Sugarcraft gun
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 in Cake Tools
The sugarcraft gun is, in my oppinion, a “must have” for anyone decorating cakes. You can make robes, hair, fur, grass, ribbons, strings, bricks and logs very easy with this brilliant tool.
You can use it for different kinds of paste. Fx. sugar paste/rolled fondant, gum paste, mexican paste, flower paste and marzipan. I like to knead in a few drops of water and a small amount of white fat into my paste as it makes it more pliable and smooth when you press it through.
The sugarcraft gun comes with 16 discs included. I use the mesh, slotted and the clover leaf shapes the most.
You can see some of my cakes where I have used the sugarcraft gun here and here.
You can purchase the sugarcraft gun here: US, AU, UK
Happy Caking
Louise
1. DIANE
August 3rd, 2007 2:52 pm
I HAVE THE SUGARCRAFT GUN AND I LOVE IT …WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE USED IT ON!!! IM STILL LEARNING WITH IT !!!
2. Louise
August 7th, 2007 7:06 pm
I have fx. used it on my mermaid cake to make hair, and to make yarn on my knitting basket cake. You can see them in my cake gallery.
It is so fantastic……
3. Anna
April 2nd, 2008 7:26 pm
Oh, I would love one of theese… i think mothers day is in May? ;D
I see you have O´holy sweet listed as a fav, I love her work too! It might go without saying but your site is going right in to my favourits (first visit) I love verything about it, your tutorials, you header and your lovely cakes!!! Thanks for sharing!
/Anna
4. Louise
April 3rd, 2008 8:13 am
Hi Anna,
It is always nice to hear from other fellow scandinavians:-) I can only recomend to have a sugarcraft gun. It can be used to so many things when making cakes and stuff.
I love o´holy sweets work and Linda is so kind:-)
Thank you for the sweet words about my site and I hope you will enjoy it. Btw: have you seen the Nordic cake decor forum?? http://ncd.ipbhost.com/
Louise
5. Anna
April 3rd, 2008 5:15 pm
Weee! A new site to loose hours on! Thank you so much for the tip!
6. Louise
April 4th, 2008 11:17 pm
Your welcome!
7. Tandoori
May 18th, 2008 4:00 pm
Louise, I love your blog and everything you make is amazing, so I really hope you wouldn’t mind on me disagreeing with you on this one.
I have the sugarcraft gun and it’s killing me! It works fine for smaller things like hair etc, but if you want longer ropes you have to refill it a hundred times! You can take a look at this one, that another lady has :
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2610183180103156991IJehtg
It is bigger and sturdier than this ( really) small plastic sugar gun. With all due respect to the inventor of this sugar gun, but for the really fine work you can use a regular piping bag, you don’t need a sugar gun for it. As for me, I wanted it because I need something to make the “ropes” with, like on this one:
http://tandoorisjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/jewelry-box-cake-for-1st-communion.html
And I couldn’t hold my cup of coffee for 2 days after I used it on this cake, they ached so bad. Yes, I added a little bit of water, and the fondant was pliable, but still, the “unscrew-screw” process is so annoying! As per the other one I showed you, you fill it one time and you have a long enough rope to use around a whole 9 inch cake!
I’m trying to get this lady to tell me where she got hers from, if she does, let me know if you are interested, so I can post it here
Other than that, now I admire even more the cakes you made with yours, since I know how much time and effort consuming it is.
You are simply amazing!
8. Louise
May 20th, 2008 8:18 am
Hi Tandoori,
I am sorry if you have had such a hard work with your sugar gun. Yes it can be a pain if you dont mix your fondant paste with some drops of water and some white shortning (did you use that?) When I want to make ropes I fill it with paste and press until it is empty then I make som clean cuts (slanting?) and fill again if I still need more to make the rope. That way you can glue the ropes together nicely. In the beginning I too had damn problems but now with the fat/water I dont have problems.
I can see what you mean with the tool on the photo wich looks like a “cookie press” to me. Try look at Wilton/under cookies http://www.wilton.com/ But I am not sure that you get the same discs as you do with the gun.
I have a friend who use her sugarcraft gun almost on every single cake she makes and it is her most loved tool: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23014272@N05/
I would love to know if you find it better with a cookie press.
Louise.
9. Tandoori
May 20th, 2008 1:53 pm
Louise you are a gem! I didn’t know about the shortening! I actually use shortening only on gum paste, but if you say it works with fondant too I will definitely try it! Gosh, why I didn’t read your post earlier! I made this 3D Buzz Lightyear yesterday night and it would have made my work so much easier! Thanks for sharing the tip!
Now if you don’t mind me sharing a tip- instead of gluing the ropes together, you can just refill the gun with more fondant from the top ( it unscrews there as well if you’ve noticed) before the one you’ve put is finished. That way the rope doesn’t need to be cut or glued. But still, it would have been better if it was a little bigger, so you don’t have to refill it so often.
About this lady that I told you about- it looks like a cookie press, but it isn’t. I was mislead by the appearance as well, she wrote me back and said she had it from her great-great-grandmother and she doesn’t have a clue if they are sold today, but it is definitely not a cookie press.
10. Louise
May 22nd, 2008 10:02 pm
Tandoori: Yes sometimes i too just refill it with more paste it depends on what mood & patience I have lol!!
Well it was nice that you found out about the “not cookie press” I still would not exchange my sugarcraft gun
I love to work with it.
11. jessie
November 19th, 2008 12:32 am
Enough said. I will purchase one this week. I think it could be a great tool. I don’t know why I didn’t purchase one before. Thanks a million. J.
12. Louise
November 24th, 2008 1:07 am
Jessie: GREAT!!
13. loeke rietel
March 9th, 2009 2:49 pm
ik heb een suugergun maar ben het veertje kwijt, het is weggesprongen en ik kan het niet meer vinden, weet iemend een oplossing, bv waar ik zo’n veertje kan kopen?
14. Louise
March 9th, 2009 3:06 pm
loeke rietel: could I please ask you to write in english? Thank you.
15. Tiffany Nash
April 4th, 2009 12:36 pm
I’ve been thinking about getting the sugarcraft gun and think I need to do it. Thanks so much for the cute tutorial. Lovin’ your stuff! Tiffany
16. Louise
April 5th, 2009 1:42 am
Tiffany Nash: I cant recomend it enough. It is so useful.
17. Anita RM
May 6th, 2009 3:38 am
Thanks for the comments about it, I was on the process making the decision to buy it or not… Now I believe this will be great tool to explore different textures! Do you recommend any particular brand?
18. Louise
May 6th, 2009 10:31 am
Anita RM: So far I have only tried this one with the red handle. There are other kinds of clay guns but I like this one the best.
19. Anita RM
May 6th, 2009 3:15 pm
Thanks a lot! I’m ready to get it!… I’ll let you know how will be the experience…
Thank you for your valuable support!
20. sue
May 21st, 2009 5:38 am
hi louise…i love your blog very much. i just purchased this sugarcraft gun and yday nite i tried to use it, had a hard time trying to press the sugarpaste of out the gun, at last i gave up, could u kindly give a tutorial on how to use this? thanks a million
21. Louise
May 21st, 2009 8:23 pm
sue: make sure that you knead in few drops of water and some white fat to make it more soft to press through the extruder. Be careful not to make it too soft.
22. Danielle
May 26th, 2009 12:52 am
Great!!! Love this. I have a question. Whit fat is what, Shortening?
Thanks
23. Louise
May 30th, 2009 11:18 pm
Danielle: yes shortening
24. Carla
June 28th, 2009 10:13 pm
I have bought one of these wee guns lately and so far have used only a couple of the discs, mostly because I do not know what to do with the rest of them. Is there an instruction booklet I can get or some pictures that show me what I need to do?
Thanks
25. Louise
June 30th, 2009 1:42 am
Carla: No I dont think that I have seen a booklet. But you can use the discs for soo many different things.
26. Tandoori
July 27th, 2009 7:42 am
Hi Louise, just an update
I’ve found a way cheeper solution to the sugar gun ( which finally broke by the way)- a strudy metal clay gun! I even wrote a review on my website if you are interested. Love your new cakes and the rose tutorial by the way!! Take care!
27. Louise
July 28th, 2009 1:03 pm
Tandoori: Good to hear that you found help in the clay gun.