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The addition of a box of instant pudding mix and an extra egg definitely changes the texture of the cake, making it much more like pound cake.

I had some leftover batter a few weeks ago, so I made ...

"A cream cheese buttercream made with (for example) 1 cup butter and 1 cup cream cheese to 2 pounds of powdered sugar is room-temp safe for about 3 days. "

I'll vouch for the above statement, as I ...

Thanks so much!

This is so much simpler & quicker than trying to hand form popcorn using fondant! I bet you could sit and make up a whole bag of popcorn & just keep it on hand to use when you ne ...

I'd suggest a 50/50 mix of fondant & gum paste or fondant with some Tylose, CMC, gum trag, or gum tex added. You get the ease of working with fondant but with the increased strength and faster drying ...

I have the shugarkraft squeeze extruder (red barrel, black squeeze handle), and the silver push extruder, and the Makin's® Professional™ Ultimate Clay Extruder™ (light green metal tube with "T" h ...

I pm'd you Very Happy

If possible, could you please share the answer here in the post--I'm sure lots of members would enjoy knowing how to do it, but would be reluctant to hassle you with lots of PM's.
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You need to smooth the top edge of the dummy because if you don't, it will cause the fondant to tear. I use a cheap disposable nail file/emery board--very gently. Also, smooth out any other lumps, b ...

More in-depth instructions:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-56654.html

http://www.countrykitchensa.com/whatshot/transfersheets.aspx

Rae

Yes, if you have a buttercream iced cake, you flood the back of the transfer sheet with chocolate and while still pliable, you wrap it around the cake. There are more in-depth instructions for this, ...

When I went last year, and idiot TSA agent gave me a fit about a blunt spatula! His supervisor's mom is a cake decorator, so he got in trouble and I took it merrily onto the plane Laughing

When I tr ...

I'm not a formula user, but In my mind, that's definitely a formula for green (blue+yellow).

The sky blue is on the way to turquoise, anyway, so I'd have probably just tried adding a bit of mint ...

The above instructions involve flooding the back of the transfer sheet with melted chocolate/candy melts. I've never tried it over fondant, but if you have a nice smooth surface, I don't see why it w ...

I get my long hardwood dowels from the craft dept. at WalMart. I sharpen them in a pencil sharpener, wipe them down with bleach water, coat them with crisco, and pound them in.

I know of no source ...

I don't like to roll under the plastic and on the mat because I find it hard to gauge the thickness of what I'm rolling that way (I keep having to lift up the flap to check). Also, the currently avai ...

The most common one like you've described is the "Wilton Practice Mat". It's a vinyl covered board that comes with a clear vinyl flap over it. It used to be large & navy blue. Now, it's small & yel ...