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Bossy
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Location: DeLand , FL
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I have been a member of CC for a couple of years now, but only recently started to really get in to making cakes on a regular basis. I tried the chocolate doctered cake mix recipe and OMG! It frosted like a dream, held the weight of my palm tree proto type without falling apart, and got rave reviews. I had nightmares that the tree would pull off the support dowel and plunk down onto the base cake. But it transported and held up perfectly for a "Margatritaville" party. Not that my co-workers would ever complian about my trail cakes , they love getting the experiments! The final cake will have a much larger tree, I'm still working out how to stack and support that version. I'll never make a plain cake mix again, cross my heart, hope to die! Even though the overall cake design was not very good, I was delighted with the palm tree and will work out the rest of the design so that it's more appealing. I know it needs more palm fronds sticking upright. I'll take any sugguestions to improve the design, so I've included the picture. |
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vickymacd
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Joined: Jul 22, 2006
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Location: Michigan
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:49 am |
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Love the palm!! What chocolate cake recipe are you talking about? Please post! |
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nickymom
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:57 am |
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Hey that looks great as is to me! Job well done!
I'd love a copy of that cake recipe ....do you mind sharing? |
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briannastreats
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:09 am |
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Great palm tree! I'd love to see the recipe too... |
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Bossy
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Joined: Apr 21, 2005
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Location: DeLand , FL
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:18 am |
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I can never find a recipe twice, but I wrote it down:
Ducun Hines cake mix
4 egg whites for white cake-whole eggs for chocolate
1/3 water- coffee for chocolate
2/3 cup butter milk
1/3 cup oil
1 pkg. instant pudding (my mix had pudding in it so I left it out)
Makes a dense but moist cake! |
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vickymacd
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:23 am |
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briannastreats
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Bossy
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:16 am |
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Oh, just saw all the spelling mistakes in my post. Guess I need more coffee!. |
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tonedna
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:31 am |
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You did really good!
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terri-jo
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:41 am |
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Great timing!! I was just about to search for a doctored chocolate cake recipe. Thanks for sharing! |
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goal4me
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:59 am |
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thanks...Need a choc. cake recipe today! |
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Bossy
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Location: DeLand , FL
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:07 am |
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Edna
Watched your tutorial yesterday, it was great. I plan to try out the technique next weekend! |
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CakesByLJ
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:44 am |
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| tonedna wrote: | You did really good!
Edna |
Edna, Edna, Edna.......... (((hugs))) your new tutorial on calla lillies is Terrific~! love it , love it, love it......... I'm off to fix popcorn and watch the others.... |
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elainec
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:11 am |
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Thanks for the great recipe! I love edna's video also. THe easiest to understand that i have found! |
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twooten173
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:10 am |
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Might I suggest taking out the pudding and adding 1/2 cup sour cream? It makes for a wonderful cake. JMO. |
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