Posts by melomat

I have been given a lot of hazelnut praline and need ideas on how to use the praline, adding fruit, flavour, which cake flavour pairing. I really need all the ideas I can get. Its all about the praline so please respond with anything...

I bake a lot of cakes ALONE I find it stressful to bake and decorate cakes in one go. I have frozen cakes before and they are as good as the day they were baked. I however advise against freezing as the cake loses some of its texture,...

I finally made the butter cream, the result was pretty great. I live in a hot area so will add more shortening. Thanks for the help.

Tomorrow I will make a batch then let you know how it goes am very concerned about the shortening ruining the BC. If still has advice please share

I have a couple of cake orders this week and will need to use a buttercream on most of them. I have read a recipe where one can substitute shortening for butter 60:40 has any one tried this? If so what are the results.