Posts by lthiele

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Hi all - just wondering if anyone has ever coloured the wire flower stamens and how you did it. I have some white ones and need them to be a peachy colour for a wedding cake next week. I have peach paste colour and was thinking about...

Hi All - I have been asked to do a swimming pool cake with white fondant and blue jelly for the water. If I chill my cake in the fridge, can I pour the blue jelly straight onto the white fondant and then let it set or will it make the...

Yeah that's right Debi, can't fit a finger down there, but it's not flush. Have been using a bench scraper (actually a plastic tool from the hardware, which I think is for tiling - but it works!) I must be holding my hand at an angle!...

Hi all - I am doing my first square wedding cake and have to attach a pale coffee coloured ribbon to an ivory cake. I secured the back with sugar glue to see if it would dry clear, but NO! Is there something else I can use so the ribbon...

Quote:Originally Posted by sadsmileHa ha ha short-cream.Blaagghhh.........vomit![/quote]lthiele wrote: Ok - jealousy happening over here! Is it possible to make either IMBC or SMBC with a bench mix master or is a KA a must have? I make...

Wow Vic - this is really heartbreaking, it sounds like someone in your local Council / Goverment Office is really trying to make your life hard. I don't know if this is useful or appropriate to your situation, but we have something...

Ok - jealousy happening over here! Is it possible to make either IMBC or SMBC with a bench mix master or is a KA a must have?

I've never tried making either, but am dead keen now too! So we know that they do not stand up well to heat, but do they need to be refrigerated to maintain their shape and / or to be safe?

Quote:Originally Posted by luvmysmootherFunny you mentioned the cornstarch made your fondant weird. I've never used corn starch on fondant but I just saw very recently a link to some videos by Norm Davis and he says never to use...