Posts by OzCookie

Patience, Grasshopper!!I had a similar dilemma about 6 months ago, wanting to buy it as a birthday gift for a friend.Finally got it via Ebay, after lodging a "favourite search" - this allows an automatic search on keywords for up to 12...

Castor sugar is a fine granulated white sugar - It is not as fine as Powdered sugar, but not as coarse as "regular" sugar.As most mud-cake recipes call for the liquid ingredients to be melted, you could probably substitute with regular...

Quote:Originally Posted by LubyHow come these posts are out of order? Yeah, I've noticed this a couple of times! I just thought we had some psychic members, answering queations before they were asked! Come on over, anytime!

WOW... It's a stunner!Thank you, Sharon, for finding those links!

Funnily enough - I had the opposite problem!In Australia, "American-style" decorating has been a bit slow to take off, so almost everything is done with fondant!I bought loads of buttercream "tools", but have had what is almost panic...

Pop in a couple of upside-down flower nails (greased).This is a tip that I picked up from CC, and it works wonders on larger cakes, without leaving a huge hole as per heating cores.That said, for a 12 x 12, I find I don't need flower...

Thank you so much for sharing!I often have requests for vegan cakes, but have not found a recipe that holds up, until now!

Quote:Originally Posted by pecheeThis lady is the den leader for our wolves, and I have seen her cakes, that is why I volunteered a cake when we were having a meeting! She is usually so nice, but that just bugged me. But yes, I do...

Quote:Originally Posted by LiliShi girls,just got back from having that awful cortisone injection into my palm. OMFG... OUCH!!!!!!!!! it hurt like I dont know what!!!!!!!Oooooh..... OUCH!!!! Loads of sympathy, loads of...

How funny! I'm a total marzipan NUT (no pun intended!) As you say, each to there own!Most of my fruitcake customers prefer "no marzipan" - I guess it's a bit of an acquired taste, 'cos only the oldies seem to want it. Oops - dating...