Amateur cake decorators

Comment by shoney goebel on August 7, 2010 at 11:20am

Thank you so much Melissa! I am definitely going to have to try that!

Comment by Keegan Luvs Cake on August 7, 2010 at 4:33pm

For those who had a hard time with black MMF here's a recipe that I got from CC that really is a true black.

True Black MMF
Ingredients
6 oz. of semi sweet chocolate chips (about half of a bag)
1 bag of mini marshmallows
3 tbsp. of clear Karo syrup
3 tbsp. water
1 1lb. bag of powdered sugar
gel black food coloring
Crisco
Instructions
Put your marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl, add the water, and microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir mixture, and microwave for another minute. When marshmallows come out they will be HOT, stir again, scraping the sides with a scraper. Immediately add your chocolate chips, and stir until the chips are completely melted. Add your Karo syrup and stir again this time with a butter knife, making sure that all of your syrup is incorporated. Add a good amount of black gel food coloring, and stir again with your knife, making sure that you scrape around the edges. Once your mixture is the blackest black that you can get, (I added about 1-2 tsp. of the gel coloring) then add about half of your bag of powdered sugar, and stir until the mixture is thick, with your knife. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and add the rest of the powdered sugar* to the bowl. Knead your fondant until all of the powdered sugar is gone. Store for up to a month wrapped in plastic wrap, sealed in a gallon Ziploc, and stored in an airtight container.
*Depending on the humidity in your area it might take a little more powdered sugar, or even a little less to get the consistency of fondant.

Comment by Jaala McLardy on August 7, 2010 at 9:18pm

what is "powdered sugar"?? do you mean icing sugar? :) MMF seems to be the fondant of choice in America- I am going to have to try it!

Comment by shoney goebel on August 7, 2010 at 9:43pm

Powder sugar in confectionary sugar

Comment by Jaala McLardy on August 8, 2010 at 2:07am

confectionary sugar is "icing" sugar?

Comment by annehannon on September 27, 2010 at 1:10pm

Hi mellisa just spotted that you like to doctor a mix could you please ley me have one of you recipes as i would love to have a go, please let me know exactly what you do thank you.

Comment by Rosa Blanch on October 20, 2010 at 7:44pm

Hi Everyone, I'm from North Bergen, New Jersey. I just started making cakes about 6 months ago. This is now my new hobby, but need help to improve the consistency of my cakes. So far I've made them for my son's birthday, my granddaughter's birthday and my own 60th birthday.

Comment by Nadia M. Hebert on October 29, 2010 at 3:19pm

Hi, I wanted to say that it is a pleasure to see a board full of people just like me new and old. I recently learne about this site and joined yesterday, at this point in my life I am starting over as far as my career choice and would love to feel the love from everybody who knows where I coming from. Am I Crazy or really passionate, I have a desire to bake and a drive to design and decorate. So I am reaching out to everyone for suggestions as to where to start, what helped you, how do you stay motivated, how do I build my kitchen access.

with warm personal regards,

Comment by Linda's Cakes on November 9, 2010 at 7:18pm

Hi, I am new and just learning the ropes with cake decorating. I practice on my family and close friends. You can find a few of my cakes on my page. I am so glad to be here with those eager to learn like myself and with those that can give us tips, tricks and advise..Excited!

Comment by Vikki on December 8, 2010 at 5:12pm

Hi everybody, my name is Vikki, I live in a really beautiful place in the UK called North Wales. I started to make and decorate cakes just over a year ago. I really enjoy having a go at making different types of sugarpaste models. I think that they seem to be my forte, at the moment anyway!!
I am also new here as well, so have very few friends at the minute, in fact only one! so if anyone would like to befriend a lonely new member and swap tips, please feel free!! ........... thanks to all in advance.

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