Cake Decorating Forum

After hearing a very silly rumor, yet still against my better judgment (and I completely expect this to be deleted immediately), I am posting this to let you know what’s up. The rumor that I heard is ...

I use whatever flavor I want to go with the cake. I may use vanilla, I may use butter, i may use almond or strawberry. I have even used Rootbeer extract. It's all up to you.

Ok- you are describing 2 different transfer methods. A BCT is not made
directly on the cake. So, no, you would not use the gel. Also, store
bought icing does lousy on a BCT (in my experience). Yo ...

Go here and look at the tutorial I made for icing CCC's. It's very easy.

http://community.webshots.com/album/105830324epGFhn

Tutorial starts 3rd row down

Von's has quite distributing the fudge icing. I have heard that Wilmar brand works just as well. Most store brands will work well. Just make sure it's not super creamy (like the name brands). The ...

It was a conversation I was having with someone here. I can't remember who it was. She/he insists the pink boxes makes his/her cakes dry. I'm not disputing that this is true for this person. But i ...

No tilting needed. Place the cake on something sturdy and make it eye level or close to eye level.

You can cover in ganache. Yes, that requires cooking, but I like it better.

I make my German Chocolate cake using devil's food cake mix doctored with buttermilk (in place od water) and applesauce (in place of oil). For the filling I use fudge icing. I also do a thick crumb ...

Start at the 3rd post down:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-857-ganache.html

I also use a smaller tip when needing smaller roses and larger tips when needing larger.

It's much better... Unfortunately you cannot get it in Georgia. It is very similar to Rich's though, many Sam's and BJ's carry it.

I decorate the sides of most of my cakes. The Betty Boop cake I just made had hearts around the side.

Don't you have to not block the projection, though? I'm not trying to talk anyone out of buying anything.. but it just seems impractical to me in the long run. I've used projectors before to transfe ...

I know you understand how to make them Dawn. I guess the difference I was trying to point out is that with most whimsy cakes you see, the cake being crooked is an optical illusion. This one is really ...