Posts by LNW

O.M.G. That's sooooo nasty.

Depends on who asks. I have friends and family who are very generous to me with their own trades and hobbies so I take care of them when it's cake time. Then I have some who think I just pull these things out of my rear and those...

I use this one http://cakecentral.com/recipes/2123/buttercream-dreamIt does NOT hold up under extreme heat or humidity though. So during the summer I use a shortening based icing like the Wilton recipe...

What a weird cake. I guess you’d have to be a professional in that field to really see the humor in it. I’d just be grossed out.A gal on another message board I used to post on had her placenta encapsulated...

Quote:Originally Posted by tonyapJust my opinion, classes can always help. I had picked up cake decorating by watching my mom, but decided to go ahead and take all the wilton classes even though I knew alot already. To my surprise the...

Like I said above, I use those big, plastic Wilton tube dowels. I don't trust the wooden dowels. Plus anytime I've had a piece of cake that was next to one of those wooden dowels it tasted like I was chewing on a popsicle stick. They...

Sometime kind of like this maybe http://www.sweet-promises.com/constant.htmI agree with the other's, use your normal white cake recipe and add some almond extract to it. Everyone has their own way of doing tiered cakes but here is how I...

I live in (actually about 15 minutes outside) the 3rd largest city in my state and we have two little cupcake places around here. I know a gal opened a shop downtown but it’s more of a coffee shop/ cupcake place and her cinnamon rolls...

My husband’s cousin was to marry her high school sweetheart. They planned a HUGE wedding, booked with all the best of the best in the city. Her parents went all out for this thing. I’m not sure how close to the date it was but she...

I got married back in 2003. We couldn’t afford much (we’d just bought a house) and I was making everything myself. I’d been watching wedding week on Food Network and thought “hey that looks easy I bet I could make my own cake!” So I...