Posts by Bodark

Do any of you have a preferred gumpaste to use in this sort of humidity? I had a figurine sitting for over 5 days to dry, only to have it fall apart on the delivery day (Saturday in this humidty) - luckily the recipient was a friend...

Quote: Originally Posted by Evoir  By the way, you may be able to access the Aust. Women's Weekly online, wher eyou canlook at bunches of good recipes for free. Another great site here is Taste.com.au. Just search for...

I have only recently been making cakes and decorating them. Youtube and cakecentral have been my guides through the whole process. Honestly, there is almost a video for every part of cake making that you can think of, and recipes all...

Quote: Originally Posted by costumeczar  mmm...It was my understanding that it was made of magical unicorn farts. And the elves put it through their enchanted blender to make it all sprinkly. I agree, that's...

I'm the same as cazza1, so many ideas are spawned from reading the forums that I have no idea where to start. I have started to practice flower building using some of the tutorials posted here, hopefully I can get the hang of...

Got it in one Godot - common sense should prevail in most cases. I'm certain that most of us ate worse stuff when we were kids - and a lot more frequently! Cake is a after all a sometimes food :-) PS - most items are but only one...

I'm hoping that most of the threads still work since the links were put up. I'm off out now to get some paste to give these a try. I'm sure there is many other new sites now that can be googled or linked off of. Thanks for the list :-)

Satin Ice is nice to use, and I found easy in the humid weather. I haven't tried Orchard, but would like to give it a go if it is cheaper (and doesn't use palm oil.) I used Bakels, both black and blue, but found them to become sticky...

Funnily enough I was just thinking about experimenting with gum paste and learn how to use it properly about two hours ago. Something must be pointing me in that direction. Thanks for the list.

Ganache is wonderful to use, and being from Qld, Australia it's a must. Just remember to use 3:1 white choc to cream ratio as opposed to 2:1 with a darker choc. Inspired by Michelle has very good ganache tutorials on youtube that may...