Posts by Jeepgirl73

Might not be at all but do you drink any caffeinated drinks within a few hours of decorating?Coffee, tea, pop? I was getting really frustrated with my shaky hands then someone who did murals on wall was talking at a party I was at and...

This is my favourite tutorial on smooth buttercream. http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-682196-0.htmlIt's by user Tutugirl I have read others and I have DVD's but this tutorial was so simple and the first time I read this...

I made a full size basketball cake completely out of cake. I stacked 6 square cakes, not sure exactly the size of the pans...I used my basketball to judge , as it was a few years ago, one of my first cakes. I carved it sphere shaped....

I was thinking along the lines of what MsThang ...but maybe cut your zebra stripes out of white fondant then paint them with food colouring after they are on and dry. Would be time consuming but at least you know there wouldn't be any...

Before I found this website I found Edna's Design me a Cake website and had been making the wasc for the past 2 years without knowing it was the one on here. Anyway I made my own chocolate version of it and it works great for me ...cooks...

I never used smbc for the past 2 years for that exact reason ...way too buttery. Until I came on here and started trying recipes. I don't remember the name of the recipe exactly ( well dressed smbc might be close) but it is 1 cup ...

Like said above it helps if you chill your cakes for a bit before stacking...for buttercream. For fondant cakes I usually wait until the fondant has firmed up a bit before stacking.

all i can say is ...wow

One of my very first cakes was a basketball. It was my first carved cake and the ball was a full sized basketball all cake. It took me over 17 hours of work and wasn't cheap seen as I used a FS carving recipe and there was quite a bit of...

I definitely do not think you overcharged at all! 3D's cakes like others have said are hard work and specialty. You can't just go pick one up at walmart and if you could , well it would be a walmart cake. They are made fast, cheap and...