Posts by michalmari

I have a client who wants a special Halloween cake this year. The theme is an Alien Autopsy. My thought is a sheet cake that will be the autopsy table, I will create some autopsy instruments, etc. The challenge I have is that I have not...

Anyone know where I can get some miniature colored LED lights to use in an upcoming cake? I have found the "floating tealights" but I am not sure those are small enough. I have seen several cake artists use LEDs here on CC and would love...

Has anyone ever had a request for a volcano cake which would have lava coming out "on demand" - so to speak? I have a potential new client for a large company who is asking for this kind of cake. I have never made an "interactive" cake...

I am venturing out into the wedding cake arena and have my first consultation with a bride this Friday. This information is wonderful as I was wondering what to ask for as a deposit. I think 50% makes sense, up front and I like the idea...

Anyone have a good distributor they use to buy their cocoa powder from? I was buying mine from Costco - pretty good Dutch unsweetened cocoa powder too. It was 1.5 lbs and I was able to buy it for under $7. Now I am back to buying it from...

Thanks so much LindaF144a. I will give it a shot and see what happens.

Ok - so increase the flour by 1/2 cup OR decrease the granulated sugar by 1/4 cup? Do I have that correct? Also, do you think it makes a difference on light or dark brown sugar?

Thanks LindaF144a. How much would you suggest I reduce the sugar by? If I reduce the sugar should I increase the flour as well? I was given the recipe when I attended a one hour cake decorating/baking class a couple years ago from a...

It is actually concave - it domes nicely while cooking though. The outside of the cake was definitely done - it was actually a bit overdone. The center of the cake was cooked all the way as well - it was not at all doughy. The toothpick...

Here's the recipe and directions - I used 9" pans with flower nails in the center. The odd thing is that the center was indeed done but just sunk... I was going to post this recipe for others to try out but want to figure out the problem...