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Message |
| Topic: KA Artisan -- good price or no? |
brendaonline
Replies: 20
Views: 316
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 Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:24 am Subject: KA Artisan -- good price or no? |
Money is becoming more of an issue between unexpected medical bills and a home maintenance issue that triples in cost every time I ask about having work done, but the real issue is space.
If I wo ... |
| Topic: KA Artisan -- good price or no? |
brendaonline
Replies: 20
Views: 316
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:53 pm Subject: KA Artisan -- good price or no? |
| I've been putting off getting a stand mixer because I'm probably going to stay a hobbyist and my hand mixer is usually good enough. And frankly I don't have storage space, at all, for a stand mixer, ... |
| Topic: Why do we do this to ourselves? |
brendaonline
Replies: 23
Views: 1010
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:29 am Subject: Why do we do this to ourselves? |
| Thanks much. Now at least I'm mostly miffed that people think 3 days of work for $75 is asking too much, even if it is 'practice' and not 'real'. I can just imagine what they'd say if I told them my ... |
| Topic: Why do we do this to ourselves? |
brendaonline
Replies: 23
Views: 1010
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:23 pm Subject: Why do we do this to ourselves? |
| I'm open to doing cottage baking/decorating, but will probably remain mostly a hobbyist. I know I need a lot more practice to be as good as I'd like to be, if only because everything takes me so much ... |
| Topic: I finished course 2!!! I love my cake!! |
brendaonline
Replies: 14
Views: 347
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:55 pm Subject: I finished course 2!!! I love my cake!! |
| Your flowers are SO much better than mine were. I, the other student, AND the instructor had totally melted royal icing that would NOT cooperate that night. Oh well. Yours is fantastic. |
| Topic: Wiltons fondant |
brendaonline
Replies: 10
Views: 151
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:34 pm Subject: Wiltons fondant |
| Fondant will get hard, but I can't imagine it "going bad" -- especially the prepackaged Wilton stuff, after tasting it! |
| Topic: Who knows the secret to a borderless fondant cake? |
brendaonline
Replies: 27
Views: 1450
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:28 pm Subject: Who knows the secret to a borderless fondant cake? |
| I realize we are talking about clean edges with no bottom border, but sometimes it's nice to run out a fondant rope on a small round die of a fondant gun and wrap this around the edge. It's also a rea ... |
| Topic: How do you handle sales tax?? |
brendaonline
Replies: 14
Views: 423
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:51 pm Subject: How do you handle sales tax?? |
| You can use a spreadsheet program to calculate the tax and other charges if you want to, and even sometimes make a printable invoice right in the program. Many financial programs (like Quicken, etc.) ... |
| Topic: Pillsbury Bakers Plus Cake Mix |
brendaonline
Replies: 3
Views: 169
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:54 pm Subject: Pillsbury Bakers Plus Cake Mix |
For experimenting you could start with adding the flavored creamers instead of water -- and of course more flavoring.
Was the supply place a chain like GFS? I have a local GFS, but their boxed mi ... |
| Topic: Fondant Roses |
brendaonline
Replies: 4
Views: 196
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Forum: How Do I?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:05 pm Subject: Fondant Roses |
Perhaps an alternative if time and materials is an issue.
When I did mine I accidentally ran out of fondant and had to make more for the outer petals to be finished, so the second batch of fondant ... |
| Topic: How do you organize your icing tips? |
brendaonline
Replies: 10
Views: 186
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:02 pm Subject: How do you organize your icing tips? |
Hi, I'm brendaonline and I have a tip addiction [Hi, brendaonline} 
With duplicates, I probably have almost 300 of the little buggers. I'm trying to think of the best way to organize them. ... |
| Topic: My Cat Ate the Cake |
brendaonline
Replies: 218
Views: 12011
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Forum: Cake Disasters
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:09 am Subject: My Cat Ate the Cake |
indydebi wrote:
EnjoyTheCake wrote:
I completely understand the rules for licensed bakeries and homes and such. That's why I don't sell my cakes or run a business selling cakes.
I appreciate you ... |
| Topic: What would you do if.... |
brendaonline
Replies: 17
Views: 813
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:12 pm Subject: What would you do if.... |
| I don't know that I'll actually start selling cakes, but one idea occurred to me: there are several cake supply stores in this area, and I'm sure they know of a LOT of decorators. |
| Topic: Giant Cupcake |
brendaonline
Replies: 3
Views: 188
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Forum: Cake Ideas
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:02 pm Subject: Giant Cupcake |
| I did one a few weeks ago. I made rosettes all over the top with a 1M or something very similar, and I liked the way it looked. It's in my photos. |
| Topic: Ohio home-based "cottage" bakers -- sales tax? |
brendaonline
Replies: 27
Views: 528
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:03 pm Subject: Ohio home-based "cottage" bakers -- sales tax? |
| aswartzw, the links you made aren't working. The thing between WWW and COM seems to be missing. |
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