can be easily coloured with the FunCakes colourings. For the best result, wrap the sugar paste in plastic after colouring and let it rest for at least an hour. It will then develop a deeper colour. Knead again firmly afterwards and roll out for further use.
Do you wish to cut out shapes from the sugar paste, than you are sure of neat, clean and sharp cut-outs. And did you know you can also model with FunCakes sugar paste? Create fun shapes and figures to decorate your cake with! To do so add one full teaspoon of FunCakes CMC-Tylo Powder to 250g of sugar paste and if necessary a bit of water. Knead well before use and roll out on a thin layer of icing sugar or Magic Roll-Out Powder.
To cover a round Ø20cm cake, you will need approximately 500g of sugar paste. For other quantities, check our quantity table.