Posts by sewsugarqueen

Carrot cake should be nice and firm for wedding cake... Be sure to bake ahead , wrap and put plates or boards on top to firm it up.  Yes, fondant in a middle layer would be nice and good contrast but you don't want to use a cream...

It's done with royal icing(string work)  Most important is marking off spaces before you start using a measuring tape or paper you put around cake and then mark off evenly.  Practice working on sides of cakes... it's so much...

If you are a hobby baker how often do you double a recipe?  I can double a cake recipe or brownies in my 6 quart.  I have my mom's KA and a 6 qt profession KA. Ask yourself will you be selling stuff or do you just do it...

I am faster at royal icing and colour flow.  I like how I can put clear plastic over item, outline it then fill in with royal icing.  What are you better at?  Go with what you are more familiar ( and less stress) with...

The white( blond) fruitcakes are easy to make.  I didn't learn to make fruitcake until I was in my twenties and found the lighter colours easier to bake.   Be sure to put parchment paper on bottom on pans and I always...

Can you explain how you get even and consistant lines?  Especially spacing between lines staying the same and even.  Any other fast tricks would help as well.  Since I do hundreds of cookies for a bakery others suggested...

Make a cardboard template and then cut out cake.  You are right about the neck... I think I would make that out of rice krispie treats/.  Are you planning on laying it down flat?  Cause if it has to be upright I would...

OK , Costco no longer has the cream cheese on sale right now and the cheapest I can get it is 3.29 for 250 g ( that's about *8 oz).  For the future could I freeze blocks of cream cheese and then defrost and use to make cream...

Do you want the taste of limoncello or actually use limoncello ( alcohol)  I have done a recipe for a tiramisu that uses limoncello instead of the coffee  very nice but time consuming.  How about making a plain white...

I went directly to agbay on line and ordered it.  They shipped it ( you do pay for shipping).