Posts by kiwigal81

Just wanting to vent here. I've studied at degree level. The plan was to finish off with teaching, do it part time, and try to get good enough to have a cake business. After years of trying and searching, I have fallen madly, truly in...

I've used all butter, it was fine. If it's very hot, shortening and butter mix holds up better because shortening is not soft at room temp the same way butter is. But they have both worked for me. If it is very hot and using all butter,...

There's an edible varnish in here for the smaller bits, search the recipes. Some people use a food spray I think, that oil spray. I live in another country so don't know the name, sorry.I've read that steaming it can do that too, because...

I love my 5petal cutter for making quick roses, do three rounds and there you go. Makes it speedy and easy to graduate the colour. Use with cornflour/icing sugar mix 50/50 as the cornflour doesn't dry out as fast. I dry them in egg...

Hey Mr Builder, I'd like you to build my new house. Your portfolio and reputation are great. But I'm still not sure. Please build me a playhouse for my kids, complete with carved accents and a letterbox free of charge. (So I can rip you...

Yeah, she's not being nice. The wedding cake I did went from 100 to 200 overnight and that was unexpected, couldn't be helped, but they offered to pay for ingredients, or let me do cupcakes and were going to buy me an impression mat,...

I think it's piped because when I look closely, I can see all the texture along the edges.

The pic that comes to my mind is a different colour scheme, black with gold/bronze accents, like those clockwork type cakes.

I usually make mine a little softer than I would have it to roll out too as it stiffens up in the fridge, I test it the next day. It also gets stiffer over time and I guess it's the cold too, so if I make it a little soft, it's just...

Did you whip it enough? I made IMBC tonight and thought mine was going to be too runny, then all of a sudden it came together, thick and whipped.