Posts by DinasSugarShack

Does anybody have a template for the eifel tower? I saw a really nice one made out of pas tillage (I am not sure what that is, but I am going to take a wild guess and assume it is gum paste)I need to make one and not sure where to start....

No, what I mean by a strawberry shortcake is a vanilla cake filled with a custard filling and strawberries.

I have two cakes to make. Both strawberry shortcakes. One is for saturday and one for sunday. How far in advance can I make them? I am worried that the strawberries may taste funny if I make them too far in advance.I was thinking...

Does anyone know of a bulk food store in buffalo near walden galeria or in niagara falls NY near the outlet malls?I need to buy high ratio shortening and I am not sure where to get it in those areas.ThanksDina

Ok, so as if I don't have enough stuff to do I have been asked to host a little cake decorating demo for a bunch of grade 6 students who are not going on a field trip. So I am supposed to show them how to decorate a basic cake and then...

Where do you buy chefmaster colors, I have never heard of them.Nutriwhip is more stable than dreamwhip but I am not sure if it is stable enough for piping, that's why I askedI will try the wilton one and see what happens.Thanks for your...

I use Mccalls fondant and I am having trouble coloring it in hot pink. I bought the americolor fushia and it came out lavender. Does anyone use Mccals fondant and know how to get a hot pink?Also, for those of you who use nutriwhip , can...

For the flying part, Duff makes these wires that you can stick in a cake and attach things to them, they will kind of look like a baby mobile.

I am basing this on a square or rectangel cake. You can do the guitar in a corner and Pom poms in another corner. You can the lines from her favorite song on the center. As for the music note I would put them on the sides of the cake...

So I am supposed to do an excercise themed cake, I am going to make a gumpaste bike and some excercise related decor. The client wants the colors to be black and fushia.Any suggestions on design? it is a two tiered cake. The bike will be...