Posts by stephdover4

Great! Thank you both! I like working with royal icing better, as you can see in the picture my hand is not the most steady with buttercream; royal seems to be more forgiving.

good tip I was given was to make it a day or two ahead of time...it always works for red icing for me.

OMGoodness cdmolina83, that is an awesome idea thanks!! I will be using this week!

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I am new to the cake world and I am practicing like crazy. I made my daughter this cake (attached) for valentines day. I wanted to know from you pros which is better to use...buttercream or royal icing when you are doing scroll work? I...

ahahaha!!! TOO FUNNY!!! I am new to the decorating world, and am doing okay. But, people do think we do this for the pure fun of it. I have had some people walk away and that is okay...I'll just keep plugging along! I'm not willing to...

I've been in sales a LONG LONG time! You can usually spot this kind of customer right off, I've learned that all the money they can offer is not worth the stress and the potential negative advertising they will do for you. They do NOT...

whoot whoot!! Thank you that makes getting help SO much easier!!

Thank you!! It was a hit at the party...hope it will generate some orders too...LOL!! Do you always freeze it before applying fondant? I did that with my army cake (also in my gallery), but it made the fondant stiff and hard to smooth...

I tried to upload the picture when I posted this but it didn't work. The picture is in my gallery, its the penguin cake. And thanks for taking your time to help!!