Cake Decorating Forum

This is a staple at our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. My grandma makes them ahead of times and freezes them.

Personally if I had one with out the cream cheese it just wouldn't be the same. ...

2 1/4 cups batter. Depending on which brand/flavor of mix you use you can usually just divide it between the two pans. Sometimes it's a little too much and you need to take some out.

Store brands are not always beet sugar. I have been using the Walmart brand for 2 years now with no problems. Just check to see if the ingredients say cane or pure cane sugar. If it does you won't ...

If you are using fondant you may need to round the edges a little with the regular styrofoam. I just take the edges and press it against the counter and that makes the edges not so sharp which can te ...

I use regular styrofoam from Michaels all the time. My dad cuts it into the shapes I need with a band saw. Smile

Have you tried 2D or 2C?

I actually prefer to use since they are already in liquid form and are easier to blend, etc.

I agree. I used it on the skate board cake I did and the spots on my cow. It is already ready to go, ...

Do you have a crusting icing you like already? If so, you can add cocoa powder or melted chocolate to it until you get the taste/color you want. You may just need to add a bit of extra liquid to you ...

If they ask me to make a cake, they pay for it. If I offer to do it they get it for free. I do give them their birthday cakes free, as I do my close friend's kids cake, as part of my gift to them. ...

Do you airbrush with the or just paint straight from the bottle?

I've airbrushed, but I have used just the

airbrush color with a paint brush. I did the design on my skate board cake and the spot ...

I'm seriously considering it. Trying to figure out of the trip is possible for me.

I won't be entering the Wedding cake part, sooo not ready for that, just the other catergories.

I've used color gels, (Wilton and

Americolor) to paint with, but I prefer to mix them with everclear to thin them down a little. Plus the times I have just used them, they have remained sticky.

So ...

What's low fat or fat-free, or sugar free to one can be a killer to some diabetics.

On another cake site they had a recipes listed at Diabetic and the recipe called for kaluha. I also want to say ...

TexasSugar, you seem to be very knowledgeable in this subject...thank you for elightening all of us here.

I'll try to help when/where I can. I've been teaching for just over 4 years and I still ca ...

My gripe with internet recipe sites, isn't always the recipes, but the comments and rating systems. I love when someone rates a recipes with 4 or 5 stars but then their comment goes something like "T ...