Posts by handymama

These will be for personal use, and probably decorated with both BC and RI (but not on the same cookie).  I really dislike biting into a hard, stale cookie, but need to leave time open closer to Christmas. So far I've stayed...

Once baked, decorated, and packaged what is the shelf life of an average cookie? TIA!

This is the year that I finally try NFSC to make Christmas cookies. I vaguely remember reading something about freezing the dough after cutting out the shapes in order to keep good edges. True? What else should I know? I don't want to...

How 'bout a blown sugar snowman with pulled sugar carrot nose and stovepipe hat, etc.? Choc clay children and dog around him and choc. clay spruce tree with icing "snow" on branches.  

Add 1/2# ps for every 8 oz. cc  

Yikes, kakeladi, what kind of cake boards do you use? Standard cardboard ones are 1/8", but I'd love to find some heavier ones. Meanwhile, I roll my fondant a maximum of 1/8" thick.  

Get Mike McCarey's video.  

As soon as the fondant is on the cake use your hands to adhere it at the shoulder an down the sides an inch or so. For square cakes do the corners first. If you leave it hanging from the top edge it tears more easily. Also, have your...

Depends on how much food coloring you use and how much you eat.  

I think you mean each tier, not each layer, but either way it sounds gross. I wouldn't do it.