FR2777173A1 - Embossing stamp for cake decoration - Google Patents

Abstract

Cakes are decorated by embossing a design in a sheet of marzipan, using a stamp. The stamp is a rigid plate with handles, 2-20 mm thick and 25-2400 cm<2> in area, and produces a design 1-3 mm deep. It can be round, square, oval or rectangular.

Description

The present invention relates to a pastry pad and a

method of making decoration for pastry.

Nowadays, pastries are more and more the object of personalized decorations, in particular for family events such as parties, birthdays, weddings, etc., or calendar events such as Christmas, Easter, Christmas Day. Year, etc. This is how cakes are usually decorated, for example, with subjects or objects made of plastic or even with subjects or objects in low relief or in three dimensions made of edible material, for example based on sugar, unleavened bread or almond paste, using

silicone plastic molds.

However, the very high prices of these molds do not make it possible to have a varied range. On the other hand, their dimensions and volume do not allow them to be packed in their traditional box and, moreover, their

storage takes an important place.

Finally, these relief decorations must be painted with expensive utensils, that is to say with an airbrush, which requires an investment.

not insignificant.

The personalized decoration of cakes can also be done by engraving with a knife on a layer of marzipan for example. But not all pastry chefs are naturally gifted artistically and therefore able to tailor such decorations. In addition, the

decorating each room takes a tremendous amount of time.

In the field of printing and offices, there are known metal or rubber stamps for printing, which allow by application to a sheet of paper, after inking with an ink pad, to transfer onto a sheet of paper. paper from the rubber stamp for example the name, address and telephone and fax number of a company and possibly a logo. In a more fun area, there are such stamps intended for children, which allow the printing of drawings that it is then possible to personalize by completing them for example with additional lines compared to those created by the stamp, and by coloring. the

different parts of the drawing separated or not by the lines thus produced.

In the search for the creation of attractive decorations in the field of pastry making, it would be desirable to be able to create a decoration easy to achieve in a short time, original, customizable in the choice of designs and

colors, and under satisfactory economic conditions.

It would therefore be desirable to have a mold which could be used at will, easy to clean, for food use, at an attractive price, with good longevity and capable of withstanding high temperatures, for example.

example above 150 C in the case of caramel, and easy to store.

However, after lengthy research the applicants have discovered that the above problems were solved by using a pad of the above rubber type used in printing, but made of silicone plastic. This is why the present application relates to a buffer comprising an upper face and a lower face, the so-called lower face being provided with a design made in relief, characterized in that the ridges of the design have a height of less than 5 mm. with respect to said lower surface of the pad, and in that the latter is made of plastic for use

food, preferably silicone.

The pad according to the invention may for example have a thickness (excluding the reliefs of the drawings) ranging from 2 to 20 mm, but preferably

from 3 to 15 mm, in particular from 5 to 10 mm.

The height of the reliefs of the buffer can range, for example, from 0.5 mm

to 5 mm, and preferably from 1 to 3 mm.

The pad according to the invention may for example have an area ranging from 25 cm2 to 2400 cm2, preferably from 50 cm2 to 1200 cm2, in particular from 100 cm2 to 1000 cm2, particularly from 200 cm2 to 800 cm2, all

particularly 250 cm2 to 400 cm2.

The so-called upper face may be flat, but it may also be provided with one or more studs allowing the tampon to cooperate with a rigid applicator provided with the corresponding bores. Thus, it is easier to exert a regular and high pressure on the stamp when making the desired decoration. These studs can for example be parallelepipedal or cylindrical, with a diameter of 0.5 to 1 cm, and a height of 3 mm to 1 cm. These nipples are preferably one piece with the pad. The shape of the stamp can be any, but taking into account the usual shape of pastries, a circular, square, oval or

rectangular is preferred.

The underside of the pad bearing the reliefs is preferably smooth although it can also be more or less finely granular for

to give a satin or mat aspect to the background.

The design contained in the stamp of the invention is only limited by the imagination of the creator of the design. Thus the buffers according to the invention can be provided either with already existing designs or with original designs, produced specifically. Such a design created specifically is for example one of those intended to celebrate or commemorate a particular upcoming event, for example a given football world cup, or the transition to the year 2000. By "design" is meant also the letters of the alphabets

grouped or not in words.

The plastic material for food use used for making the tampons according to the invention is preferably silicone. Mention may be made, for example, of those marketed by the company WACKER in its ELASTOSIL M range. The tampons according to the invention can for example be manufactured as follows: First of all, a matrix is manufactured which will be used to produce the tampon. To this end, it is possible either to engrave the matrix directly according to the desired design, or for example to select or create a design and then to scan it. The result of the scan can then be transferred to a floppy disk, for example. One can then for example install the diskette on a computer controlling a milling machine making it possible to automatically engrave the plate intended to become a die of a buffer according to the invention as is well known from the state of the art of engraving. We can then encircle the whole of the engraving by a groove, for example 2 mm deep, depending on the shape that we want to give to the mold and therefore to the stamp, and in which it is possible to embed a strip, by example in plastic, in order to

constitute a molding bowl.

The die used to create the mold may, for example, have a smooth and generally shiny surface on the drawing side,

or on the contrary grainy, depending on the effect you want to give to the background.

However, a smooth material is preferred. The Altulor has been found to give particularly interesting results because it is extremely smooth and shiny, strong, reusable, washable and non-toxic. The material used to make the tour

of the matrix is for example Komacel.

It is then possible to pour into the mold thus obtained the plastic material, preferably silicone material, or the mixture of silicone plastic materials desired, in the amount corresponding to the thickness desired for the pad. The whole is then left to dry or polymerize. After the setting time recommended by the manufacturers of the silicone plastic material (s), the mold can be removed, which is very easy for a material.

silicone plastic since it does not adhere to its support.

If the stamp manufacturer wants to put his mark on his stamps, he can for example also engrave the inside of the strip for this purpose. Its mark will appear embossed on the side of the stamp. He can also do the same with the other plate referred to in Example 2 below used to create

nipples.

The tampons according to the invention thus obtained allow in particular the easy production of pastry decorations. This is why the present invention also relates to a method for producing a decoration on a

pastry, characterized in that one applies by pressure a buffer above

above on a malleable food product to be decorated, for example marzipan, with sufficient pressure to indentate the design of the stamp in said food material, then if desired color the design thus obtained. To further personalize the engraving obtained using the stamp, said food material can be worked with a knife to add grooves.

at the desired locations and thus modify the drawing.

If it is possible to paint directly the grooves of the food material corresponding to the reliefs of the pad, under preferential conditions for implementing the method according to the invention, the design is dusted with the aid of a powdery or crystalline material. edible such as icing sugar, if desired the surplus of pulverulent or crystalline material is removed, for example by scraping, and a colored design is thus obtained according to the color of the material applied. This design can then be painted, if desired, using one or more food coloring agents. It should be noted that if icing sugar is used, the outlines of the design will always appear darker, given the greater thickness of the icing sugar at the level of the grooves made in the food material. The contours of the drawings are

thus easily form.

Under preferential conditions of implementation of the above process

above, we start by painting the central parts of the drawing, to go

then to the furrows.

After use, it is easy to clean the tampon for example with

water with the addition of conventional dishwashing liquid.

Another subject of the present invention is the use of a buffer.

above described, for the realization of pastry decorations.

A further subject of the present invention is a kit for decorating food materials containing an above stamp and a rigid plate of corresponding size making it possible to press the stamp evenly on.

a food material.

The preferential conditions for producing the buffers described above also apply to the other subjects of the invention referred to in the

present request.

The following examples illustrate the present invention.

Example 1: Making a 20 cm diameter stamp A) Making a stamp die: First, the design to be represented is scanned. The result of this

The operation is then saved on a floppy disk which is delivered to a burner.

A GRAVOGRAPH VX2 milling machine controlled by a computer debosses to a depth of approximately 2 mm the desired design in a plate

8mm thick Altulor.

B) Realization of a mold for stamp: The whole of the engraving corresponding to the drawing is then surrounded by a groove of 20 cm in diameter in which we embed a band of Komacel with a height of 3 cm so as to completely surround the

engraving. A mold is thus obtained.

C) Manufacture of a tampon: 100 g of a mixture of silicones comprising 90% of silicone reference ELASTOSIL M 4601 A and 10% of silicone reference ELASTOSIL M 4601 B from the company WACKER are poured into the matrix obtained above. The mixture

of silicones is evenly distributed over the entire engraving.

It is left to dry horizontally for 12 hours at an average ambient temperature of 30 ° C. and at a constant degree of hydrometry.

less than 50%.

The mixture of silicone plastics taken from the mold is then demolded.

en masse but remained flexible to obtain the desired buffer.

Example 2; Production of a buffer The procedure is as indicated in Example 1, but on top of the plastic just poured another 15 mm thick plate of Altulor is applied, fitted to the mold, perforated by a certain number. cylindrical bores of about 1 cm in diameter (6 bores of which 5 are located on the periphery and 1 in the center), and provided with two handles. This plate of the same diameter as that of the mold is pressed on the mixture of silicone plastics, holding it by its handles until the silicone plastic material emerges through the cylindrical bores, or the mixture is poured so as to fill the bores. . It is then left to dry in this position. A tampon similar to that of Example 2 is thus obtained, but provided with 6 studs on its face.

upper and possibly marked as seen in the description. We

if necessary cut the excess plastic material to keep only the cylinders and the decorative stamp. It is thus possible to use the plate having been used for the molding of the nipples, and provided with two handles, to press more strongly

and regularly the stamp on the edible matters to be decorated.

Example 3: Making a decoration The stamp of example 1 is placed on marzipan spread out flat using a rolling mill and pressing strongly with a plate to encrust the drawing in marzipan. Sprinkle the design with uncolored icing sugar, run your hand lightly over the marzipan to remove the excess sugar and the outlines of the design appear white. Using brushes, paint the drawing using food coloring more or less diluted depending on the shade you want to obtain, starting with them.

central parts and going outwards.

After use, the buffer is washed with water to the addition of

dishwashing liquid. It is thus ready for a new use.

It has been found preferable, when one wants to make a decoration comprising different colors, to compartmentalize the parts to be colored differently by joining the grooves (and therefore the ridges of the stamp) of the designs as in compartmentalized enamels. It should also be noted that the tampons according to the invention also find their application for the decoration of other edible or non-edible materials than pastries, such as polenta or semolina, or even rice using significant reliefs, or even all of them. gelled foods. It is therefore not necessary to be a good designer in addition to being a pastry maker to realize

Claims (10)

1. A stamp comprising an upper face and a lower face, the said lower face being provided with a design made in relief, characterized in that the ridges of the design have a height less than 5 mm relative to said lower surface of the buffer , and in that the latter is made of plastic material for food use. 2. A pad according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a thickness (excluding the reliefs of the drawings) ranging from 2 to 20 mm 3. A tampon according to one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that that the height of the reliefs of the buffer ranges from 1 to 3 mm. 4. A tampon according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that it has an area ranging from 25 cm2 to 2400 cm2. 5. A tampon according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that that its upper face is provided with one or more nipples. 6. A tampon according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that whether it has a circular, square, oval or rectangular shape. 7. A tampon according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that it is made of silicone plastic. 8. A process for producing a decoration on a pastry, characterized in that a pad as defined in one is applied by pressure. of claims 1 to 7, on a malleable food product to be decorated, for example example of marzipan, with sufficient pressure to indentate the design of the stamp in said food material, then if desired color the drawing thus obtained. 9. Use of a tampon as defined in one of claims 1 to 7, for making pastry decorations. 10. A food material decoration kit containing a buffer as defined in one of claims 1 to 7 and a rigid plate of corresponding size to support the tampon evenly.