Cake Decorating Forum

Be careful of what the brightly colored ones may do to your baking pans.

About two years ago, I tried the bright pink striped Wilton ones with new nonstick cupcake pans, and the pink stained the ...

I have a Cannon Sure Shot (it's a couple years old), and love it. I'm not much of a techie geek, and it's easy to use and the pics come out great.

The other thing to remember is that culinary school is not just all cooking classes. There are loads of business classes as well, dealing with accounting, cost control, marketing, etc.

I'm abo ...

If the buttercream is too cold to really whip up well, you hit the outside of the bowl with a blowtorch. It "melts" the outside layer of buttercream, which gets whipped into the rest and brings it u ...

I have an adjustable size cake ring/pastry ring that I use, but I don't bake in it. Basically I use it for a mold.

I mostly use it for bavarians, black forest cakes, and that type of thing. I l ...

Do you have a vanilla/yellow cake recipe that you like? You can just use that, but add 2-3 teaspoons of orange extract, and grated orange zest. I also replace some of the liquid with Gran Marnier ...

And they're trying to tell you...out of those 200 people.....NO ONE can put together a cake mix or a couple of cookie trays, but they think that you (who clearly isn't involved in the group) should do ...

Easy mini fruit tarts ~

Use the pre-made individual graham crusts. You can gently slide them out of the foil once they've been filled and refrigerated for an hour or two. If you try to take them ...

LOL Yes, definately serve at room temperature....I usually cheat and cut into wedges with a knife, too.

Popcorn balls would be great for this theme too.

You can keep them a couple of days in the fridge - you may want to put a little lemon juice on the apple where you've pierced the skin with the stick to prevent browning Smile

You can also "up the an ...

I would also recommend doing something simple like all vanilla or vanilla/chocolate.

Even though my nephews are growing up (13, 13 and 16), they still haven't branched out much beyond basic vanilla ...

What I would do is decant an amount of vanilla into another jar to use.

Then in your "brewing jar", add more vodka and beans to keep the brew going Smile

I think cupcakes are a great excuse to have a high ratio of frosting-to-cupcake Smile

I posted a "how to" on making vanilla extract over in the General forum Smile

I keep getting questions about making vanilla extract, so I figured I'd post about some of my experiments and experiences.

I'm a hobby baker (and admittedly a bit of a food snob); all of this proba ...