Cake Decorating Forum

I like them much better than wooden dowels. You can use them just the same as the wooden ones, you dont need plates, just the cardboards. Marilyn
(You could use plates too, if they are very heavy)

www.wrapsmart.com carries florist foil.

I found that sticking it to clear contact paper and then cutting the contact paper to the size of the ribon works well. Marilyn

alicegop, I just delivered a 4 tier (last one in photo's) last weekend. I used the sps for the first time. I was a little nervous about sliding also, but there is a little spike that sticks up on th ...

I read an article a while back on how a bride can save money. It sugested not to tell the baker it is for a wedding, just a special occasion, because the baker will charge much more for a wedding cak ...

Will a piece of fondant that has been made ahead of time and is dry, get soft again when you put it on something that is covered in buttercream? Like the top part of a graduation cap. Also if you make ...

All my tier cakes have the same kind of price. They are higher because I have to deliver and set up, usually make a sample and have a consoltation with them (~1 hr), and the top cake on weddings don't ...

I had gotten the same message when I tried to upload a photo. I tried a few times and got the same message. Then I figured out the picture was not the correct size. It was 1.33 MB and it needed to be ...

I had my best results by sticking clear contact paper to the back, then cutting it. I didn't have any luck with ironing the waxed paper to wax coat it, it still soaked through.

I sand the end of a wooden dowel so it is rounded, and use it once the icing has crusted.

I have ordered from them many times. They ship quickly. The last order, (only time this has happened) They had a pkg of 12 9*13 boards instead of the 100 I had ordered. I called them and they shipped ...

I have ordered some from a place called wrapsmart. They were reasonable and quick.

I always add about six tablespoons for each double batch of buttercream. (Wilton recipe, half margerine half crisco) I don't know if it makes that much of a difference in the decorating, but I think i ...

I tried the spackeling once and it didn't work for me. Have you tried pipping with it, it wont hold its shape (whatever kind I used didn't anyway). I ended up using royal icing, and sanded it to make ...

Thats a good question, I was going to say ice it first , but you would have to be able to put it on it. without it on a board you would not have a choice. Marilyn