Posts by tracey1970

I never use a heating core. I don't want the big hole(s) in my cake. I use greased, inverted metal flower nails. One or two in smaller pans (9" - 12") and more in larger pans. Spread out the nails to evenly spread the heat. The holes...

I use the Wilton roller, but you don't have to. If you cover your cake board with anything that isn't food safe, you have a couple of options to make it foodsafe. At Michael's you can buy food grade cellophane wrap in a roll. I use that...

Satin Ice

I'll second that. Sugarshacks DVD is great. In the short term, though, there are tutorials on Youtube for how to handle, roll out, and cover a cake with fondant. Many of them a quite good.

I agree. I use it all the time. Tightly wrapped for a year, and it's fine.

I use Satin Ice on every cake too. I roll it out on a mat covered with a thin coat of shortening. I haven't had a problem with that - and I cover the cake right away.

That pic is of a cupcake with a mini-ball pan half on top. I have made a larger sized ornament out of the larger sized sports ball pan (it's in my photos), and I made a golf ball out of the same pan covered in fondant (in my photos)....

The Mickey Mouse cookies in my photos are done with black royal icing, and I used Americolor black to get the colour.

Satin Ice

I've done OK with Wilton melts at 30% power on the microwave. I have made the mistake of forgetting to turn down the heat and have had it seize because it burned. I did have a problem with the orange Wilton ones for Hallowe'en. I also...