Posts by shelbur10

This puts me in mind of a sign my sister has posted in her tanning salon..."Unattended children will be given complimentary espresso and a puppy."

I'm making a cake for my BIL's 40th birthday. My sis wants it to represent him always talking about 'knocking on 40's door." So she wants a doorway on top with a figure of him bursting through the door, to a cliff on the other side. ...

If you're referring the the fall themed cake in your pics, I think it's lovely just the way it is! I don't see that it needs anything more. Great job!

It will be fine to sit out until tomorrow. Unless your filling and/or frosting requires refrigeration.

If you're using buttercream, you can just frost with a red/brown frosting, then pipe on black or white lines to show a brick pattern. I did this on the Mario cake in my pics. If you're looking for something more polished, I'd go with...

I love Satin Ice, but I don't even touch sugar when I'm trying to roll it out, it sticks to everything! Try rolling it out with shortening, as PP mentioned, or cornstarch. I usually just use corstarch when I'm working with small...

He wants the X lying down on the cake, but raised up. Thanks for the suggestions, the idea of frosting a bunch of cut edges on a chocolate cake is giving me nightmares.

I'm making a cake for my nephew's birthday this weekend. He wants a 'rebel' flag. Not a design I would choose, but it's not my birthday, right? Anyway, the big problem is he specifically asked me to make the 'X' on the cake 3D, like...

There's a really good topsy turvy tutorial on this site. That should get you started. I'd imagine there are some videos on youtube as well. Good luck!

Lost one myself this week. She wanted something to serve 50, gave me 4 days notice, acknowledged and apologized for the short notice (I work a full time day job, cakes on the side). I agreed to do it, gave her a price, she said 'great,...