Posts by Mrsnoodle

I like the impact that syrup can have on a cake, especially lemon or orange but I am not sure what works well on chocolate cake. Any suggestions for a syrup recipe for chocolate cake?

I have found that using small amounts of the Americolor Royal blue gives the greenish tint of that Tiffany Blue.

I would like to make a cake ball cake and thought it would be a good idea to have a cone to support it. Can I get an idea from people what they use for this or do you tend to make a solid pile of cake balls and if so, how do you stick...

I'm just interested to know how many of you pour flavored syrups onto your cakes? Do you make your syrup from scratch or some some product?Does it impact how you go about decorating your cake?I've never done it but am tempted to give it...

Thanks anasazi17.That is great to know!

I have been asked to do a Radio Flyer Cart cake with the little wooden side supports on top. Initially I was thinking that I would use pastillage for the wooden bits but then I thought that maybe gingerbread would work.The "wooden"...

I have just made the cupcakes I need to send into my daughter's class on Monday. I am planning on putting snowmen on top.Obviously they will need to be frozen and my original intention was to freeze them now and decorate them when I...

Thanks for the suggestions. I didn't really go about this the right way and hence the seams but I managed to cover them up using fondant "grouting" as used in Lindy Smith's book. The surface was painted in a mottled manner so it worked...

I have just put fondant on a ball cake and have lots of seams. How do I most easily get rid of them. Rubbing with my hands just isn't cutting it?

I am planning on doing a Neptune cake for someone next week. I have 8" ball tins. This is my first time doing a ball cake and I am wondering if a bigger ball is harder than a smaller one or does it not make much difference? Should I...