Posts by kakedecorator

I wanted to update the info on the Nashville Cake Club:  We now meet the 2nd Sunday of the month, start and 2:00pm and usually finish around 5:00pm (the meeting ends when the last person has left .  Sometimes (due to holidays...

Stephanie, did you ever get the invite to the "Nashville, TN Cake Club?

I have read that if you rub them with a little bit of shortening it will keep them shiny (I have also wondered if vegetable oil would work).  Have not tried this so I do not know if it works.  If you try it, hope you...

When I worked at a bakery they would have us insert "wedges" of cake in between layers to make it level.  At home I always level (trimming off the "hump" in the middle) my cakes but my homemade cakes seem to be taller than...

This has been mentioned before but I wanted to post it again. I have formed a cake club in the Nashville, TN area, we started in November 2009. We are not a private club but we get our info out and communicate with each other through a...

In my opinion there is not right or wrong one. It is just what works best for you. I have several different kinds and I always seem to fall back on the old wooden one that was my grandmothers. Some decorators even use a piece of PVC...

Yes use an all vegetable shortening. I like to put a light coating on my hands and then work it into the fondant (as needed).

I have done this in replace of gum paste to make figures but I would not suggest it for covering a cake. Your fondant will dry quicker and you will probably get a lot of cracking and will not get a smooth finish on your cake. Because...

I use a cake leveler. This link shows you how to do it with a serrated knife and/or the cake leveler. http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/leveling-cakes.cfm If the link does not show up e-mail me and I will send it to you.

Here is one place you can get it from. There are two molds. http://sweetwise.com/high-heel-shoe-side-a-d55a.html and http://sweetwise.com/high-heeled-shoe-side-b-d55b.html . There are other places but this is the quickest one I could...