glycerin question

melie3

hi all,
need to buy some to stop my icing going hard, see some in boots today, but want sure if its the same thing as it had 'bp' on it. it was £1.95, is there anywhere cheaper? not seen it in asda? or should i be looking in the medicine sections?
kind regards mel

Gingernutmeg

You should be able to find it in the cake section at supermarkets, it's usually in small bottles along with the food colourings and flavorings, but I would think that the chemist's stuff is probably cheaper overall although you'll probably have to buy a bigger bottle. I've used both kinds in icing and there's no difference and I haven't killed anyone yet (I hope lol)

HelenKA_2

I'm pretty sure it is the same thing but you could possibly ring a local cake make person and ask.

melie3

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

You should be able to find it in the cake section at supermarkets, it's usually in small bottles along with the food colourings and flavorings, but I would think that the chemist's stuff is probably cheaper overall although you'll probably have to buy a bigger bottle. I've used both kinds in icing and there's no difference and I haven't killed anyone yet (I hope lol)

hi ginger
the one you say is with the colourings, im sure reads 'glycerin flavour'?? is this what you mean. ive seen this in my asda, but wasnt sure this makes the icing softer. also looks watery,as compared to the glycerin i see in boots for medicine. hellllppppp lol

catnap53

Although I don't do cake decorating now I always used the bp stuff. In fact when I started I couldn't get any in supermarkets, fondant icing was quite new here, and no ready made unless I went direct to the manufacturer for 5kg at a time.

Another tip for using glycerin is to put a teaspoonful in a swiss roll mix. It stops it cracking when you roll it and you can leave it to go cold before rolling.