Posts by kgorhan

I would like some opinions from you fellow bakers. Has anyone made mocha cupcakes? If so what kind of frosting did you use? I was thinking of putting a nice light caramel type frosting. Something that would give the effect of caramel...

No, I haven't. I will try that.

I need help. I got a recipe for buttercream frosting from a lady at church who used to make the BEST cakes ever. Her icing was perfect! When I tried her recipe it just tastes like Crisco. Here is the recipe:   1 lb powdered...

I found this thread as I had the same problem last night. Unfortunately the responses didn't help much. BUT I did learn something about the color wheel. The correct answer is to add red. It worked beautifully. I too will be switching...

I like to put a little butter flavor in my buttercream icing and I was wondering if it would taste the same with butter extract instead. I have tasted some extracts, like the lemon, that smell and taste like alcohol and I don't like...

Yes ganache is yummy but I wanted something else to put in the center of my cake as I used ganache for the outer coating. So my "death by chocolate" ended up like so: cake, buttercream, cake, mousse, cake buttercream, cake, then all...

I was looking for a container for this same purpose when I came across this thread. I finally found these:   http://plasticcontainercity.com/danish-plastic-containers.htm   HTH!

buglady, your recipe is exactly what I was looking for. It is perfect!   icer101, I looked up the toba garret recipe and I am interested in trying it. I just haven't gotten a chance.   Thank you both!

I'm not concerned if it crusts. I'm using it in between layers of my death by chocolate cake.

I am looking for a good fudgy buttercream recipe. I found this recipe http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-fudge-buttercream-frosting/I may have done it wrong. Added too much milk or something, but it just wasn't the thicker...