Posts by maemae

I just had my first wedding cake....a 3 tiered simple fondant covered cake. A few things went wrong and this wedding cake and grooms cake ended up being an all-nighter.The fondant rolled fine, but then when I put it on the round tier I...

I tried a "new" recipe of chocolate buttercream this weekend, that flopped! Wouldn't smooth at all...Can you all give me your opinion of the best buttercream recipes from this site..the ones that work best for smoothness, decorations,...

Do you guys use the cardboard round or the plastic round? If those pillars are 1/4" above the cake, then I place that plastic round with the "feet" inside those pillars, then it will sit "above" the cake and not "against" the cake. I...

I'm really frustrated! Each time I make a tiered cake (I use the hidden pillar method)..my tiers won't be flush with the tier that's underneath it. Take for example my brown/pink polka dot cake...see the 3 layers of beads..guess why? I...

that's a great site! thanks, makes perfect sense NOW...that's seems very easy and very doable, and very fun.thanks for the bump!

I don't quite understand how you ice a group of cupcakes so it looks like one flat surface...do you cut the tops off???need a little guidance on this one...thanks!

i use the gel colors and when i'm adding the color i use a toothpick to dip into the jar and spread it on the icing..BUT when you're trying to create colors and people say on the charts a drop or 2 drops...how in the world can you gauge...

Funny! i'm from georgia and have been here 20 years.... i live in waunakee (the only waunakee in the world - our proud slogan ! haha)...it's about 10 minutes from madison...kind of between madison and sun prairie...where did you say you...

that's an excellent idea! I've got another cake tomorrow! I'll definitely do the cake dam!Thanks so much!thanks to everyone who ran to my aid...everything went wrong last night and i didn't never made it to bed...the color I was trying...

thank you thank you thank you.....starting to exhale.....remembering my mantra..."cake decorating is fun! cake decorating is fun! cake decorating is fun!"