Posts by Jennifer353

Yes, definately. It is normal to have marzipan underneath. A recent high profile royal icing covered cake was William and Kate's royal wedding cake

Quote: Originally Posted by Elcee  I agree for all the reasons you stated and more including that that kind of "helpfulness" always does come across as snarky. It sure is fun to think about doing it though...

I have fairly limited experience of gluten free baking but if the flour mix already has the gum it I think it shouldn't require more.   I have used vinegar a few times in cake and it does work! It's to make acidity level right...

I had some really nice cupcakes from a little shop at the bottom of School St - opposite the Famine memorial. Sorry I cant remember the name and it's a jewellers on Google street view

Quote: Originally Posted by absolutelysweet  Thanks for the information. The reason for the price I think is because I have only been decorating for 3 years and I am self taught. X If you don't think something is good...

A rich fruit cake, if wrapped well, can last a year with minimal effect on it. That's assuming they dont want to feed it with alcohol - if they are ok with doing that it can taste better after the year than it would on day one and...

Glad you are happy. How do you know she referred them to you/how does she know they accepted her referal/does it just rely on the customer telling you and you keeping an honest track of who has mentioned it? Hopefully there is a...

Some fruit cakes are not designed to store - they are really like a maderia cake with fruit in it. Other fruit cakes are sufficiently rich to store well and mature with age instead of spoiling. If you use one of the ones that mentions...

If you greased your pans the lack of flour on them may not cause a big problem - I guess by now you are taking them out of the oven so you will discover that shortly.   Mixing it for exactly 2 mins may not make a huge...

I have never tried that site but I know a lot of people here recommend http://www.joyofbaking.com/. I also regularly use http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/ and don't think I've ever had a bad recipe from it.   If you don't...