Posts by auzzi

Expensive cake ... Fruitcake plus intricate piping plus 378 servings  [1"x1" fingers]   Considering the individual weight of fruitcake, it is near impossible to balance fruitcake at any angle without breaking it. Due to...

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I would be very careful about trying to by-pass their Australian distributor. Importing product from overseas involves Federal Custom duties, clearance fees, customs duty, Goods and Services Tax (GST) and other...

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Buttercream does not go with fruitcake.   Sugarpaste is attached to fruitcake with boiled jam.   3 tiers is a lot of fruitcake which is served in 1" x 1" fingers. An 8" plus 10" square will provide 164...

Semi-sweet chocolate is fine to use.   Make self-raising flour however the instructions on the can of baking powder says .. The Internet is multi-national - every country's flour and baking powders are slightly different, thus...

  Victoria Sponge Variation 450g McDougall’s premium self -raising flour 500g caster sugar 450g butter  9 medium free range eggs 4 tbsp milk   * slightly more sugar * butter not shortening * more...

http://cakecentral.com/t/600480/reverse-creaming http://cakecentral.com/t/596849/reverse-creaming-method http://cakecentral.com/t/750937/can-i-use-the-reverse-creaming-method-with-any-recipe

jessicacakes: with a note from the original inventor Jeff Arnett: http://cakecentral.com/t/720655/video-tutorial-upside-down-frosting-technique

As RLB says: she got the recipe from another chef who indicated that it was an old recipe. I have a copy of "The American Woman's Cook Book," by Ruth Berolzheimer (Avon Books, 1941). which includes Whipped Cream...