Posts by emma_123

Thanks for your replies, no the bride hasn't seen the cake yet - the wedding is tomorrow and I'm delivering the cake in the morning.  I normally feel nervous before deliveries but this feels worse than normal!  I think its so...

I've spent this week working on a wedding cake which has given me more than its fair share of trouble and now I'm not sure if I like it or not.     The couple wanted a cake with just vines and leaves trailing on it and...

I've just done a dairy free cake (and am in the UK) and used Pure spread for the buttercream and soya milk which worked really well (it was chocolate buttercream so you don't miss the lack of butter flavour).

Thanks Kikiandkyle that made me laugh!  I went to America a few years ago and was surprised at some of the things that were on offer and also the sheer size of some of the things too!  I often take the warnings with a pinch...

I think Scotblock tastes disgusting and nothing at all like real chocolate.  I don't really like the flavour of candy melts either compared to using chocolate (and there are warnings about behaviour in children and I've seen kids...

I'm in the UK too and I've found it made a big difference with my house insurance - most companies wouldn't give me a quote as I was baking at home and had people coming to my house to collect cakes so when I did find somewhere that...

Thanks Jason, I've delayed starting on this cake so hopefully it'll be fine and I'll explain it needs to be eaten quite quickly too.  Thanks again x

I've got it in my head that gluten free cake doesn't keep for as long as regular cake does and can't seem to find a definite answer on here or on google.     I've got to make a cake for Monday which is going to be gluten...

Thanks for your reply, I ended up putting thin layers of thicker paint on and that seemed to work (although had more trouble this morning with it when I touched a bit up then it refused to dry and the paint was still slightly wet on...

I would say it was too dry too, maybe take a small bit of the buttercream add a small amount of liquid and do some test roses to see if that helps.  Sometimes it doesn't take a lot of liquid to make a big difference is ragged...