Posts by aprilsloan

I just got my first actual cake order today. It's for a little girl's 10th birthday, and she wants the cake to have a picture of Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender. It's a kid's show on nickelodeon. I don't know where to find good...

Quote:Originally Posted by matissehii fell for this too, but stupid me uploaded them here, thinking they were real.kyliehahahaha don't feel bad. So did I, not too long ago. Probably a couple months ago. Still, they were absolutely...

Okay. So I have to make a cake for our 25th family reunion, and I want it to look really elegant since it's the 25th year. I really want to make red roses out of royal icing, which is fine, but I want them to have the effect that the...

my aunt sent me an email today with these pictures- we don't know the person who actually crafted them- all we know is that the babies are crafted out of marzipan. I think they are beautiful, and thought the rest of CC would like to see...

it's no picnic here in vermont either. My house alone is 98 degrees- we don't have a/c because we have retarded windows and the type we would need are double in cost. we try not to run the oven- last night it was so bad we went out for...

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HELP!!!! I'm trying to make a cake that has roses on it for a friend's birthday. Everytime I try to make a rose, the icing just droops into one big ball of mushy icing. It won't keep shape at all. What icing recipe is the best for...

Hello, my name is April, and I have an addiction.::in unison- "hello April"::I didn't think I had an addiction to the site until it was gone. It's my drug. I neeeeeeeeeeed it- at least 25 times a day- without it I experience mood swings,...

Quote:Originally Posted by mommabudai'm scheduled for a c-section this thursday morning and my mom just called that someone wants me to make a cake for their birthday for friday! are they crazy? not only am i tired and exhausted but i...

I'm VERY new to this cake decorating thing, and I've heard alot about using viva paper towels to smooth the icing. Can someone explain to me this procedure, and why is it typically used only with viva brand paper towels??