How Do You Make Primitive Country Cake Candles?
Love those expensive country-store candles? Learn the secrets to make them yourself! • Buy or use any base candle (votives, pillars, tapers, etc.). • Purchase scented wax tarts, or chunks from country store, or retailer. • Melt in double boiler (pan inside another pan with water in bottom pan; make sure the top wax boiler is one you don’t use anymore). Never heat wax on too high of a temperature. Melt on Med or Low setting, takes a while, but watch it carefully and stir often. • After wax has melted, remove from heat to a heat-safe surface. Begin carefully whipping the wax as it cools, (pretend you’re scrambling eggs). It will develop chunks and become thick and frothy. Begin “icing” your candle with the lump wax using a fork. Try tapping and spreading the wax randomly to create a lumpy appearance, just like icing a cake.
• Buy or use any base candle (votives, pillars, tapers, etc.). • Purchase scented wax tarts, or chunks from country store, or retailer. • Melt in double boiler (pan inside another pan with water in bottom pan; make sure the top wax boiler is one you don’t use anymore). Never heat wax on too high of a temperature. Melt on Med or Low setting, takes a while, but watch it carefully and stir often. • After wax has melted, remove from heat to a heat-safe surface. Begin carefully whipping the wax as it cools, (pretend you’re scrambling eggs). It will develop chunks and become thick and frothy. Begin “icing” your candle with the lump wax using a fork. Try tapping and spreading the wax randomly to create a lumpy appearance, just like icing a cake.
