Posts by ChiWOWa

Hi all,Many thanks for the wonderful replies!!! I will try the additional recipes given, thanks again I finally managed to make some white chocolate modelling paste using Golden Syrup instead of light corn syrup or glucose syrup. It...

Hi all,I would like to try my hand at working with modelling chocolate and tried to make my first batch today and it was a disaster LOL I can only buy Glucose syrup here in NZ and not corn syrup as stated in ALL chocolate recipes. I...

I am very new to cake decorating so propably not the right person to answer this LOL.However, it looks like the colour was painted on the leaves, so probably a gel colour. The lillies are not so obvious.....there is a nice gradation of...

Hi and welcome from another newbie I just joined this site too and know almost nothing about cake decorating, other than that I love it and am already addicted!There are hundreds of tutorial in the "How Do I?" forum and "google" has...

LOL Kakeladi, I have never heard of "12 yolk cookies" but I think I need to google that recipe...it seems that cake decorating uses a lot of egg white, and I need to do something useful with the yolks!Well the NL Gumpaste is ready to...

Ohh this does look like fun! I am working on a cake for my daughter for Mothers day. It will be my third cake ever LOL, so haven't even made it to "novice" state yet So far I have been making a gazillion gumpaste leaves and started on...

Thanks for letting me know about kiwicakes, Piink. I have just checked out the site for classes ( I have bought supplies from there, but did not notice the classes!)Unfortunately the nearest classes are about an 8 hour drive away LOL ...

Perfect timing! I was about to ask many of the same questions, I will be watching this thread closely Unfortunately there are no cake decorating classes where I live (let alone Wilton classes!!!) So it will all be "self taught" for me. I...

Well the first batch of NL Gumpaste is sitting "maturing" for 24 hours......it feels like forever! I do not have a Kitchen Aid or anything, so it was made by hand and boy, do I feel like I have had a workout lol. Should be great for...

Thank you all so much for the very helpful replies.I think I will try the Nicholas Lodge recipe.....my only problem is that I have NO idea what "10x powdered sugar" is! The only "icing sugar" available to me is store bought icing sugar...