Posts by grahamc

I think it has to do more with what you use to ice and fill your cake with.  The only time it happened to me was when I had iced and filled the cake with ganache.  It firmed up fairly stiff and woudn't release the...

I will be doing a wedding cake with fondant panels to get the edges really sharp. I have used panels before on single tier cakes where the bottom of the panel of fondant was resting on the board. I'm worried about using panels on the...

Thanks! I have some heavy plastic straws that I think I will dowel with to be on the safe side.

I am right in the middle of making a tiered 4 in. on top of a 7 in. The cake is a dense chocolate stout cake almost like a brownie. Do I need to support the 4 inch cake with dowels? TIA!

I made mine the same way kathie-d did hers. I used colored gumpaste and then I lightly airbrushed them. It gave them a more realistic look in my opinion. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Thank you so much for the help. I have looked for the last two hours and can't find the tutorial. Her gelatine bubble one is great! I will have to try those sometime. Anyway, I PM'ed sweetflower. I'm sure she is really busy, but I am...

Does anyone have any experience with making a 3D wine glass? I need it to be actual size and standng up for the top of a cake. It could be made out of any edible medium. I thought gumpaste would be the easiest, but I'm open to any and...

I have used royal icing and color flow transfers on several buttercream cakes without a problem. They have even sat overnight and still were fine. I think it depends on your buttercream. If you have a good crusting buttercream, you...

I traveled 4 hours over bumpy country roads with a 4 tier cake using SPS. (It's the SFA Graduation cake in my photos) It made it there just fine. Whoever is driving yours still needs to be carefull, but I think it will make it there...

Mine has to be pumpkin spice cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting! Yum!!