Posts by redred

On Rose Levy Berenbaum's site she said when preparing her Cake Bible for UK release she tested her recipes with UK ingredients and they didn't turn out properly. She attributed it to the type of flour - there is no cake flour in UK. So...

I believe a US cup is 225ml whereas Oz cup is 250ml. Their Tablespoons are approx 15ml whereas Oz is 20ml.1 stick butter = 113g

Hi TrinaH,The purpose of floral tape is (a) to attach petals or leaves to the rest of the flower; or (b) to attach one flower to another when making a spray or posy; or (c) I suppose to make the wire appear green like a stem, although...

Thanks for the info Sparklepop. It sounds like a fun weekend - great food, country air, talking about cakes and sugarcraft - what more could anyone want!! I know someone who goes to the Concord meetings, is that where you go?I have just...

Don't worry! I've transported a 3 tier fondant cake, assembled, for much longer than a 5 minute drive, with no problems. Eg, the pink and white moth orchid cake in my pics was transported assembled, with dowels and a central dowel.If you...

Hi Sparklepop,Sorry I don't know what a brazzilian beauty is, but could you please let me know more about the cake dec seminar, I am interested in going along for some dems!

If you want to make flowers that need a center on a wire, you can use a cocktail stick or a long thin skewer instead, which is safe to insert into the cake. You don't have to wire all flowers. Wire if you plan to arrange them into a...

I can't understand people who persist in measuring by volume, scales are the way to go! Makes scaling a recipe so much easier and is much more accurate.My dream scales...

There's an article in today's Daily Telegraph with a gallery of some of the cakes in the Show:Gallery:http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/gallery/0,22056,5022245-5010140,00.htmArticle:...

Hi Zmama,Interesting thread.Here is a newspaper article I came across on a similar theme.http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/when-crafts-not-art-really-take-the-cake/2006/04/20/1145344214088.htmlMight be of interest!