New Apartment, Gas Stove (I'm Used to Electric), Baking Challenges - HELP!

Started this discussion. Last reply by June Kowalczyk Feb 20, 2012. 11 Replies 0 Favorites

I haven't been on Cakes We Bake for a long time due to the moving. I have baked a couple of snacking cakes and pumpkin pies (had an epic fail there, with a pie that fell on the floor).Friends tell me…Continue

Tags: baking, oven, gas

FYI - Michael's 50 percent off on bakeware e-mail coupons

Started Aug 20, 2011 0 Replies 0 Favorites

Hope this is OK to mention - I promise I don't work for Michael's or anything. I just thought it'd be helpful to some who are trying to build a collection of Wilton or Duff or other cake stuff that…Continue

Ingredients in frosting sheets / edible paper

Started this discussion. Last reply by Connie Taft Aug 25, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Favorites

I was looking at the Wilton icing sheets that have recently come out and noticed that Sucralose (Splenda) is listed as one of the ingredients. I prefer to avoid artificial sweeteners as much as…Continue

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Putting Textured Fondant on a Cake - Best Method?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Hope Brady Jul 23, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Favorites

I was curious about this, wondering if it's best to texture the fondant first, or put it on the cake first. It would seem that in some cases you'd lose the texture in the smoothing process. And in…Continue