I want to make a realistic looking muffin but I am uncertain what materials to use. Other than clay or plaster, what solutions are there?
Is there something that I could literally bake like a real muffin, that won't go off?
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Sign up to join this communityI want to make a realistic looking muffin but I am uncertain what materials to use. Other than clay or plaster, what solutions are there?
Is there something that I could literally bake like a real muffin, that won't go off?
You can use expansion foam and colour it afterwards with spray paints, as is suggested here. But that's a lot of unnecessary (toxic) waste, and, besides, you can't bake it.
So I suggest basing your method on this recipe for fake bread, which allows you to use ingredients very similar to the ones you'd use when making real bread:
Mix 4 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt and 2 cups of water in a mixing bowl.
This dough is for white bread. You can use food colouring to colour your muffins (e.g. brown for 'chocolate muffins').
Knead this dough well, and put it into muffin tins, cupcake trays or liners, or even just mugs.
Bake the fake bread until it browns in an oven set at 300 degrees Fahrenheit [150 °C]. Check it at 20 minutes. Adjust the time and temperature for your oven, if necessary.
This is for a loaf, so I suggest checking it earlier than 20 minutes (and let me know what time works best if you try this method out :).
Brush craft glue over the top of the fake bread to simulate the shine from egg white on real bread, if desired. Sprinkle the top with [..] decoration [if desired].
Good luck!