Posts by Kandykin

Quote:Originally Posted by carmijokJust curious...the minute amount of alcohol that is left after evaporation is so infinitesimal, you'd have to eat probably 50 plus full cakes to even have anything register in your bloodstream if then! ...

Yes you can. Just make sure the cake you are applying the collar to is well chilled before and freeze it after - like texas sugar said. I used parchment paper and freezing the cake made for a cleaner removal of the parchment paper.

Interesting - this would be my first topsy turvy and I hadn't even thought of how to price it. Thanks Leily!

I was just about to start a new topic on this - hope someone replies to this.

Quote:Originally Posted by DaPomTwo summers ago I entered a dessert contest locally. It was outdoors at the local park, and was combined with a picnic. I decided to get into the "picnic" theme and made a 9" hamburger with all the...

Thank you for making me feel better - love you guys for it. I guess I just have to forget it and move on.

The rules were very specific - if you sell or have sold cakes in the past, you have to enter in the professional category.As for the voting - each cake had a little container in front of it with the name of the entrant and each person at...

I entered a competition earlier in the year as an amateur. I don't intend to brag but there were 3 cakes that stood out above the rest in that category, with mine being one of them. Recently I found out that the winner in the amateur...

Blakescakes - thanks for the advice.Quote:Originally Posted by ChefCJ619Can't lawyers afford to pay more than a measly $300 for a cake? Just sayin'.... That's what I thought too! They charge that much for 15 minutes of their time, if...

Quote:Originally Posted by KitagrlI don't even do sketches until I have a deposit, and I know the customer's budget (made a sketch before and it was above the customer's budget so I had to start again, that's why the last...