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| Topic: Red fondant question |
AKS
Replies: 9
Views: 166
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 Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:16 am Subject: Red fondant question |
| Try candy colors as opposed to icing gel colors. There's something in them that withstands the shortening or something andthe colors are much more vivid. HTH. |
| Topic: PLEASE HELP! BUTTERCREAM DREAM QUESTION |
AKS
Replies: 2
Views: 361
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:35 am Subject: PLEASE HELP! BUTTERCREAM DREAM QUESTION |
Thanks patticakes!  |
| Topic: PLEASE HELP! BUTTERCREAM DREAM QUESTION |
AKS
Replies: 2
Views: 361
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:01 pm Subject: PLEASE HELP! BUTTERCREAM DREAM QUESTION |
How long can this stay out of the refrigerator? Can you refrigerate this if you have fondant accents on the b'cream? Will the fondant colors run? TIA.
-Alysa |
| Topic: Chocolate Transfers |
AKS
Replies: 4
Views: 429
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:58 pm Subject: Chocolate Transfers |
I've made chocolate transfers before, and this is what I do:
Draw or print out a SIMPLE line drawing. Place it on a completely flat surface that you can move (i.e.: a cutting board). Tape it down and ... |
| Topic: Handling larger cakes.... please help |
AKS
Replies: 6
Views: 549
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:46 pm Subject: Handling larger cakes.... please help |
| Just a thought, but what if you use a crusting b'cream on top of the 1st cake and once it set, add some powdered sugar on top. Then cut a hex board and put it on top of the 1st cake. Put your second h ... |
| Topic: MMF Fondant Recipe |
AKS
Replies: 2
Views: 298
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:36 pm Subject: MMF Fondant Recipe |
| I use the recipe from this site and I use my kitchen aid, so I don't have to knead it. Start with half the sugar and the paddle attachment, then after that's incorporated, add the other half of sugar ... |
| Topic: SUBSTITUTE FOR BRANDY? |
AKS
Replies: 2
Views: 449
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Forum: Recipe Requests
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:42 am Subject: SUBSTITUTE FOR BRANDY? |
| Thanks! I thought it might be missing something w/o the alcohol. I'm glad to know that it was still good. |
| Topic: SUBSTITUTE FOR BRANDY? |
AKS
Replies: 2
Views: 449
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Forum: Recipe Requests
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:26 am Subject: SUBSTITUTE FOR BRANDY? |
| Hi all. I'm making a tiramisu for my firend's birthday (requested by the b'day girl herself), but some of the friends at this borthday dinner are completely anti-alcohol. The recipe calls for 1/4 c. o ... |
| Topic: Buttercream under fondant |
AKS
Replies: 3
Views: 388
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:27 am Subject: Buttercream under fondant |
Thanks guys.
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| Topic: Buttercream under fondant |
AKS
Replies: 3
Views: 388
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:02 pm Subject: Buttercream under fondant |
I tried to use WBH b'cream under fondant-DISASTER!!  I have another daughter's cake to make and I want to use fondant. Would buttercream dream and/or sugarshack's b'cream recipe both hold up und ... |
| Topic: rice krispy treats without butter????? |
AKS
Replies: 7
Views: 781
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Forum: Recipe Requests
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:45 pm Subject: rice krispy treats without butter????? |
| I just read one of Jennifer Weiner's books (I think it was "Goodnight Nobody") and her main character was making her kids rice krispy treats by adding the cereal to Fluff. I thought that that was pret ... |
| Topic: What to do with cake pieces? |
AKS
Replies: 16
Views: 1091
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Forum: Recipe Requests
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:40 pm Subject: What to do with cake pieces? |
| Toba Garrett makes cake crumbs and mixes them with b'cream. She uses it as a filling and also as a "spackle" that she uses (I believe) as the crumbcoat. It's in her book "The Well-Deocrated Cake". I' ... |
| Topic: WBH House Buttercream help |
AKS
Replies: 7
Views: 831
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Forum: Recipe Requests
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:10 pm Subject: Coloring WBH B'cream |
| They use candy colors instead of regular paste/gel colors. The color is consistent and stronger with these. WBH b'cream is a sore subject with me right now. I was up until midnight with it for my daug ... |
| Topic: How to achieve this background? |
AKS
Replies: 13
Views: 1081
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:08 pm Subject: How to achieve this background? |
What about covering with fondant and using a sponge-painting technique to achieve the variegated color? Good luck and let us know how it works!  |
| Topic: Frosting cupcakes like they do @ cupcake Cafe (NY) |
AKS
Replies: 24
Views: 2063
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:29 pm Subject: Frosting cupcakes like they do @ cupcake Cafe (NY) |
THANKS GUYS!
-ALYSA |
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