Strawberries and Whipped Cream Candle
A candle that looks good enough to eat: fluffy whipped wax resembling frosting, adorned with strawberry wax embeds.Learn how to make the perfect Whipped Cream Candle every time with these three secrets: temperature, consistency, and piping quickly. Mastering these crucial elements ensures your candles exude charm and fragrance consistently. Elevate your candle making skills and create beautiful, handcrafted candles with ease.
Servings: 2 candles
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Scale
Ingredients
Base Candle
- 2 Candle Jar
- 2 Candle Wick
- 1 Strawberry Embed Mold
- Red Candle Dye
- 5.4 ounce | 90% Soy Wax
- 0.60 ounce | 10% Sugared Strawberry Fragrance Oil
Whipped Cream Top
- 3.6 ounce | 90% Soy Wax
- 0.40 ounce | 10% Sugared Strawberry Fragrance Oil
- Piping Tip
- Piping Bag
Instructions
Candle Base & Strawberry Embed
- Place the candle wick in the center of the jar using hot glue.
- Heat the soy wax to 180 °F and remove it from the double boiler.
- Immediately add Sugared Strawberry fragrance oil and mix for at least 2 minutes.
- Add red candle colorant and mix well.
- When the wax has cooled down, pour it slowly and close to the candle jar until it is 3/4 filled with wax. Leave space for the whipped cream part on the top.
- Pour the strawberry embeds. If you want them darker, add a bit more colorant before pouring.
- Center the wick with a wick holder or pen while the wax cools.
Whipped Cream Frosting
- Heat the wax until it reaches 180°F.
- Add fragrance oil and mix well for at least 2 minutes.
- Pour the wax into a deep mixing container.
- Allow it to cool, periodically hand mixing. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the container.
- When the mixture starts to thicken, mix with a hand mixer until fully combined. Repeat until the mixture is white and holds peaks.
- Immediately add the mixture to a piping bag.
- Pipe it onto candles and place embeds on top.
- Allow the candles to cool.
- Trim wick to 1/4 inch and place labels.