Use the steamer to remove cornflour and fingerprints from your sugarpaste covered cakes and cupcakes to give them a perfect, glossy finish.
Smoothing out these minor imperfections will give your cakes a more polished and professional look.
A steamed cake will be more resistant to humidity. This will prevent the sugarpaste from having condensation and bubbling.
Use your steamer to lightly moisten your cake allowing you to easily attach Cake Lace! steam your cake board before covering with sugarpaste for better adhesion and hygiene.
The steamer has a 150ml water capacity which is enough for 8 - 10 minutes of continuous steam.
If you already have a lustre finish on your cake, the steamer can be used to help the lustre dust settle and even deepen the colour, giving you an all round brighter finish.
If working with wafer paper, this increasingly popular form of decorating can be aided by the steamer as it can be used to curl the paper, making the shaping of petals and leafs a breeze