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Carson
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Joined: Mar 28, 2007
Posts: 404
Location: Manitoba, Canada
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Sat May 10, 2008 10:33 pm |
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| Quote: | | I'm definitely the minority here - but i like my wilton leveler. I only have the small 12" one. The trick to using it is to saw back and forth while slightly pulling. It has to be straight up and down or it will cut crooked. |
Beachcakes - I like the small leveller - its that big one that SUCKS!!!!
The Wilton Fondant mat drives me crazy with the corners constantly rolling up!
My husband bought me the Tilting Turntable for Christmas, its ok, but I have yet to even imagine tilting it! |
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imartsy
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Joined: May 26, 2006
Posts: 2264
Location: Louisville, KY
Birthday: Sep 14
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Sun May 11, 2008 10:13 am |
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My smaller wiilton leveler lost its tension - and when I would try to cut through the cake - the wire would "jump" and slice the cake at a weird angle. I finally decided it was just more headache than help - and I certainly didn't want to buy another one that would break in a few months / weeks either. Agbay is the best! |
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Kortni
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Joined: Apr 23, 2008
Posts: 17
Location: Northern Virginia
Birthday: Jun 13
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Sun May 11, 2008 7:16 pm |
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| bobwonderbuns wrote: | Another dust collector I have is that $40 s u g a r c r a f t gun, the black and red one -- it's sooo hard on the wrist that I've used it once.  |
I completely agree! My hand would kill me after using the red and black one. However, someone in one of my cake clubs has turned the rest of us onto a green clay extruder that you can buy at Michael's and probably any craft store. The shaft is larger and you can get longer pieces of fondant out of it. The best thing about it is you don't have to squeeze to get the fonant out, you spin the top lever around. See image at the following link: http://www.makinsclay.com/US/e.....truder.JPG
I love it!
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Kortni
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Joined: Apr 23, 2008
Posts: 17
Location: Northern Virginia
Birthday: Jun 13
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Sun May 11, 2008 7:26 pm |
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Kortni
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Joined: Apr 23, 2008
Posts: 17
Location: Northern Virginia
Birthday: Jun 13
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Sun May 11, 2008 8:04 pm |
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Sorry about the double posts before this one, but it said my first one didn't post successfully to I retyped it.
On another note about the much hatred for the large Wilton leveler (I too hate it with a passion). An alternative to using a leveler (I learned this trick from an instructor), put your cake on a low turntable, get a long decent quality, serrated (sp?) knife, hold the knife parallel to the table, next to your cake and lock your elbow into your side. You will never move the knife. Place your other hand flat on top of your cake and spin the cake. Natuarally the knife will make it's way to the center of the cake. I have never used a leveler since (except the wilton small leveler on cakes smaller then 6")! I highly recommend trying it! |
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Hawkette
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Joined: Jan 09, 2008
Posts: 138
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Sun May 11, 2008 8:19 pm |
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| rebekahjohnson81 wrote: | | I have had such trouble getting all the greasiness from my buttercream out of the non-disposable ones. must not be washing them right or something ... |
I must be the laziest person in the world, but I just chuck those puppies in the dishwasher. I turn them inside out and put them on the top rack. Sometimes I have to turn them over and run them through again if the top didn't get washed well, but after two rounds, they come out spotless. I haven't noticed any yellowing or other side effects of using the dishwasher, either. Does anyone else do this, or am I the sole weirdo around here? 
You all have me concerned about the Wilton Tilting Turntable. Yikes! I bought one last summer. I've only used it once, and that was to do stringwork for a small 6" cake. It worked fine, but now I'm scared to put anything bigger on it.
My worst products have been ALL of the Wilton cookie presses. Yep, tried 'em all, broke 'em all. I'm now using my great grandmother's old aluminum one. It works perfect. I just wish I could buy new patterns for it, but darn it, the Wilton ones just don't fit. And I have quite the collection from Wilton. I even contacted Wilton about the shoddy construction. If you look at them from an engineer's standpoint, you can see that they were all manufactured to break when they could have SO EASILY changed the design ever so slightly (taking a cue from the old aluminum ones) and made them much more durable.
My other disaster was with the large 3D Stand-Up Bear pan. I hammered those stupid little clips on so tight and yet cake leaked out all over and never did cook through the middle. However the mini bear pan is awesome!! I love using it, and it's really versatile with what designs you can make. |
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Ruth0209
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Joined: Aug 09, 2007
Posts: 155
Location: Boise, Idaho
Birthday: Feb 09
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Sun May 11, 2008 8:48 pm |
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I often put my non-disposable bags through the dishwasher on the top rack, and it seems to do the trick. I did have one come out with the side split. It was old, so the dishwasher may have just finished off the glue that was left in the seam. I really hate washing those greasy things in the sink!! |
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Dee1219
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Joined: Mar 18, 2007
Posts: 226
Location: WA (For now anyway!)
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Sun May 11, 2008 9:37 pm |
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Well, I do hate that stupid Tilt table from Wilton as well!! Oh man I almost had a serious fit with that thing!! I brought it back to the store the same day!
Here is a thought for all of us who are holding onto our dust collectors.
What if we did a cake equipment swap? You know like Suzy hates her wilton leveler and Sarah hates her tappits, so Suzy mails Sarah her leveler and Sarah mails Suzy her tappits? Wouldn't that work? Just a thought. But with all the levels of expertise here we could all benefit from something like that right? I mean I would love to give away some stuff I don't use anymore to try something new that has peaked my interest. We could run a forum called Swap It!! Ahhh, just thinking out loud  |
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Kortni
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Joined: Apr 23, 2008
Posts: 17
Location: Northern Virginia
Birthday: Jun 13
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Mon May 12, 2008 4:47 am |
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| Dee1219 wrote: | Here is a thought for all of us who are holding onto our dust collectors.
What if we did a cake equipment swap? You know like Suzy hates her wilton leveler and Sarah hates her tappits, so Suzy mails Sarah her leveler and Sarah mails Suzy her tappits? Wouldn't that work? Just a thought. But with all the levels of expertise here we could all benefit from something like that right? I mean I would love to give away some stuff I don't use anymore to try something new that has peaked my interest. We could run a forum called Swap It!! Ahhh, just thinking out loud |
Dee personally I think it's a good idea but does that fall into this category of the rules and regulations?
"You may not publicly request the personal information of any other member, inluding but not limited to email, phone or address. Posts listing, selling or "giving away" free items will immediately be removed, and your membership may be terminated." |
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Dee1219
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Joined: Mar 18, 2007
Posts: 226
Location: WA (For now anyway!)
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Mon May 12, 2008 4:56 am |
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Oh, I guess I didn't realize that! Oops, sorry  |
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cvigil
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Joined: Aug 12, 2007
Posts: 80
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Tue May 13, 2008 6:12 pm |
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Ok, so you all have saved me from buying the tilting turn table. I feel like the biggest idiot for buying the wilton tip set (the big one) I will never use all of those tips and spent WAY too much $$$ on this. I think out of all of them I use maybe 5.
Now the thing I cannot live without is my KitchenAid mixer. The best thing I ever asked for (my anniversary gift). Thanks Honey!  |
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summernoelle
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Joined: Mar 08, 2007
Posts: 1432
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Wed May 14, 2008 2:45 pm |
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I just found this post, and couldn't read it all!
The stupidest thing I bought is a Wilton fondant rolling mat. I bought it to be a guide for how large to roll the fondant out when I first started. What a POS! It is flimsy plastic, and keeps rolling up on me. The fondant really sticks to it. I hate it! I think it is wadded up in my closet somewhere. |
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jamielittle
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Joined: Aug 26, 2007
Posts: 18
Location: Dayton, OH
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Wed May 14, 2008 3:30 pm |
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I just bought, and promptly returned, the Wilton "professional" turntable. It's a horrible design and the thing just wobbles like crazy! |
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HerBoudoir
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Joined: Mar 18, 2008
Posts: 631
Location: Eastern Shore, Maryland
Birthday: Oct 18
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Wed May 14, 2008 3:32 pm |
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I think with the fondant mat, you have to grease it with Crisco before the fondant hits it or it will stick. |
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summernoelle
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