Posts by Torts

That's a great idea! Haha his birthday is in September, so I'll have a full year to work on it. No one would believe me that this could be done with a cake. Thank you so much for all of your help!

Thanks y'all. I tried three hobby shops and they all said they couldn't help I laughed about marrying an engineer- my brother is an electrical engineer and said "go buy a motor." Not helpful, haha! My dad does model trains obsessively...

Okay, thank you so much! Do you think I'd be able to find that at a hobby store? They were closed today but I was going to go by there tomorrow. I just have to have it for Friday night, so eBay really isn't feasible, unfortunately....

I need some help! I'm making a cake for my friend's rehearsal dinner- they wanted something "New Orleans" so I'm doing the New Orleans streetcar. I have the mini lights that I'm going to use as the headlight in front and in the street...

When I try to carve, I grind up the Rice Krispies until they're almost powdery. It helped me A LOT!

Quote:Originally Posted by MadameRazactually, according to the IRS, even if you make 1$ doing anything, you must report it...granted, you are expected to report the expenses incurred making that 1$ thus perhaps no taxes would be...

I totally agree indydebi. When I was looking for an apartment last year, I didn't even bother with the ones that didn't list their prices on their website. I'm not sure if it's because I automatically assumed they would be out of my...

Quote:Originally Posted by indydebiI like cakesrock's suggestion, but just wanted to say that wow this must be some strong vanilla 'coz in my kitchen there's no such thing as too much vanilla! My thoughts exactly... I remember as a kid...

I wanted to try melted buttercream to dip my cupcakes in. I microwaved the buttercream for a few seconds while it was still a darkish gray and it really intensified the black.

Cupcakes cook a lot quicker! I used the double layer chocolate cake recipe from Epicurious and it says to bake the cakes for an hour, I think... when I made cupcakes our of the recipe they were done in 22 minutes on the same...