Posts by qtrican

I have made a batch of molded chocolates with Make n Mold & Wilton wafers. When I pop them out of the molds they have the perfect shine to them. As I carefully pick them up to clean up the edges they dull. I already wear cotton...

I haven't used gum paste before and I want to get some opinions from some other users. I'm trying to find/make an edible pencil. I want something that I can use to sketch designs on cookies that I can later go over with icing. So the...

I have a client that wants a cake topper like the one below on a cake order I have. I was thinking of making it out of sugar and painting on the monogram. Can anyone tell me if this is even feasible? I wonder about air bubbles and...

I just received a whole bunch of old cookie cutters and as I was going through them I came across this one. I have turned it every which way and just can't figure out what it is. Any ideas??  

I know it is after Halloween but here is a quick dry recipe that you might want to save in case you are in a jam again. I have used it many many times and I love it! It really does dry in a few hours.   SugarDeaux Fast Fry,...

I just tried Sweet Sugarbelle's rolled sugar cookie recipe. It tastes wonderful and was easy to work with... at first. My first two sheets went into the oven and came out with the tops being all wrinkled. That's not something I've seen...

I just bought a bunch of cutters from them. No, the prices are not cheap. If you look at some of the pics on the site they say cutecookiecutters.com. Which when you type that into your web browser it jumps to cheap.... maybe they are...

I am putting some cookies out on a table for an open house while I try to sell my home. I want to put a sign next to them letting people know to help themselves but I want it to say more than that. Does anyone have a witty saying I can...

I have been trying to make some candy jewels for days now. I am using Chico & Jo's recipe and having a real tough time. The first couple of batches were cooked to 275 like her recipe called for. They all stuck together even though they...

I thought it was an ice cream cone as well, but all the ice cream cone cookie cutters I find have a rounded top not a pointed one. The pointed top ice cream cutters don't have a pointed cone bottom. I'm really baffled!