Posts by cserwa

I have the top portion of a fondant cake left over. It is homemade chocolate cake, buttercream frosting (with butter), and covered in fondant. If I freeze it, will it be good later, or does freezing ruin the fondant? TIA!

Ok. Really dumb question. I just worked with fondant for the first time. Rolled it out on my work area using Crisco. I never work with shortening. I cleaned up and have grease-covered dish towels. Are they ok to go in my washing...

I'm sorry. Today was a VERY long long long day. I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant, a full time teacher, ran 3 miles today, and then came home and caked for about 5 hours. I was exhausted when I was posting. I did have butter in the recipe. ...

I think it's more an issue of liquid added. I tried paddling, and the excess liquid is sinking to the bottom of the counter. I think it I tried to put this on cake, the moisture would make the cake soggy. Sigh. I guess back to the...

It's still kinda blobby. When I paddle it, it seems like it just spreads, like the moisture is pulling away from it. Not spreadable. Am I just not doing it long enough? I'm going to keep going while I wait for reply that will...

When I finish "paddling", do I rewhip it or just spread onto cake?

MY HERO! I will try that now. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I'm making chocolate buttercream with powdered sugar, whipping cream, vanilla extract, butter extract, salt, and cocoa powder. I think I may have overmixed. It went from thick and creamy to more like a mousse texture that is NOT...

You guys have made my day not only by answering, but also by providing the answer I was hoping for! Thank you so much!For a Saturday morning cake, I intend on covering in buttercream Friday, putting in fridge for an hour or so, covering...

You guys are AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing!!!