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post #16 of 37
4/18/05 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by SarahJane

What does it mean, molded out of candy melts? Do you just pour melted candy melts into a tool shaped mold? If so, where do you get molds in different shapes??



Yes...that's how easy it is! Wonderful isn't it? www.sugarcraft.com has a nice selection of molds. So does www.candylandcrafts.com
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post #17 of 37
4/18/05 at 4:51pm
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Yes, you melt the chocolate and pour into shaped molds. I found my molds at http://www.sugarcraft.com/ listed under Candy molds.
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post #18 of 37
4/18/05 at 4:55pm
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Originally Posted by marknrox

Yes, you melt the chocolate and pour into shaped molds. I found my molds at http://www.sugarcraft.com/ listed under Candy molds.



marknrox...we were typing at the exact same time--LOL! That's where I got my tool mold too. I love their molds. I've bought the teacup and saucer, makeup, cellphone, baby bottle, baby booties and others...haven't even used most of them! I just keep thinking Just in Case icon_smile.gif
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post #19 of 37
4/18/05 at 5:05pm
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I know all about the "just in case"! I bougt a smaller tool set from somewhere...I'm not sure where. Then I got the smiley faces so I could make pops for my son's kindergarten graduation. Then I got the flowers just to practice. Any excuse! I can't wait to try and make this tool cake. I should drop the italian, because now it's gonna be 1/2 carrot cake, 1/2 chocolate cake. LOL!! I love the candy molds, it's too easy!!! After I finished my practice run, I thought, "man, is that all there is to it? No challenge whatsoever" Until I tried the tools, then I had several boo-boos until I got it right!!
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post #20 of 37
4/18/05 at 5:12pm
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Originally Posted by marknrox

I should drop the italian, because now it's gonna be 1/2 carrot cake, 1/2 chocolate cake. LOL!!



Sounds delicious!
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post #21 of 37
4/20/05 at 12:09am
Are you planning to bake your two flavor cake batters in one pan? The carrot and white cakes are going to be pretty different density and texture, you might want to consider baking them separately and icing them together. This is the voice of experience speaking, I've recently had a little difficulty with a two flavor cake baked in one pan.

The tools look great, and the idea is very good, sometimes it's hard to come up with a cake idea for a guy. Janice
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post #22 of 37
4/20/05 at 5:18am
yeah especially with carrot cake I would bake in separate pans...
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post #23 of 37
4/20/05 at 5:33am
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Yes, my intentions are to bake each flavor in separate 9 X 13 pans, then put together to make a 13 X 18 cake. I guess one layer will be enough, huh? There are 46 people invited to this party, but there are another 30 or so in the office where the conference room is, so I'm sure they will stop by to get a piece.

Thanks for the tips!
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post #24 of 37
4/20/05 at 5:43am
I don't know if this is too late or not but you could have made an Italian Cream cake and used a crusting buttercream for the icing....it's wonderful.....I make them alot for my customers, it's one of my most popular cakes, and it can be make in a sheet cake pan too.
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post #25 of 37
4/20/05 at 5:45am
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Well, I would appreciate if you would share the recipe with me. That sounds yummy.

The deal is that my husband's boss' boss is getting italian food and thinks that Gary likes everything Italian. However, I spoke to Gary himself and he is asking for carrot/spice cake. I chose the chocolate because it sounded like it would go well with crusting creamcheese icing.

What do you think?
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post #26 of 37
4/24/05 at 7:11pm
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Ok, finally finished!!! I finished it about 6:00 tonight and had to take it to my Mom's to refrigerate because it wouldn't fit into my fridge. Then had to cook, eat, get the kids ready for bed, etc, etc. I'm finally able to sit down....3 hours later, lol.

Anyway, I finished my "tool" cake. I think it came out well, but it seems to be missing something. What do you think? Maybe a top border or something?

It was fun to make and I'm overall pleased with it. The icing was kinda sagging on the sides and my cake board seemed to be a bit too small, but nothing major.

Thanks for all of the suggestions!
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post #27 of 37
4/24/05 at 7:38pm
It's not missing a thing! You did an incredible job thumbs_up.gif Looks like you could just lift up that tool belt and wear it. It's even better than that because you can eat it! You'll have to let us know what Gary has to say. I bet he's going to love it.
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post #28 of 37
4/24/05 at 7:39pm
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I hope so. His wife and I conspired on the Honey Do list. I think he'll love it!!

Thank you for the kind words, too!!! I love this site. Everyone is so supportive of each other!!
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post #29 of 37
4/25/05 at 2:23am
thats what it means....there are special molds for alot of things, but I cant help you there...
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post #30 of 37
4/25/05 at 6:03am
marknrox- I love your cake, good job!
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