I love all the different shapes everyone has come up with. From the burgers to the Elmo cakes. Just wondering what cake recipe works best to be sturdy enough to shape. thanks

Welcome aboard Jtallen4!

As for sculpted cakes, I use any pound, spice, fruit or durable cake recipe. You can find many online here. It has to be dense. I prefer making my own cakes but others use doctored box mixes, your choice of course. HTH

Here is a helpful acronym list.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926.html

I use the White Almond Sour Cream cake for almost everything that I do. It's fairly heavy and not super crumbly, yet it tastes really good.

I have used the recipe in the CC files for 3D cakes and it works really well and tastes very good

is it moist? i have been dying to try it, but i'm a afriad it might be dry, i have a 3 layer 3 tier cake due next week, and this is my first paid order, and i was wondering if this might be the perfect white cake receipe, the client is looking for something very moist

cool thank you. i plan to give it a try, i just dont want my cake breaking in half. do you think bc dream receipe would match the sour cream cake? what type of icing do you all use??? any suggestions would be nice

I also use the white almond sour cream cake. I think that it is a great cake and very moist. It also stands up to carving (after frozen for a while). Good luck!

I use doctored mixes. I have used the Darn Good Chocolate Cake, and the marble cake from the Cake Dr. (both as marble and just as a plain yellow), but I add pudding as well. I have also used the White Almond Sour Cream Cake. The only problem I've ever had carving a cake was with a scratch vegan cake recipe. It just fell apart.

aww, thatnks for the info, i have also always used the doctored cake mixes, but.... i found that after 2 days they arent moist enough, too fry even though i add pudding mix

i meant dry, sorry

I am still new to cake decorating , my I ask where to find the creme bouquet?

Creme bouquet can be found at cake supply stores. They won't sell it at michaels or walmart type places.. You can also order it on line from many many cake supply retailers. If you google creme bouquet I'll bet you'll get lots of places that sell it.

I also use doctored cake mixes. To each mix, add the ingredients the box calls for, then add and additional

1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup sour cream
pinch of salt
flavour of your choice, if desired

It makes the cake dense and moist and delicious!!!

I love creme bouquet. It's a flavour emulsion, which means it's extra-strength and a little goes a long way. I almost always put it in my buttercream. I've heard that the Magic Line brand is the best one, which is the one I have. For the first week after I got it, I'd smell the bottle every time I walked into the kitchen!

I have another question about creme bouquet. Do you add it with other flavorings or instead of other flavorings? Is creme bouquet better then wedding bouquet? Everyone here on CC is so helpful to everyone else, awesome support system!!!!

sorry this is off topic but I just want to ask you all how do you charge for sculpted cakes .I usaually charge $20+ serving ,but some times its lots of work and then some are easy .I some times feel Iam over charging and most of the time under charging

in WASC I use creme bouquet in place of the almond. I don't especially care for almond. I still use the vanilla called for in the recipe. In my icing I use it in addition to the vanilla. I have not tried wedding bouquet.

Thank you for the info.
Jennifer