Posts by SJEmom

Giving this a bump...hoping someone can advise about what size cake to bake and size of strips to cut to put it together. thanks.

I am a very amateur baker, but I offered to make a cake for the winner of a silent auction in my community. My friend won the cake for $60! I really want to do a great job for her and her son (the cake will be for his birthday). He...

Thanks everyone for your replies. It turns out that I will have to let her down. I have a disk issue in my neck and although I love to bake, my husband says it is one more thing that I don't have to do and therefore I shouldn't do it....

I have seen those cupcake boxes before, but of course not when I want them. I found a box of "Jiffy" yellow cake mix. I have never made that before...hope it tastes decent. Also hoping that I can get a pinkish color with the yellow...

On my 3 year old niece's birthday I promised that when she came to visit me that I would make her pink cupcakes. As last minute plans, my parents are bringing her with them to visit next week...just before the holiday of Passover (which...

Once a month the parent's committee holds a lunch for the teachers and staff of the school and asks parents in a particular grade to bring in home baked desserts or fruit. Last month it was my son's grade's turn and I made a Purim...

Since it is a first birthday I assume that there will be kids there...Perhaps find out how many children will be there among the 150 (are they nuts for having a 1st birthday that big!?), and make cupcakes for the children to coordinate...

I have been using a hand mixer for making buttercream frosting and I got a stand mixer to use. Which attachment would I use? Flat beater or whip?Thanks.

Thanks for the information. I am so not ready to make my own fondant. I will just hope that the few accents that I add with the Wilton pre made stuff won't taste too bad (or will be easy enough to remove). I am not covering the cake...

I figured that it would be just apply while still soft or use more bc to stick it on.No, you didn't scare me. I haven't done fondant yet because it has sort of scared me and honestly whenever I have had a cake with fondant on it, I...