chuck_35550 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 As a follow up to the previous post and building on that other recipe; I came up with this one: 26% CO, 20% PO, 41% OO, and 13% Cocoa Butter. The number look pretty good but I wonder if this would be a good recipe for making cupcake/cake frosting? I used 35% lye concentration and lowered the sf to 4% due to the fat content in the goat milk. The Sat: Unsat is 47:53. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Olive oil is considered a hard oil. That recipe would make a rock hard bar of soap, I would think the frosting would be pretty brittle if you used that recipe. Have you researched castor oil? It really helps with bubbles at between 5 and 8 percent in a recipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Could you switch out the cocoa butter for shea or mango. You can also add 1 TBSP of sugar PPO to your lye water and stick blend it well ( before you add the lye) to up the bubbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 I've never had good luck using sugar in my recipe. I'm not sure I want the soap to move too fast as part of the batter will be waiting for me to finish pouring the molds and then whipping the rest for frosting. I have picked out fos that don't accelerate or discolor and plan on using vanilla stabilizer and td to improve the appearance. I tried to formulate a recipe that would set nice and hard but didn't want brittle. So you think the oo is too high in relation to the cb or just too high in general? I use castor in my regular soaps at an average of 5% but wanted to cut some of my cost down. I guess I'll just have to test and see what happens. Thanks for the feedback,Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 . I guess I'll just have to test and see what happens. Bingo. That's a good plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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