Posts by trumpetmidget

Yesterday, DH and I were in the kitchen when we saw the dark little body go racing across the kitchen. We could not find the mouse. We assumed he went into the basement. My DH explored and here we discovered the mouse has been in our...

We have a small kitchen - not tiny, tiny, but still small. When I decorate cakes, the kitchen explodes and 90% of the time, we don't eat at the kitchen table because of me. Well, my dh surprised me to tell me he is making me a table...

Not sure how much the heart serves but I would charge $3 per serving, $10 or so for each penquin figure and Christmas tree (unless they are really tiny), and $20 for the igloo. So, whatever that totals.

I just made buttercream dream using eggnog instead of milk. It sat out over night and was fine. Don't know what the department of health regs would be, but mine was fine. I made it Saturday, served it Sunday and had some leftovers...

I leave cakes out for days. I never refrigerate (my license won't let me make anything that needs fridgeration). I've had cake for up to a week or two on the counter and it is still good.

I've used their baking cocoa and it worked out fine.

I just use the recipe that comes with the wilton meringue powder. I think it is something like 1lb powder sugar, 3 tbsp water and 3 tbsp meringue powder, but I am not postive.

I love Aldi's. I haven't shopped there in a while, but will have to go back now that things are tight again. I was able to do all the shopping for the four of us for $40 a week. Everything is good except for a few thigns. Just watch...

I did this cake a few weeks back - it required some carving, but turned out not too bad. It is a 12" octagon, 10" round, 8"octagon, 6" round, 4" octagon. I cut the octagons from a 2" higher round. If I were to do it again, I would not...

It depends on how big you want it as to how to carve it. If I were to do it, and say use 11x15 sheet pan - I would probably bake and stack 2 of those. Cut about 4 inches off one side to make it 7x15 (maybe more, I would have to see...