Posts by CakeDiosa

thanks for this Jeff. I didn't know she had a newsletter but will signing up. I tried a red velvet out of one of the doctor books but it has a german choc base and wasn't overly impressive. I'll try this one and see how it turns out....

Hey thanks for the compliments ya'll!!Here is what I did with gumpaste: First I rolled the center - um, I don't know what it's called - a quill maybe? Anyway, I rolled that out and let it firm up while I did the actual feather part. I...

I have. I thin it with Vodka. Use the vodka to clean your airbrush too when your done.

Take a scrap piece of fondant and experiment with the gel color alone versus fondant. The gel color will shine but I don't know about mixing it. If you rub it with crisco it will shine but not like glass more like leather. Spray it...

See my feather here: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1576113.htmlIf this is what you mean I can PM you instructions. hope this helps!

See my Fedora Hat cake. You can see the interior and that will help it make sense. I let the panels dry for about two weeks. They were about 70% gumpaste and 30% fondant. I'd do all gumpaste next time I just mixed it because I wanted...

I don't have one yet but am growing more interested. I went into my cake store yesterday and the owner had one. She said to hold off buying one because Cricut will be coming out with a machine specifically for cake decorators. I guess...

Sounds like you've got the right idea. One thing that might help carve is a tip I learned from a Mike Mc Carey DVD. If you can print out the picture of the bottle and enlarge it to the size you need then you can just lay it over the...

Here is a link to the sheet cake serving sizes: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1300481.htmlIn the galleries there is also a round cake serving chart. I'd probably make a figure 8 with two round cakes then get my shape from that. ...

When I took a cake course we used a super stiff icing too. The instructor explained that it was so that what we were learning to pipe would hold and that if we substituted the recipe she'd know because anything else would be too soft. ...