Posts by de_montsoreau

I freeze baked cupcakes all the time, no problems there. They will be thawed in about 10 minutes. Have fun!  

Ganache sperately, then stack. Impossible to get them smooth when they are stacked. Fondant also needs to be applied before stacking. HTH!  

Uh oh, how I hate mini cakes... I did several weddings with mini cakes last year. No matter how much I charge, it is never nearly enough.   I usually start at around $ 10 for the round ones, for these I would charge 15 $ as...

I also give the the complete quote. If it is an elaborate cake or if they ask about very time consuming options, I always give them an indication of how long it will take to carry out a certain task. They either then decide to leave...

Kirsch is an essential ingredient for Black Forrest Cake. You use it in the cherry compote and in the whipped cream. It should give flavour but not actually taste of alcohol.  

I do mainly wedding cakes and other stuff only off season when I have time and am inclined :-)  The first year cakes were only part of my business so it was fairly quiet (about 3 cakes per month). The second year I was fully...

    Difficult, I loved a lot of cakes I did this year. Unfortunately I recently broke my camera and only have a few pictures  I can choose from. This cake has it flaws (the picture is horrible) but I loved the...

My customers must know about this thread - so one of them delivered something nice this morning, about a consultation scheduled for tomorrow:   " Yesterday a friend of ours who likes to bake offered to make the wedding cake...

Wednesday, around 5 pm. Phone rings in my shop. "Hello, I bought some of your wonderful cupcakes yesterday." (So far, so good). "Well, thank you what can I do for you?" "It's my girlfriend's birthday on Friday and I wonder if you...

mandolina, I am at least glad ro see I am not the only one who did not receive an answer to my mail to them. Not good customer service, Somerset...   I will have a look at the links as well, thanks for that Nixs!