Loveheart
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Green fondant mixed with sherbet is shaped into a giant Love Heart sweet, with a raised heart outline and PIMP ME lettering.
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- Ingredients: one packet of Regalice icing, one bottle of green food dye, four packets of sherbet fountains, one tube of squeezy pink icing and a little caster sugar for when things got sticky. The original Love Heart was measured at 1.9cm in diameter and 2.5mm high with a 1mm ridge, and scaled up to the power of ten. The icing was kneaded with the sherbet worked evenly through it; the dye was tested on a small piece first, then a little was kneaded in for an even colour. A ridge was rolled out to make the heart and laid on. The lettering was measured and scaled up, PIMP ME was chosen in a font as close as possible to the original, and the pink icing was added with the original’s inconsistencies copied. The sweet was frozen to match the original’s hardness. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7 · Source 8 · Source 9 · Source 10 · Source 11 · Source 12
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1. Measure original love heart (1.9cm diameter, 2.5mm height, ridge 1mm.)
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The original account
When I was watchin’ the f-word I was also eating a packet of lovehearts … so my first pimp simply had to be the humble loveheart …
As follows:
One packet "Regallice Icing"
One bottle green food dye
four packets sherbert fountains
one tube squeezy pink icing
little bit of castor sugar (when things got sticky)
Instructions:
1. Measure original love heart (1.9cm diameter, 2.5mm height, ridge 1mm.)
2. Scale up to the power of ten
3. Knead regallice icing and add sherbert kneading it evenly throughout
4. Test the absorbency of food dye with small piece of icing
5. Add a small amount of colouring and knead through to gain equal colouring throughout .. opportunity for a taste test .. it is pretty damn close!
6. Roll out ridge to make the heart
7. Lay heart on
8. Measure lettering and scale up … choose words
9. Pimp me was chosen … lettering made with as close a font to the original
10. Pink icing added with the inconsistencies as per the flaws in the original (honest!!)
11. Freeze to gain the hardness of the original … Et Voila … PIMP ME love heart ready for sending!!
