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Quote:Originally Posted by mcaulirI was going to say 'patience', so I'm glad to read all these responses.I'm pretty laid back about using 'food safe' stuff generally, but out of interest, how do baby wipes go in this regard?Of course you...

Baby Wipes ! they also work on fondant !

those green moulds are the Chinese knock-offs - some better than others.I have the genuine First Impressions one and I struggle to get them to come out like the ones on their website - they are really thin moulds and HEAVILY detailed - I...

I'm also in Australia - drop into your local lighting supply storehttp://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=748076&highlight=

Do you NEED it to be completely edible or are you happy just to get it to look GREAT in a short amount of time.If its the latter - you can use a piece of corrugated cardboard (the thin stuff used by scrapbookers) you cut the sole...

Check Etsy - they have gazillions of them on there - in all matter of get- ups - on boards and not - the average price on there is $8-$10BUT the plain naked babies are only about $5The mould only takes 24grams of paste - so you should...

Practice with a tube of cheap toothpasteIts about the same consistency and it can be scraped off your piping practice board and used over and over again - it won't crust - block your tubes or cause damage to your equipmentIts what I use...

This helps to explain it http://www.lilaloa.com/2012/08/lets-talk-about-hue-color-experiment.html

Grey is not as simple as it seemsWiltons Black - gives you a purplish greyAmericolor - gives you a greenish greyTry add little bits of YELLOW - you will fidn you get a great GREY pretty quickly

I use ganache on 90% of my cakes - as do a large proportion of Aussie decoraters.Most professional cakers will not accept white chocolate ganache outer shells (they will do a filling but insist on dark choc ganache for outer shell)...