Posts by sherryj

Does anyone know what colors to mix to get the Tiffany box color. Thank so much.

As you can see, I am a newbie and have only been doing cake decorating for about a year and love it. I have heard about cake decorators meetups but was wondering if someone can tell me what they are, what goes on and if there are any in...

Try the company Pfeil & Holing. They have a website and I believe they sell a few diferent kits.

I have been trying to learn to make gumpaste flowers on my own without taking a class (can't find one). My flowers seem to break when I try to assemble them. Is is because they are not fully dried/hardened? Would using fondant be...

Thanks for the reply guys. Yes and I have taken all the classes they have to offer. They unfortunately don't have a class that pertains just to gum paste. My instructor at the time said she was going to have the class one day but...

Does anyone know where I can take gumpaste flower classes in New Jersey? I have done some research and there is one person that offers it down the shore area but she is a bit expensive for my wallet.

Thanks everyone for the quick replies. I will have to try the crisco trick if I get another crack. Yeah, I was thinking of purchasing that Flawless Fondant video.

Does anyone know how to fix a flaw in fondant once you have put it on the cake? Such as a crack or fingerprint. My instructor told me that there is no way to fix it. To just cover it with a decoration.

Quote:Originally Posted by alanahodgsonDid the dowels go in straight in the first place? If they were not straight the weight of the the upper tier could have pushed them further off balance and caused the slide. Were you using wood...

I made a cake for my daughter b-day. it was a tiered cake (two cakes). It made it though day one and two but on the day of her b-day the top cake kind of slid off a bit. At the party I took the top cake off and noticed that the dowels...