Posts by SJEmom

I am having my son's 2nd birthday party in a little over a week. It will be a small group of people - at most 20 people including the little ones. It will be a monkey theme. I haven't yet decided on a cake shape, but I know it will...

My DD's class has been learning about the Charles River in Massachusetts all year. For their end of year of year party I have offered to make a cake with the Charles River on it. I am very much a novice! I have looked at pictures in...

Quote:Originally Posted by paolacaracasJewish laws for Kashrud are not stupid, and if you put your kids in a jewish school, you know this are the rules. My kids are in a jewish school and a I don't have a kosher kitchen so I go and buy a...

I want to bring a cake for my DS's preschool class ("the Lions") however the preschool has some REALLY crazy rules that they can't seem to get around - has to come from a Kosher bakery, has to be completely nut free (no possible...

Another update...I cut off the edges of the cake just out of the freezer. First, I cut too much and realizing that it was moist on part of the area I had cut to remove, I made a new ring closer to the edge (so my cake has a ring...

So I just pulled my cake from the freezer and the center has spring to it, but the edges are rock hard. My DH suggested just cutting off the hard parts. I am debating about picking up another box of cake mix or just proceeding like...

I am making a 2 layer 9" round cake for my DH's birthday tomorrow. I baked a DH Devil's Food cake (and added extra egg and pudding mix) following the recipe for pound cake on the side of the box. I got a bit confused with bake time...

Wow, that is a lot. Is that factoring in frosting the whole cake or just doing the basket around the edge and any small decorations I do on the top? I am planning on "frosting and filling" the cake with chocolate frosting, so the bc...

Okay the video really drives it home! Thanks for that link! I would totally love to try it. I am making my DH a chocolate round cake with chocolate frosting and I thought that it might look cool to do the basket weave with a blue...

i am pretty novice at this, but I have been using the DH cake mixes (Devil's Food and Classic Yellow) for my cakes, but I follow the recipe on the side of the box for making "pound" cake by adding in pudding and an extra egg. They come...