Posts by arlenej

Food cans will give you the shape you need. Make as many as you need and dowel them through the center to keep it fhem from moving. You can let the dowels protude a bit and cover with gumpaste to form the 'knob' on the scroll. This way...

Have you made this flower before? Have you ruffled before? Is your gumpaste too dry? Are you using gumpaste only? Or a gumpaste/fondant mix? Cause gumpaste only would be better.

Take the cakes out of the freezer Thursday morning so they can thaw whilst you're at work. Ganache and fondant Thursday night, decorate Friday, deliver Saturday.

I'd never heard of bear grass. I'm so glad I know of it now. You KNOW it's going on my next cake, right? Thanks Sassie82 and Rosiepan!

It's a simple enough design, so no worries there. YOUTUBE how to carve and stack topsy turvy cakes. I find teenagers eat a lot so I would've done a cake, but rkt sound good too. Discuss it with the parents (or whoever is paying) and have...

Check out YOUTUBE for a demo on how to use the SPS (single plate stacking) system. I'd suggest you use this method. You can purchase the SPS system at [url]JESTERS CAKE SUPPLY.COM You'll get a better visual if you do the 3'' tiers.3...

Skewer the legs. Make the legs around wooden skewers, leaving at least 3" of skewer on each side of the legs. Let the legs dry as you work on the body. Slide the upper exposed skewers into the completed body and the lower exposed...

Sriously, try not to put fondant in the fridge. You can do the cake and leave it onernight on the counter, no worries. Boxed would be better simply because you don't know who (what) will be up and roving whilst you're asleep.

I'm guessing you don't have a kiln? Silica gel packs (I get mine from Amazon...actually, I get EVERYTHING from Amazon) in a ziploc bag and the bag in a container and you should be fine.

Jacqueline Butler has a [url]craftsy.com online course you might want to look into. And they were giving specials just recently.