Posts by Amberwaves

The adhesive I used was a glue from a gun that is used for attaching plastics and fabrics. Yes, it had a smell, but not real strong, that is why I thought it would be O.K.It is my fault for being so focused on getting everything to where...

Truth be told, it was my last catering job. I am just not cut out to deal with all the drama I guess. The family dynamics were so convoluted that I just stayed in the kitchen unless I was dealing directly with the food.I am unsure of...

My customer ordered a 1/2 sheet graduation themed cake, brownies and decorated cookies for this weekend.My cookies are not cheap, but she really wanted something nice for her son's party, so I used the impression kit you can buy for...

The wedding cake I made last weekend had to travel by vehicle for quite a ways, so I used an adhesive that was a lot stronger than I would normally use to adhere the foam core to a piece of plywood. Each tier was sitting on 2 cardboard...

So what do you do when you deliver the cake and there are other cakes/cupcakes there anyway? This just happened to me last weekend with a baby shower.I put my cake on the display table and over on the other table there was a cupcake...

Thank you! I think that is the place I had heard about before with everything stacked all over in the store. Thank you!

I am visiting Seattle (Pike Place Market area) in June and was wondering if anyone on here can tell me if there are any really good cake supply stores near there?I will have my husband and daughter with me, so would love to be able to...

I just used straight gumpaste and shaped the links individually. As I made each one I hooked it onto the next one. Good gumpaste dries really fast, so as I was going along making the chain I would occasionally move each ring to make sure...

You can package the cookies in a cellophane cookie bag and then just fold the top over and staple the card to that. Or I have also packaged regular cookies (choc chip, etc) stacked 6 in a bag and then fold the top over and staple the...

Quote:Originally Posted by FromScratchSFIt's been proven day after day that the n00bs asking these questions really don't want the answer, they want to hear that since they opened a box of cake mix, added water then slopped on some icing...