Posts by ycknits

Indy Debbie's recipe is my summer-time crusting American Buttercream. Her all shortening recipe is very stable in the heat and humidity. If the cake is going to be in an air-conditioned environment, I substitute butter for about 1/3 to...

I was sort of afraid to try SMBC and IMBC because there are so many posts about people having trouble. But I decided to try a batch of SMBC (because it seemed like the easier of the the two.) It worked fine for me, but I wasn't crazy...

I love the Durable Chocolate Cake recipe on this website. Many members of my family complain when I use another chocolate recipe of any sort, no matter what the cake design. It's definitely one of my favorite recipes.... and the ONLY one...

The butterfly is a popular recovery symbol. Here is a link to the Hazeldon bookstore page that features medallions (typically given to or carried by those in recovery as they progress through the 12-step program.)On the left hand side of...

I cut rectangles of fondant. Fold over the very edges of the long edges of the rectangle and pin down with gumpaste glue.... kind of like putting a little rolled hem on a piece of fabric. This gives a lovely, finished edge and prevents...

i use the buttercream recipe on the back of the Hershey's cocoa can. You can make a very dark buttercream simply by substituting Hershey's "special dark" cocoa for some or all of the regular cocoa. The recipe for buttercream is the same...

I like the petit four pourable icing recipe on the Martha Stewart website.

I make homemade custard-based icecream and share with my neighbors. I weigh my eggs, 8 oz of egg whites yields the equivalent of 8 yolks. I freeze them in 8 yolk batches in small freezer containers. Sometimes they are kind of solid after...

Here's one that I did for my grown-up son, based on his off-road radio-controlled truck. http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1797246I decided to make the truck from RKT for two reasons: it allowed me to make it ahead of time and then focus my...

I don't like using water.... have actually had liquid ooze out of bottom of cake from beneath fondant, even with a very light brushing with water. I prefer to use thinned down ( and sieved) apricot jam.... or slightly thinned corn syrup...