Posts by DinasSugarShack

Sweettooth Were your vases filled with anything? What kind of dowels did you use? wood or plastic?Also, pastrygirl, how did you use styrofoam for half the cake? did you use a peice of styrofoam as a cake layer?

Sandy, you are not kidding. They do look real. do you mind telling me what colors you used to dust them and what brand?

Can I use the chocolate moulds to make gumpaste seashells? How do I do that? Is there a better way? Dina

I want to use a glass vase to seperate two tiers. I want to fill the glass vase with beads or seashells (I just saw a similar one here). How do I do that? will it be too heavy?Do you glue the top tier to the lip of the vase?Any ideas...

Thank you. I wasn't sure if I could use hot glue

How do I apply material ribbon on the sides of a fondant covered board?What can I use to adhere it?dina

Thanks everyone for your honest opinion. I kind of knew that this was the right thing to do, but just wanted some confirmation. Anyway, next time I know better.

I am fairly new at this business and it seems that I am always underpricing. Anyway, I quoted a customer a price for a cake. It is is a pretty involved cake and had a lot of firsts for me so when I told her the price, I really did not...

Funny you should ask this.I too will be going back to school in a year and I was wondering how I would get back into the swing of things once school is over. I think that if people approached you about a cake and you had to decline and...

I bought the cardboard carriers one time, but my cupcakes tend to be a little larger so the icing was touching. So I found carriers that were more spaced out (called jumbo) and I think that would work well. You just have to see how big...