Posts by KLCCrafts

I too tried Target's powdered sugar one time, when I didn't have time to go to another store and they did not carry C&H, my normal brand. It was so awful and gritty I threw the whole batch in the garbage and then had to make time to go...

A few weeks ago I purchased several Magic Line round cake pans. I washed them by hand using Clorox Green Works dishwashing liquid, let them air dry, then stored them nested together inside my cabinet. Tonight when I was going to use...

This isn't exactly what you are thinking but maybe it will help. I made individual flames for a firetruck cake (see my photos) by cutting out red flames using a oak leaf cookie cutter. The lobes on the leaf were round so I just shaped...

Quote:Originally Posted by bakechefMy PB peanut butter starts with an entire jar of peanut butter, not the natural kind, regular Jif creamy is best.That does sound yummy! But what happens if you use natural pb? That's what I normally...

Yeah, I had this grand design in my head for a gravity defying flamingo cake (cake body perched on one "leg" support several inches above the cake board), since my 5 year old LOVES flamingos and pink. When I floated the idea to her,...

Quote:Originally Posted by dawnybirdWow. What brought on this tirade? I feel like I've been reprimanded, and I was just looking around the site! OP, you sound very angry. Why not let everyone worry about their own business? Just...

Also make sure you don't put them in an airtight container. My all fondant toppers wilted on buttercream when I foolishly transported them in a rubbermaid type bin with the lid on tight. Bad idea. The humidity in the air is also a...

Your MMF sounds like the consistency of mine when I was adding too much water. Is it humid where you are? Maybe the excess moisture in the air is causing it to be too wet for the amount of marshmallows, causing you to add too much PS,...

Here's a photo of a cake/cupcakes where they placed the cupcakes directly on the cake tiers. Not exactly what was described but maybe it will give you some ideas.http://lepetitfourdemily.blogspot.com/2012/05/oh-and.html

I'm new to fondant covered cakes too. On my first cake, it looked wider at the bottom like this one does because my BC was too soft and a lot of it slid down the sides to the bottom under the fondant. That may or may not be what...