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| Topic: My first wired flowers. |
superstar
Replies: 39
Views: 1405
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 Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:07 pm Subject: My first wired flowers. |
| You are a natural, Rylan, I am looking forward to seeing many more beautiful cakes from you! |
| Topic: My first wired flowers. |
superstar
Replies: 39
Views: 1405
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:27 pm Subject: My first wired flowers. |
| Rylan, covered florist wire in the floral sections at Michaels or Joanne's is very inexpensive, I also have florists tape in every color you can imagine so I never hesitate to buy uncovered wire as i ... |
| Topic: Hi and thank you |
superstar
Replies: 19
Views: 558
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:58 pm Subject: Hi and thank you |
| Welcome mrs.C to The CC family, for the most part the people on this site are caring, kind & helpful. There is always something new & remember, the day any of us stop learning .......is the day we die ... |
| Topic: gum paste |
superstar
Replies: 5
Views: 131
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:47 pm Subject: gum paste |
| I only use fondant mixed with Tylose & Cream of Tartar. I have not bought gumpaste for years. |
| Topic: Tip for grass |
superstar
Replies: 4
Views: 111
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:44 pm Subject: Tip for grass |
| Tip 233 you can see I used it a lot on my Kilohana Building Cake. It really is a wonderful tip. |
| Topic: Cold porcelain : anyone making and using it from scratch? |
superstar
Replies: 3
Views: 175
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:30 pm Subject: Cold porcelain : anyone making and using it from scratch? |
| I like CP & have used it a few times when the weather is too humid & damp for sugarpaste w/tylose. It really works well & I have not found it to shrink much. There are 2 cakes in my photo's with CP. T ... |
| Topic: My vote for hi-ratio shortening... |
superstar
Replies: 31
Views: 1045
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:34 pm Subject: My vote for hi-ratio shortening... |
| I'm a Sweetex girl too LOL. I love it, my BC is delicious, I must admit I use real butter as well in my BC. Sweetex is not expensive if you work it out per lb. $3.00 per lb. It is the shipping that ki ... |
| Topic: Ultimate Cake Off show Recipes! |
superstar
Replies: 45
Views: 3569
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:01 pm Subject: Ultimate Cake Off show Recipes! |
| Thanks Mike & welcome to CC. I love the sound of that rum cake & so enjoyed watching you on UCO. |
| Topic: Paisley Shaped Cake Pans |
superstar
Replies: 1
Views: 148
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Forum: Cake Ideas
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:54 pm Subject: Paisley Shaped Cake Pans |
| The Paisley pan lends itself to many ideas. I made a 'Shrek' cake for a 2 year old, it is in my photos. That is just one idea, hope it helps. |
| Topic: professional looking cakes |
superstar
Replies: 13
Views: 669
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Forum: General
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:23 pm Subject: professional looking cakes |
| Rylan! your cakes are lovely....stop telling us you don't produce professional looking cakes!!!!!!!!!! |
| Topic: How to make fondant figures stand |
superstar
Replies: 20
Views: 1687
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:43 pm Subject: How to make fondant figures stand |
| I use 1/16th metal rods from the hardware department. By using the rods I can bend them if I wish & yet they are very strong. I always leave legs to dry before attaching them to the body, I leave a bi ... |
| Topic: professional looking cakes |
superstar
Replies: 13
Views: 669
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Forum: General
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:19 pm Subject: professional looking cakes |
| It does take practice & if you watch the professionals on the cakes shows like Ace of Cakes, Buddy, the cake challenges etc....they make mistakes & have disasters too just like us!!! |
| Topic: What's the technique to prevent filling from seeping out? |
superstar
Replies: 5
Views: 164
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:08 pm Subject: What's the technique to prevent filling from seeping out? |
| Make sure your dam is very stiff, so stiff you can actually move it with your fingers. I always take some of my BC from the main bowl & put it in a small bowl then add more pwd.sugar until it is stiff ... |
| Topic: HUNDREDS OF TUTORIALS IN HERE! |
superstar
Replies: 166
Views: 17998
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:17 pm Subject: HUNDREDS OF TUTORIALS IN HERE! |
| Thank you for doing such a wonderful thing for everyone. Bless You. |
| Topic: I can't get gumpaste. Can I turn foundant into usable? |
superstar
Replies: 10
Views: 379
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:20 pm Subject: I can't get gumpaste. Can I turn foundant into usable? |
| lees_luv, you can buy it from Global Sugar or maybe your cake supply shop has it. I am sorry for my typo yesterday, it was supposed to read 'to 1 lb of fondant'. |
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