One slight issue is that cake release lubricants pool in the mold so Han ended up without fingertips thanks to my generous useage, I suppose it’s all about finding a balance. The most important thing here was using LOTS of lubricant to make sure the cake releases easily from the mold after cooking, if it sticks in those tiny crevices Han will most certainly be losing body parts. Once R2 was out he looked fantastic but was incredibly fragile due to the thin connections to his “feet”, make sure to release him straight onto the service plate you’ll be using as you will probably not be able to move him without breakage.įinally a trip to my sister’s called for a Han Solo cake. This task did however get quite wet, quite fast so make sure you do it before changing into any party wear. Luckily the molds are rectangular, forming a reverse impression of the mold on the back which could therefore be filled with hot water to coax R2 out of his hiding place. One minor issue involved actually releasing R2 from his mold. I was curious as to how well the highly intricate detail of R2 would show up in such a gelatinous format, but it turns out that jello is excellent at holding even small details perfectly. The penultimate test was a tasty R2D2 jello. That meant scrubbing all the brownie mix out of Han’s many creases and crevices, just how I wanted to spend my afternoon. This did highlight one issue with the molds, they are not dishwasher safe. Even with my old recipe for what we remembered as a fairly solid brownie with a consistency closer to cake, the finished product just couldn’t hold any shape and had to be scraped out of the mold. Next up was an attempt at brownies as suggested on the ThinkGeek product page and the only test that went horribly wrong. He looked great after he was (very carefully) turned out and he made a fantastic alternative to a traditional Easter egg. The molds are enormous but providing you don’t fill them too deeply you can still create shaped chocolates that won’t break their recipients teeth, Han took around 200g of cooking chocolate to fill to a depth of a few millimetres. As Easter was approaching I decided to create a giant chocolate Han Solo in Carbonite for my in-laws. The second thing I tried with the molds was using them with chocolate.
If you wanted to use them as ice cubes in a more traditional way, an ice Millenium Falcon would certainly look great chilling a big bowl of punch at a party. If you live in a cold climate, you could create a long-lasting Star Wars ice display in your yard, although if you live in a neighbourhood where kids are likely to hurl things at your windows, I’d advise only putting these at the back as they are heavy, solid chunks of ice that could do a lot of damage if thrown. By mixing a little milk and food dye into the water we were able to make brightly coloured figures that stayed in our garden for almost a week before melting. However, a few days after the molds arrived, the UK experienced an unseasonal snowfall, so my three year old son and I made ourselves some colored ice sculptures for the garden. Han Solo measures 10 inches tall (the mold itself is 11 inches long) and even the Millennium Falcon, the smallest of the three, is almost 8 inches long. The most obvious thing to create with an ice cube mold is naturally, an ice cube. How many things can you actually create with an enormous Han Solo in Carbonite silicone mold?
I am the proud owner of a set of official Portal 2 cookie cutters and, epic as they are, how many occasions actually call for Portal cookies? I wondered the same thing about the new large size Star Wars ice molds available at Think Geek. Do you ever look at geeky themed cooking and baking supplies and think to yourself, “it’s cool, but how much would it actually get used?” I know I do.
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