Posts by aztomcat

Well it all starts with learning to cover a two layer cake with fondant. I started that way. You will need to make homemade buttercream icing, ice the cake smooth. And then make marshmallow fondant, and place over the cake and...

I would use the cake mix extender to your mix. Search it in recipes, you can also add the pudding to it for extra flavor. I never go wrong with it.Good Luck Dee in AZ

I have seen many cakes where the duck sits in a barrel filled with bubbles or water. Cover the outside of the bottom cake with brown variegated fondant twisted to look like wood. Search some rubby ducky pictures in the gallery and you...

Look through the photos and you will see plenty of ideas for softballs and basketball cakes. Then make a peace sign and a "love" heart out of fondant. Make them a week early and let them dry on a skewer and stick them out of the top...

Cake balls can be kept in the fridge. So 5 days out should work. The RKT head wrapped in fondant can be made a week in advance. You can bake your cake a week in advance and freeze, then let defrost and come to room temp before...

Cake balls can be kept in the fridge. So 5 days out should work. The RKT head wrapped in fondant can be made a week in advance. You can bake your cake a week in advance and freeze, then let defrost and come to room temp before...

I like your butterfly idea, it also represents someone flying off to heaven.Good Luck,Dee in Az

1. Search the Melvira method here and you will see a description using a roller and viva paper towels.2. You can heat a spatula in hot water, dry the water off and use the warmed spatula to slightly heat the icing and smooth it. ...

Since its a kids playgroup....I would say cake balls would be great and easy to eat!Just say you thought they would be just the thing for kids. Adults and kids are always amazed by them.Good luck and feel better.Dee in AZ

I am picturing a carved metallic blue or purple vase with huge sunflowers coming out of it. Maybe sitting on a flat cake that is trimmed with the grass tip along the bottom with tiny sunflowers growing, maybe a tiny hoe, rake or...