{"id":6648,"date":"2011-08-10T19:40:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T01:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:59:21","slug":"on-the-curing-rack-pumpkin-pie-soap-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/on-the-curing-rack-pumpkin-pie-soap-3\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Curing Rack: Pumpkin Pie Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pumpkin Pie soap by Great Cakes Soapworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the fourth year in a row that I have offered this yummy goat’s milk soap! I decided to try one more of the really great suggestions<\/a> I had for mixing up the goat’s milk lye solution. My usual method is to pour the lye over the goat’s milk after it has been frozen in ice cube trays. Elisha C recommended crushing up the frozen milk in the blender before adding the lye. The logic was that “the milk would be completely melted a lot sooner making it easier to stir and allowing the lye to come into contact with more of the milk (since there would be less milk tied up in frozen form).”<\/p>\n

I had a couple problems with this method. One was that my blender didn’t want to crush up frozen cubes of goat’s milk without adding more liquid, even though it is a very nice powerful blender made to crush ice and create frozen drinks. I was able to blend up about half the cubes, and after that it seemed like the blades were just whizzing around the bottom making goat’s milk butter! <\/p>\n

The second problem came after I added the lye to this half-blended frozen milk (and pumpkin puree). The solution actually started heating up faster<\/em> than with just the cubes. By the time all the cubes had melted, the milk was starting to smell like it was starting to scorch and the temperature was up to almost 120 degrees. I went ahead and dumped it into the oils which were about 90 degrees. <\/p>\n

Everything worked out pretty much according to plan, even with the hotter lye solution. I had decided that I would pull out a couple cups of the soap before adding the discoloring fragrance and swirl them back into the pot. You can see some of the lighter colored soap, but the effect is not as dramatic as I was hoping. The pumpkin stamp still looks great though! The color of the fresh soap out of the mold is a very dark orange. However, it will turn more of a dark brown as it cures, and should be available for purchase at Greatcakessoapworks.com<\/a> around Tuesday, September 6th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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