Painting on SMBC, need advice
I’m a semi-retired Baker/decorator. Things change fast in the decorator world! I’ve been seeing lots of flowers painted on bc cakes. They look beautiful and I’m confident in my ability to do it, but what I’m wondering, if I paint beautiful...
Do you deliver wedding cakes anywhere in London ?
Do you deliver wedding cakes anywhere in London ?
Tomahawk steak cake
This was for a father’s 50th birthday. The steak is made of chocolate cake with a fudge filling, buttercream icing and covered in fondant. The bone is gum paste as are the vegetables – potatoes, asparagus, and mushrooms. The wooden board is...
Help!! My tip keeps sliding off pastry bag
Hi! I have Wilton rose tip and Wilton pastry bags. I size the hole in the pastry bag so that is is SUPER tight against the tip, yet when I press the icing out of the tip, the tip will go right with it, opening my pastry whole a lot larger. ...
Intricate pattern in fondant
I have to cut out the LSU eyes of the tiger (see attached image) to put on white cake. I am cutting the black sections out purple fondant and the gold out of gold fondant. I am having difficulty getting clean cuts and getting the pattern to...
Buttercream Icing with Cream Cheese Filling - How long can it stay at room temp?
I have a groom’s cake that was iced with cream cheese flavored buttercream, but filled with real cream cheese filling. How long can it safely stay out at room temperature? The recipe I used is this: 8 oz cream cheese 1/2 cup butter 4 cups...
Advice for Storing Fondant
Hello Those-In-The-Know! I’ve been asked to make a Dorothy the Dinosaur topper, which they want to use in a couple of months and I can’t make it sooner to the date. For figures that aren’t going to be eaten, I would suggest storing in a box in a...
Pink Camo Cake tutorial with Buttercream Icing
The photos got messed up on this tutorial a few years ago and I recently made another cake similar. I have reposted the process photos and wanted to bring attention to this in case anyone was looking for this type of technique. Here is the...
Help with dairy free eggless cake recipe
My great nephew has a number of food allergies. I will be making a cake for his 1st birthday and was hoping someone can help me with a cake recipe and also a frosting that contains no eggs or dairy. Would appreciate any help.
Gold leaf - I need your help
Hello my dear friends, can you help me with your opinion about covering a cake with edible gold leaf? First of all I want your opinion if the base cake from the image is covered with gold leaf. My second question is if you can cover a cake...
Crusting Cream Cheese Frosting
I am doing my first groom’s cake. The groom wants a three tiered cake! He also wants a red velvet cake but the idea of using cream cheese frosting in South Louisiana in June scares me to death. He wants the cake with frosting and fondant...
Debbie Brown Cakes, in Central Florida!!
Debbie Brown, of Debbie Brown Cakes, will be teaching you how to create one of her signature designs! Debbie is a world-renowned author of over 20 books and a first class instructor from the U.K.. Space is limited so don’t miss out on this...
Claudia Prati Royal Icing Cake Classes in Central Florida!!
Learn to create these GORGEOUS cakes using Royal Icing techniques taught by ‘Claudia Prati torte creative’. Classes will be held in the Orlando area this September 5th & 6th. Reservations through sdbyheba@gmail.com
help. decorating in hot weather
I will be staying in a Spanish villa in august and have no problem making my daughters wedding cake , but what to ice it with!! It wont be stacked , just 4 cakes of different sizes , standing on lit stands of different heights ( rich...
Water fountain
Any one know where I can get a cake water fountain to hire or buy in west Yorkshire
Wilton 1/2 shortening 1/2 butter frosting question
Hello. I want to make the Wilton frosting with 1/2 shortening and 1/2 butter for a cake on Thursday evening. I can only frost it Wednesday night. Can i leave it on the counter from Wednesday night to Thursday night? Any suggestions? Thank you
Hi every one
Hi every one. I’m Hary. I’m from America but now i live and work in Viet Nam. Cake decorating is my passion. It make me happy and relaxed. Thank you organizers and admins for approving my request to join this group. All the very best to you...
