Posts by heartsnsync

I got an order request yesterday for a licensed image cake. I did research and there are very limited edible images or decopak items to be purchased for this character. However, there are paper plates, cups, bookmarks, etc. at the...

I have never made a Monster Truck cake so I am just guessing. But I would think the best method would be to use another medium mixed in with the edible color. Such as royal icing or maybe Americolor White with the other colors added...

I use a 50/50 gum paste/fondant mixture for modeling. This seems to work better for me than to add tylose to fondant as that seems to dry out and not be as easy to work with.

The previous poster suggestions are good. I would only add to print up pictures of actual flowers and get some cut flowers and try and copy them. I think my gum paste abilities kicked up a notch once I got my head around the basics and...

I think your roses look very nice and agree with the previous poster about covering the center a bit more. The way I do that is to have that first petal completely surround the wire bud and then I add a first row of three petals...

Dreamsville, that was the exact same conditions I had for my early August wedding last year. It was on a family farm, in the middle of a field, under a tent. I had to drive through a ditch and over the bumpy field with the wedding cake...

I have had just the same such issue with tastings and overcame it by freezing the extra batter and then making sure to use it within the next month in some of my other orders. This is working fine for me. I also do cupcake size and put...

I got one of my daughters married and took over her bedroom! I have metal shelving units all around the room and this is where I store all of my tools, pans, boards, etc. and where I work on my sugar art and leave it to dry. As for...

I had an outdoor wedding last August in 95 degree heat and it was drizzling rain so it was 100% humidity. I am so glad I did research on the contingency that the wedding day would be those kinds of conditions! First, I used a high-ratio...

I had an outdoor wedding last August in 95 degree heat and it was drizzling rain so it was 100% humidity. I am so glad I did research on the contingency that the wedding day would be those kinds of conditions! First, I used a high-ratio...