Posts by Crazy-Gray

If its a lab-type automatic pipette you have you can just google 'inert pipette tips' and pick a supplier near to you, ebay might be a good bet too? Inert tips may not be labelled food safe as they're not marketed for food products but...

Could you go for a larger board and have the shark mouth coming up from 'under' the cake... if you google "jaws cake" there are a couple like that.

I just quote for the figurines/flowers and add a PITA fee; then I give them a relatively short time to pay a deposit and if they don't pay in time I'm no longer available...   Although if I owe the universe some good karma and...

I am feeling more and more that I’d like to practice my RI piping… I’ve looked up ‘filigree’ and “lace” images and they seem dauntingly difficult so I wondered if anyone had any suggestions for templates I can practice with in the aim...

Glass plate: I don't know if it will be stong enough; but consider what will happen if it isn't; broken glass in cake- not good! I'd get a drum board if you've time and cover it in white with black ribbon.   Support...

could you put some florists oasis in cups and saucers? that would look cute :-)

Kneed in cocoa or melted chocolate or make candy clay & mix it 50:50 with black fondant & a little more colouring.

If your 8" round is as tall as you need it to be for your final cake put a cocktail stick/straw or such right in the middle then carve from the bottom up in an arcing motion (else you'll end up with a cone!) it might help to put your...

Ooh it's really easy it's pound cake (equal weights of butter sugar self raising flour and eggs and a little vanilla) plus a half measure of plain flour so for an 8inch square 3 layer I do 14oz of everything plus 7oz plain Hope that...

I'd go for a madeira cake with a strong filling like traditional BC or Ganache; if you stack and fill your layers in a rough shape first then chill in the fridge over night you'll be able to carve the final shape more easily. For the...