Posts by Dani1081

I've made this cake a couple of times - I used the Wilton sports ball pan for the basketball, but the basket itself is actually a "double barrel" cake - two 9" round tiers stacked and then covered in fondant.  It made quite a few...

I normally use the same buttercream recipe that I use to frost my cakes, but I thin it slightly with corn syrup.  It makes it a little smoother and more elastic.  Pipes really nice.

Jackie, it sounds like the baker you consulted does not know how to stack a cake. A cake is placed on a cake board and then that cake board sits on dowels inserted into the tier below it. It doesn't sit on the cake, so it won't smash...

The picture you posted is a buttercream cake, in which case buttercream would work just as well.

 Jason, I wonder if this cake needed copyright permission? https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?fbid=10151336685263498&set=a.155837033497.1214517.25440463497&type=1&theater

The scallops are piped stringwork accented by piped dots.  PRACTICE piping. The stringwork could also be done with fondant if you have an extruder that can extrude very thin strings. And then just pipe the dots on to...

I'm glad you are watching youtube videos - you will learn so much from them.  They are priceless in terms of information.  You might also go to the Wilton website and look at some of their tutorials - they are also very...

I think your original idea is the right way to go.  I would make the cupcakes from granny's recipe (her frosting recipe will pipe just fine)  and make the tiered cake chocolate, or vice versa.  Or if she insists that...

Well, Cake Central won't allow the link, so here's the picture. 

thegalnextdoor, to see a small section of the ruffle this tube/tip makes, here's a link:   http://********************/catalog/misc/tipusage.htm