Process for Producing Decorated Confectionery.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1897-Accepted, 17th July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Process for Producing Decorated Confectionery.
I, GEORGE LEMBKE, of 6, Schmidstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Wholesale Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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In the manufacture of pastry and sweets it is of great importance to give to the
goods a pleasing exterior. The decorations of tarts, biscuits, especially fancy-goods
for Christmas trees, sweets and the like with variously coloured designs and figures
has hitherto only been capable of being done by hand by clever and skilled men.
For this purpose there has been used a paper cornet or metal funnel or syringe, by
means of which the whipped sugar mass in the way of piping is spread or laid in
form of flourishes and arabesques.
This invention has for this purpose to replace this hand work which even for
skilled men requires much time and is also irregular in its effect, by mechanical
work and to produce from preserve coloured plastic decorations for sweets and
confectionery by means of the hereinafter described process.
For the designs, engraved or recessed forms are produced of gypsum or any other
appropriate material which must be cleanly engraved and on the top smoothly
polished, and which may have on two sides a raised border for increasing their
utility in the manufacture.
For the simultaneous production of many different designs these forms are placed
in rows on long tables and then a liquid mass of preserve is poured into the moulds,
which mass must have the property of flowing like water, when in a warm state
and of solidifying when it gets cool, which property is obtained for boiled sugar by
adding Japanese gelatine, so-called agar-agar. In consequence of the liquid
consistence the mass fills all the hollows and engraved places of the forms and it is
spread and smoothed by use of a rubber scraper corresponding to the breadth of the
forms, this causes the liquid to be completely swept from the form with the
exception of that which has penetrated into the engraved places. This produces
the decorations, as will be shown hereinafter.
After having swept off the surplus, a second sugar material of another colour is
poured over the moulds, which material has the property of adhering to the first
without running one into the other. In a few minutes the whole will have
adding Japanese gelatine, so-called agar-agar. In consequence of the liquid
placed over it; the form can then be immediately used again. These decorated
plates thus produced of solidified sugar are then dried and freed from the paper
and can be fitted as covers on layers of marzipan, fruit, or any other sugar-masses
and afterwards cut according to the designs of the decoration.
By means of this process cakes and pastry and any kind of sweets or the like can
be provided with the various designs and plastic decorations in various colours.
The invention also enables manufacturers of sweets and confectionery to possess
specialities in decoration, and to produce plastic decorations of this kind for general
sale.
As an example of the composition of the material for filling the moulds

page_text: 1 lb. agar-agar are dissolved in water and 40 lb.. sugar and 10 lb. of syrup added
thereto. This mixture heated to 30° C. is then ready for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
An improved process for the production of decorated confectionery and the like
consisting in employing engraved forms and pouring in or on the form a mass of
preserve which solidifies at the usual temperature, sweeping the surplus mass from
the form before its solidification in such manner, that the hollows and engraved
places which have to form the decorations, remain filled; pouring a second mass
of another colour onto the form, so that both masses, without mixing together,
adhere together when solidifying, whereupon they are taken as a whole from the
form by use of a paper covering and be divided in any manner according to the
decorations to be obtained.
Dated this 1st day of March 1807
.JY
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to the Applicant.