Posts by lexi55033

I guess I should also mention that these are buttercream, not fondant covered cakes. I know that makes a difference. I have figured out my cost of materials and time, etc. That is how I originally arrived at these figures. I was just...

I know I have been undercharging for custom cakes and I'm working to correct that now that I'm close to opening my new shop (a couple more weeks). I am fully licensed and have been for a few years now. I live in a suburb of the Mpls/St...

I have a 5 Qt KA (got for our wedding 15 yrs ago), a 7 Qt Viking (bought new about 3 yrs ago) and a 20 Qt Hobart (bought used about 1 yr ago). I use the Viking 95% of the time and absolutely LOVE it!!! I know they make a 5 Qt version of...

All of the recipes that I've tried have been too dense for my taste (in cupcake form anyways). I'm looking for a lighter, fluffier carrot cake, if such a thing exists. Something that will produce nicely domed cupcakes and is more of a...

There is one window right next to the door and about the same size as the door. I will have blinds on this window and plan on closing them when I am not there. One nice thing we did, was divide the space up into 2 sections. The front...

For me, the sour cream solved the stickness problem too. They weren't sticky at all when I used the sour cream. I'd definitely give that a try.

I'm in the process of opening a cake studio. I've been renting a commercial kitchen up to this point. The new location isn't going to be a retail store open to the public. I'm still just taking custom orders and everything will be by...

The two things I've found with tappits that really help me are 1. make sure you roll the fondant REALLY REALLY thin and 2. After I roll the fondant out, I let it just sit and dry for about 5 minutes before using the tappit so it doesn't...

I was reading another post about the Hershey's Chocolate cake recipe and someone suggested substituting sour cream in place of the milk called for in the recipe. I tried that this weekend and it worked beautifully!!! I baked the cupcakes...

Thanks for the replies everyone! There are some great ideas there. I don't have the skills to pull off that bagpipe cake, but it's an awesome cake! Angie