Posts by Gefion

Quote: Originally Posted by Bluehue      My whole point being - If you want to make a Ganache for cakes - you don't want air in it If you want to make ganache for filling a chocolate...

It is not the clients job to know how you price a custom made cake. It's fine to be annoyed (I get annoyed too sometimes), but to post a lenghty rant and to post the clients emails on a public forum is just unprofessional and totally...

Breaking RI is almost always airbubbles, especially when using the small writers, like 2, 1 and 0. It could also be a problem of pulling the icing when piping. As Kakeladi says, more info could help solve the problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by kazita  I think you mean tips instead of tubes unless im wrong and someone here corrects me they are called "tips" Kat   Tube is another (and older) word for tip. It's still...

Quote: Originally Posted by BakingIrene  Ditto for "you didn't really need that cake book back, did you?" when my copy of Lambeth disappeared into the ether of friends-of -friends... Whaaaat? Please tell me you...

When I serve Lambeth and Nirvana style cakes, I just cut it. Icing goes everywhere - but it's great fun. I don't do collars, but if I did, I would remove them first. The Nirvana style run-outs that are made directly on the cake (as in,...

I make dark royal icing - black included - by adding the color before adding any powdered sugar. You'll need far less this way. Touch it up with a bit of extra color if it's not dark enough when you're done mixing.

Quote:Originally Posted by Pearl645You're right about not being able to produce a consistent product with high quality with scratch recipes. I can attest to that. From the moment I started doubling and worse tripling and quadrupling my...

3 hours at room temp - longer than that, and I would be required, by law, to throw it out.

Quote:Originally Posted by ragdollyanna77I too have just started taking orders for strangers and am having the same problem! I strike up a good rappor with them and they forward on fabric samples etc to match colour so i know they defo...