Posts by montanakate

I found a large wooden lazy susan at Costco last year (probably 20" across) and it has made the best turntable!!! It turns very smoothly and it is sturdy and large enough to hold the biggest cakes I do. I think it cost me about $12,...

I'm glad to hear someone else has had problems with this frosting. I tried to make it once and I had a lot of hard sugar on the sides of my bowl, and a lot of crystalized sugar in the pan I was using. I don't think I go enough sugar...

Wow, thanks for the responses. I will check out our local restaurant supplier as well to see if they have a better deal. You guys are great!Kate

I was just surfing a website that had a 10" stainless steel cake lifter advertised for $18.00. It looked like an oversized round spatula that you could use to pick up cakes. I was just wondering if anyone has tried one of these and is...

Some ideas that I've heard on here before to help with this type of problem are:1. Make sure the frosting dam between layers is a stiffer consistency frosting2. Make sure to press you layers gently together to try to prevent future...

I was hoping to wrack your brains for ideas on a cake for a girl that is graduating. She wants to study fingerprints, forensics, anthroplogy, etc. I was thinking anfinger print card, maybe some bones on the cake. Does anyone out there...

ceculsk,LOL!!!!!! I only wish I was that talented!!!!! Thanks again for the thoughts you guys I really appreciate it.kate

Thanks you guys! I hope to be back to kinder and gentler things (like cake decorating) soon Kate

Not that this is a cake disaster, maybe a decorator disaster? Hopefully some of you can get a chuckle. The hubby and I decided to go away this past weeked, kids went to grandma's, and we stayed at a B&B. We didn't haveant speicif...

I have been doing this when my cakes are domed, but lately my problem has been more the middles are sinking. When they are domed this trick works great! ThanksKate