| Author |
Message |
| Topic: Regular Customer's Request - I'm Upset!! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 40
Views: 2632
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Forum: Cookies!
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:23 pm Subject: Regular Customer's Request - I'm Upset!! |
| I too am tired of all this worrying about healthy snacks. Buy them healthy snacks then, don't come to a cookie baker and request something healthy. I am a great believer in moderation, life would be p ... |
| Topic: Buddy's cakes: floppy yet flippable...what the heck?? |
cathyscakes
Replies: 26
Views: 1992
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Forum: General
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:22 pm Subject: Buddy's cakes: floppy yet flippable...what the heck?? |
| I have noticed his cakes are so durable too, and he says he does use a sponge cake. If you look up sponge cakes recipes you can see they are a little different. They seem to have alot of eggs, and the ... |
| Topic: I am soooooo hurt, what a trusting fool I am! (long) |
cathyscakes
Replies: 31
Views: 2339
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:33 pm Subject: I am soooooo hurt, what a trusting fool I am! (long) |
| I'm so sorry this happened to you, I just can't believe people can be so cruel, especially when you need the money, and worked so hard. Did you ever find out what happened? I know you said it was a t ... |
| Topic: misspelled birthday? |
cathyscakes
Replies: 31
Views: 1732
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:23 am Subject: misspelled birthday? |
| great cake, isn't it funny how things like that happen. There is something about working so hard on a cake and then not see some flaw until after I look at the pictures. I'm sure the customer won't mi ... |
| Topic: Too much touching of food?! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 51
Views: 2296
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Forum: General
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:53 am Subject: Too much touching of food?! |
| I had to laugh at some of the gloves comments only because a friend and I were discussing all these cake shows and we brought up that none of the decorators ever wears gloves, then she said it would b ... |
| Topic: Too much touching of food?! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 51
Views: 2296
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Forum: General
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:21 pm Subject: Too much touching of food?! |
| You guys are so funny |
| Topic: Too much touching of food?! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 51
Views: 2296
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Forum: General
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:27 pm Subject: Too much touching of food?! |
| I think if we worried about every contamination we would go crazy. It is a real concern though. Dr. Oz's show really adds to all of the fear, they said that all of the fruits and vegetables are touche ... |
| Topic: Giving away instructions? |
cathyscakes
Replies: 142
Views: 8078
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:31 pm Subject: Giving away instructions? |
| Wouldn't bother me a bit, but then I don't have a business or trying to build a business. I love to help people learn new things. I have learned so much from everyone on here, why not pass it on. Some ... |
| Topic: did I learn my lesson? am I DONE ripping myself off!!!! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 27
Views: 1738
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:38 am Subject: did I learn my lesson? am I DONE ripping myself off!!!! |
| I know what you mean, I did a cake for someone's baby shower and I didn't give her any price. I usually just do cakes for friends for free. So I never ask for money. Anyway, when she saw the cake she ... |
| Topic: Buttercream is my nemesis! Please help! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 32
Views: 1599
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:50 am Subject: Buttercream is my nemesis! Please help! |
| Just buy the 2 lb bag, no measuring that way |
| Topic: Hair on my cup cakes. embarassing! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 37
Views: 3220
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Forum: Cake Disasters
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:44 pm Subject: Hair on my cup cakes. embarassing! |
| Its my greatest fear too. I shed like crazy, and I am so careful with my hair. But I always worry about the stray hair on my clothes, so i'm afraid to reach over the cake, i'm so paranoid about this, ... |
| Topic: Buttercream is my nemesis! Please help! |
cathyscakes
Replies: 32
Views: 1599
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:24 pm Subject: Buttercream is my nemesis! Please help! |
| Wow Jeff, your cakes are flawless, the buttercream is perfect, i'm definitely going to try your recipe, beautiful cakes and your roses, amazing. |
| Topic: done letting people deliver their own cakes |
cathyscakes
Replies: 36
Views: 3163
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Forum: Cake Disasters
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:12 am Subject: done letting people deliver their own cakes |
| When I started this thread I didn't have all of the facts to why it smashed. I ran into the lady the other day and she finally told me what happened. She said her dad actually had the cake in the back ... |
| Topic: Ever get that nervous feeling... |
cathyscakes
Replies: 7
Views: 323
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:23 pm Subject: Ever get that nervous feeling... |
| Its strange how that happens, I had that with my last cake, and it seemed like more things went wrong than usual. In the end its my favorite cake, but I definitely had bad feelings about it. |
| Topic: Do you reserve judgment of cake appearance until the end? |
cathyscakes
Replies: 24
Views: 1108
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:49 am Subject: Do you reserve judgment of cake appearance until the end? |
| I do this with every cake I make. Half way thru, I feel like I want to run away, start over, never happy. It usually happens with how the buttercream is going on. Are there alot of air bubbles, having ... |
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