Posts by LNW

I ordered the book from Amazon as well. I have tried some of the recipes out of the book and all but one was a disaster. The worst was the Valentine’s Day cake pg 131. I did it exactly like in the book with the filling, syrup etc. It...

What is the bride's response to all of this?

Lol butternut!I can’t remember any cooking disasters of my own but I remember one of my little sister’s. I think she was about 8yo when it happened. She was trying to make Jell-O. I was in my bedroom and she came running down the hall...

I provide the stands and charge the couple a rental fee to use them. All those other little decorations that go around it I expect the family I’m working with to provide. The last wedding cake I did all the flowers and ribbon were...

It turned out wonderful. I was so annoyed with how badly I smoothed the sides. I can’t for the life of me get perfectly straight sides on my cake. The icing lumps up so the cake has humps on it. Drives me insane and the more I mess...

I charge $10 per dozen for simple cupcakes, $15 per dozen with a filling and $20 per dozen if they want something other than a swirl of buttercream on the top. But I live in a pretty cheap area if cakes cost more in your neck of the...

The wedding is at 2pm on Saturday. They wanted me to come in around 12pm to set up the cake. I will be stacking the cake, putting on ribbon and a small bead border around the bottom of each cake (3 tiers). I want to get there around...

Weird. Sounds like she doesn't know anything about tiered cakes either. Your cake is very cute! When I took the Wilton courses at our local CC my instructor did not use fondant so she didn't teach it. She had 18 years experience as a...

No problem The wedding is Aug 5th so you won't have to wait to long for that pic! Thanks so much for the help!!

Alrighty, soy butter in cupcake tins = moist and delicious cake. BAD BAD shortening. I can't believe that little ingredient could mess up the whole cake. I thought you could use shortening as a replacement for butter. I'll never use...