Posts by BakingIrene

Use google for ingredients.  "ingredient wholesale" should get you local sources.   But you probably need to have a business tax number to purchase in bulk--and that means that you file papers with your state or province...

Cookie business card with two sides.  Each side has a small edible printed image with a wedding cake and your contact info.    You can cut a full printed sheet into 8-10 pieces for this.   Cookie cards are...

Better ask first, what can she eat?

Buy Merckens candy melts in both black and blue.  Use about 1 part black and 3 parts blue ones to get a good dark base.  Then add navy blue POWDER food color  (LorAnn brand)

I just skip it.   I prefer recipes that use cocoa mixed with boiling water and cooled.  That seems to bring out all possible cocoa flavour.  If it needs to be even deeper, I just add some grated chocolate at the...

Ask them to send you a photograph.   If you decide to accept this order, make sure you get a waiver IN WRITING that the customer understands that a perfect colour match may not be possible. 

Use cake mix using milk not water, and add an extra egg.  Sift the mix and you will have a much nicer cake texture.   One mix will bake a fairly deep 8" round (in a 3" pan if you have one) plus the smaller smash...

Quote: Originally Posted by peilinl  http://cdn.cakecentral.com/2/21/900x900px-LL-21f2ada7_IMG-20130409-WA0003.jpeg Here is a photo of the wonky cake layers that shrank from the first recipe. I have no idea what...

Quote: Originally Posted by Annabakescakes  I am so sick of people asking "Can you do a (insert whatever theme) cake?"   I just want to respond, "Hey, it's all just patterns and shapes and colors, and...

I have used bakers chocolate with no trouble at all.  Your Ghirardelli will work just fine.   (Milk chocolate, ughhhhh, making ganache with it is very tricky)   MUCH more important is the fat content of the...