Posts by ilithiya

Mine's just plain white Merckens with crushed Starlight/peppermint candies. If I were doing a two-tone, I'd not flavor the brown chocolate, and just leave it as it is for a nice, not-overwhelming contrast. Illy

And I'll bet you that it doesn't taste all that good. I had a Walmart cake once... never again.The only place I'll buy from - if I don't do it myself - is Costco. (And it's so tempting to ask them for a plain, uniced cake and a...

I was going through my MIL's cake things and found some of the discontinued Tiara Desserts pans put out by Duncan Hines/Ekco... they're like Mary Jane/obsttorten pans, apparently. (An eBay search will pull up some pics of these...

I don't know of anything here - I moved here just a few months ago; JoAnn might be of more help there. On the other hand, though, in the Portland area is the Decorette Shop. They've got a store in Tigard and one in the SE Stark area,...

Quote:Originally Posted by -TenderHeartI've seen the 9" pillars....Maybe if I want 7" of space, I should go with the 9" pillars, since the cake will take up 2" of the 9 inches?(getting confused, want to make sure I get this!) Thanks...

Quote:Originally Posted by -TenderHeartAnyone else? My question again:"Do the crystal pillars fit into the regular plastic separator plates? Are all the pillars and separator plates mix and match? (They'll be hidden on this cake, so...

Hiya! Where are you at? (Salem, here)The dept you're looking for is the Dept of Agriculture, believe it or not. The food safety stuff through the Health Dept is close, but if you're looking for non-legislative info regarding home...

Quote:Originally Posted by momoftwogirlsThis site has saved me!!!I have two little girls (three years and 6 months) and I stay at home. So it gets lonely with no adult conversation except with hubby - but he doesn't want to talk about...

It's just a cream cheese filling with drained & chopped peaches and some LorAnn's champagne flavoring. No proportions for the peaches or flavoring, it's just "to taste".Illy

Dark chocolate is a product of the manufacturing process, and has to do with the amount of vegetable fats, cocoa butter, and solid compounds in it. Sorry, you can't make it.Illy