Posts by Cakechick123

when she collects the cake have a copy ready for signature. Let her read all you conditions in front of you and get her to sign it. If she refuses then she gets no cake! Butt covered

Im of a different opinion, there is going to be so much texture difference between the tiers with smooth icing and the roses one, that I think fondant will look good! I can never get butter cream smooth so personally I will go for...

without a board your dowels are absolutely useless. think of a two story house, the walls (dowels) support the top floor(board), the top floor (board) supports the structure on top. Without the board the dowels just pushed straight...

well, how high is your layers going to be? The safest way is to dowel every 4", that is with boards and dowels. I have gone up to 6" without supports, but even that can be risky. Its useless to create this awesome cake without supports...

I did a replica of that building. For the onion domes I used a ball shaped polystyrene and just molded the fondant around it to give me the onion shape.   Here is my cake

it is necessary to get permission form the  copyright holder. Most people agree that if you do it for your own child and don't intend to resell, its OK to do it without permission, however that is a fairly grey area,so the best...

the South African site you have linked to buys their supplies form this vendor. http://www.crystalcandy.co.za/ I know Ray sends stuff overseas, so if you contact her Im sure she will be able to assist. the one you are looking for...

its done with edible images. here is the link to the original   http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiersofjoy/2834712518/in/faves-9456950@N02/

I agree with the pp, I always dowel, even fruit cakes! also agree with pp it will be much studier if you can do the two tilted cakes in Styrofoam, and do two separate cakes to make up for the servings.

I just looked at the cake again, and the brooch on the bottom tier is from  www.crystalcandy.co.za I know Ray does lots of stuff for chocolate, maybe thats where Kanya got that pattern from as well? Ray is VERY helpfull, Im sure...