Baked Hearty Clay Tutorial
Today I decided to try and bake hearty clay. Why? because I wanted to see what would happen. So lets see the results.
I turned my oven to 275 degrees. Once it was ready I took a chunk rolled it into a log and put it on the bottom rack. I checked it at 5 minutes and it was starting to puff up a bit than I believe I left in the oven for a total of 10 to 15 minutes and this is what it looked like.
hmmm not very pretty.
Then I remembered reading somewhere to add some baking soda so I took another chunk and this time rolled it into a ball with the baking soda mixed in. When I was rolling it into a ball it had a few cracks but I didnt try to smooth it out because I was making a bread bun. So I figured the cracks might develop into a nice texture.
I put it into the oven checked it at around 5 minutes and it was rising nice and evenly. I think I ended up leaving it in the oven for like 20 minutes or so. As you can see in the picture below it turned into a darker cream color.
The cracks spread open and created a realistic bread texture within it. I then split it open and whoila just what I expect it looks just like bread woo hoo.
Once I split it open I put it back in the oven to see if the insides would rise even more. It did rise a bit more and the cracks started to fill in a bit more.
So my conclusion: Hearty Clay can be baked but the way it rises is unstable. If you add baking soda hearty clay rises at a more even rate and can produce really nice breads, cakes and pastries.
Hope this Hearty Clay Test is useful to you. Have a great day.
Happy Crafting
~Mixi
April 20th, 2010 at 11:53 AM
TFS this tut it was exactly what I was looking for now I can make the bread seem realistic.