Posts by sweetkake

For buttercream, I use yellow icing and put in a small drop of brown, you will get gold but not metalic. Then I spray with pearl sheen or Americolor as a gold sheen that's looks better sprayed on gold buttercream. HTH

Thanks for the suggestion but I am a little confused. Is that how you make a round snake or a flat snake? How do you roll one with a cake pan? Thanks[/quote]Sorry I'm not explaining well. Holding cake pan with both hands, roll LIGHTLY,...

Hi Kura,Before I got an extruder, I used a large cake board or cake pan to lightly roll over the fondant piece. It will get longer and longer so you will need a long space. The pan is easier to hold on to but it is heavier to hold for...

Or the mouth of a glass or jar. My grandma use to cut biscuits with the mouth of a jelly glass. LOL!

When I need a flat top with buttercream on a cupcake, I spread buttercream evenly on a sheet pan lined with wax paper. Then I freeze it fairly firm but not frozen solid, I take a cookie cutter the size I need for the cupcake and make...

HTH (Hope this helps.) My avatar is a toy chest without the hinges. If you look at sweetkakes.com and click on baby shower cakes at the bottom of the page, you will see a couple I've done. These were sometime ago before I learned...

It's less expensive to use styrofoam if you don't want to use cake for the lid. I use styrofoam rounds cut in half and a wooden skewer pushed through all of the halves from side to side. I place them cut side down on a board that has...

Sorry, I must be more tired than I thought. lol Here is the link.http://bakecakery.com/2011/03/16/red-velvet-cake-with-beets/

I stand corrected. The Waldorf has a very good recipe but not with beets. This is the link to the recipe with beets. Doesn't sound appetizing but it's great.

I feel the same way about the red food coloring so I use the Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake. It uses beets to get the rich color. Really good.