Posts by niccicola

I need a chocolate mousse or ganache filling recipe that doesn't need refrigerating. I have to ice the cake with buttercream and fondant so i can't put it in the refrigerator.Do you think just a basic 1/2 cream 1/2 chocolate mix would...

I have searched in the recipe section for recipes and I guess I have found a recipe that will work, but I'd like your opinion before I try it.So, I'm doing a cake for this Saturday. It's a sheet cake with a 3-D Elmo on top with fondant...

Does this have to be refrigerated after whipping? I have a cake next week calling for chocolate mousse, and I think whipped ganache is ALMOST the same, but they want fondant on the cake and I dont' want to have to refrigerate it.Does...

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i know i should have posted this with my other question, but i forgot. shoot me.So, my client wants everything exactly like the picture. should i purchase the wilton alphabet fondant cutters to make the lettering? To me, the letters in...

Awesome! Thanks gals! i think i might try ordering some americolor and seeing how that works!

I need to make an exact replica (or close enough) of the cake I attached below. I'm pretty confident I can achieve this cake. It's fairly simple.My question is how to get that deep red color for the buttercream icing? I am so scared to...

Does anyone else price by the number of servings a pan could potentially serve? I use the Wilton charts as a guideline and start charging $2 per serving. My questions are:How do you make sure your client is going to cut the cake to make...

I just got a phone call from a lady wanting a last minute groom's cake to be picked up next Friday (a week and a day away). She wanted a carved cake, 2D or 3D, of a hit-or-miss engine McCormick Dearing (do a google image search and it's...

I just did a frozen buttercream transfer last night on a cake. I actually did the image last monday and put it in our deep freezer so that I could be sure it would be absolutely frozen. I had all my cake ready up to the point I needed...