Posts by tobycat

Quote: Originally Posted by kazita  I wad told if you use it for personal use and not for selling than a suppiler doesn't have a problem shipping it to you. If you are using it for personal use I might be wrong but don't...

Quote: Originally Posted by jason_kraft  This was the store, in Orange: http://www.abccakes.com/ AFAIK it's still legal for a retailer to sell it as an ingredient, the ban applies to food facilities using it. Most...

Quote: Originally Posted by jason_kraft  Sweetex Z tastes pretty much the same as regular Sweetex, as I said the only difference is the temperature sensitivity, at least in our crusting BC recipe (which is dairy-free)....

Appreciate all the replies. Thank you all very much. A couple of points of clarification....   The ONLY thing I use the hi-ratio shortening for is for my crusting butter cream, which I don't think you can make with just...

Help! A couple of years ago, California made trans-fat ILLEGAL in CA. Now I cannot buy hi-ratio shortening here, and I cannot have it shipped here either. Any ideas what I can use in its place? Oh, and not even our Crisco is allowed to...

Yup, just practice using your rounded spatula knife - a medium to small blade. The nice thing is that it's really hard to mess this one up!

There is an excellent shoe tutorial on youtube about doing just this. She used modeling chocolate as the base for the heel. She said you you should let it set as long as possible, like a week, BUT that because the chocolate sets faster,...

I have to agree that a thin piece of gumpaste or fondant is the way to go with this one. Painting would be a potential mess and 1/2! These shouldn't be too hard if you roll it thin enough.

It could be that they rubbed in a lot of Crisco...

Though it's not the most sophisticated icing, I'm a fan of the Wilton 1/2 and 1/2 with a touch of violet added to make it super white. This icing WILL NOT MELT, but you really need to be an expert at the Viva or Melvira method to make it...