Cake Decorating Forum

I think they're referring to the bottom layer hardening/crusting first before you try and brush on top of it.....

hate to say it -but my suggestion - re-bake - make narrow rectangular layers the length and width you need and carve down the edges to make it rounded

have done this a number of times - use water to thin down rolled fondant until piping consistency - didn't let it sit - - takes a lot of working the water in - have to start with a little at a time - ...

forgot to say - add the dry pudding mix to the whipping cream just as soft peaks start to form and then finish whipping

be forewarned - vanilla is yellow in the pudding world - not white!

a quick cheater way of stabilizing whipped cream is to add 3TBL of instant pudding mix to every 2 cups whipping cream - I prefer white chocolate myself - it will hang at room temp for a number of hour ...

have not researched in thouroughly - but as far as I know - orchids are just fine -have put them on plenty of cakes before - vanilla comes from an orchid!

no scoops in any containers - check the inside top of the microwave...Good luck!

I frequently do cheesecake wedding cakes - I use the recipe out of the Cake Bible - 'frost' in IMBC - I get a three inch tier instead of a four inch one - I stack like any other cake with dowels and c ...

Just couldn't resist throwing in my two cents worth on this one - because of my own mistake in reading a contract for a wedding cake - I even wrote the contract Embarassed

I realized at 10 am the three ti ...

Can you contact the president and let her know that you can't bake a cake without the necessary ingredients- if she was in charge of the list it should be up to her to re-create it.... - would it be e ...

most likely it's your tip - if you don't have a seamless tip (plastic or Non-wilton) the seam often chages the flow of your frosting when piped - especially when doing very fine piping.....

you could do shorter - smaller tiers - instead of starting with a 4" tier start with a 2" tier - all 4" - 6" rounds (a little more difficult to 'tilt' but not too bad)

you could use cake dummies - ...

of course, for every answer you will get a different opinion and experience - my experience...

stacking a cheescake is no different than stacking any other cake - I use one cardboard round and wood ...

if you have a helper it makes it easier - I put the round on a cookie sheet - or cardboard round the same size - then I line it up so that when the cake slides off it is going directly on top of the l ...

I buy my boxes at the UPS store - you can also find them at u-haul places - they sell a variety of sizes - I usually buy a box as big as my base and that usually accomodates the heigth - like if I ha ...