BakingIrene, could you direct me to that post? I'm curious now. I add tylose to fondant/gumpaste and mix it with clay quite often without any problem whatsoever.
Gumpaste is actually fondant with tylose powder added to it. It makes the fondant dry hard. Fondant will not dry hard without the tylose.I add tylose to gumpaste to make it extra hard. So with the softness of the clay and the gumpaste...
I'm sure this answer is probably too late but it may come in handy if it happens againI mix a bit of tylose powder into gumpaste. Once it is well distributed, I knead the same amount of the gumpaste with the candy clay. The gumpaste...
Bake your 2 layers of cake making the bottom one a bit taller. Hollow out the bottom layer of the cake, leaving only a 1-inch-thick "wall" on the bottom and sides. Put this layer on it's serving board/plate/platter.Make your strawberry...
Whooops I guess I got ahead of myself. The only thing I can think of is that your fondant is too heavy and/or your cakes are not heavy enough or dense enough to withstand the weight of the fondant.
It sounds like a stacking problem to me. Are you using any sort of dowels or bubble tea straws? If you are, then my guess is you cut them too short and the weight of the cakes above them are smashing it down and creating the dreaded...
I use foam core boards too, but wrapped in foil. I'm not sure about them being food safe and all that so just to be sure, I use food grade aluminum foil. I buy them at the dollar store and cut them to size myself.I also drive a sharpend...
Tomthebarncat, you took the words right out of my mouth. Just because the cake is priced inexpensively it should not taste bad. To some people (not me) the cake may be cute and they may buy it because of that and because it's a Cake Boss...
Quote:Originally Posted by GodotHas anyone actually tried the cake? Is it good? What's on the ingredients label?Sad to see that the crab pot is alive and well on CC, but that's about par for the course."Crab pot"? Really? Who? Me?Lol,...
