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Another reason to bake my own...I just can't stomach the idea of people using stuff like computer paper (stored goodness only know how in a dusty open pack) and baby wipes on FOOD.   Whatever happened to mixing icing to...
Quote: Originally Posted by Stitches  I'm just horrible at making good points when I get nervous. I just wrote about this customer today on another thread. We had 18 emails over a month, and I gave her...
Quote: Originally Posted by kimberlyagt  I have been decorating party cakes for years and have recently begun taking wedding cake orders. For parties I feel that the guest count is usually small, and if there are any...
If you want to mix batter ahead, you can add the baking powder at the last minute before baking.  Keep out 1/4 cup flour and the baking powder, mix them together first, and then fold them into one batch of cake batter by...
Quote: Originally Posted by Snowflakebunny23  Hi all, I am having a buttercream disasters and its starting to get really annoying! I use a standard recipe of 2:1 icing sugar to stork and then add either cocoa powder or...
Quote: Originally Posted by kazita  Ok so I'm asking what is the difference between butter and margarine in the stick form? There has to be a difference or they would be the same price in the store. Butter comes...
OK so for your next step,  please look for instructions how to dowel the cakes so that they sit nicely.  Use the CC search or google "cake dowel support" and use what they suggest.
When you build cake tiers, you must use supports inside.  That way the cake sits on supports and does not squish the cake(s) underneath.   Please do a CC or google search for "cake dowel support" and follow the...
OK well you seem to be very sure of what you want to use, like a "tough" filling.   There is very little we can do to help you because we don't know which "tough" icing recipe you used.   Most of us make a three tier...
Bake a round or oval cake in two layers.  Let one pan have a little more batter, so that it bakes into a natural dome.  Use that for the basket top without any carving or fuss.   Then do the basketweave icing on the...
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