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Cricut Cake Not so easy

I received my Cricut Cake machine yester day and I have yet to get one flower. I tried using the frosting sheet and they kept tearing. I waisted two sheets. Today I purchased rolled fondant and gumpast. I will try by making my own medium. Wish me luck.

Is anyone else having this problem, if so how did you correct it?

Added by Damita on April 23, 2010 at 3:52pm — 5 Comments

Miss Cricut, she is a little stubborn.

I hope all this is going to take is practice, practice, practice! The pro's make it look so easy. All you have to do is lay out some crisco, slap down some gum paste, feed the mat into the machine, bring the blade in a bit and 'BAM' you have a beautiful butterfly! RIGHT???

As of today I have wasted 2 sheets and I have 1 butterfly to show for it. I am going to be optimistic, after all I can't prove my husband right! He asked me last night when I wanted to toss the machine across the room… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie Main on April 21, 2010 at 3:34pm — 18 Comments

My Passion....

I have enjoyed decorating cakes for about 12 years now. I used to work in a restaurant who was interested in selling decorated cakes. They chose me to go to a cake decorating class,which I really enjoyed! I have since continued to bake and decorate cakes for family,friends,etc. I love it!!!! I also love to make my cakes original and different. I recently got to do my very first wedding cake!!!! What a joy. Makes me smile to see them happy with my cake ideas. I would… Continue

Added by Karen Bivens on April 17, 2010 at 7:46pm — 1 Comment

BABY SHOWER!!!!!!

HI,

MY NAME IS ASHLEY AND IM 24 WEEKS PREGNANT AND HAVING A BABY SHOWER ON JUNE 26 AND I NEED THE PERFECT CAKE IM HAVING A LITTLE BOY AND HIS NAME IS JEREMAIH! I LIVE IN PLANO,TEXAS AND IF ANYONE WHILING TO HELP PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!,

ASHLEY

Added by ashley phillips on April 13, 2010 at 3:39pm — 1 Comment

Ultimate Cake Off

Don't forget to watch Dena Bryngelson tonight on the Ultimate Cake Off - 9pm EST on TLC

Go Dena!

Added by Theresa Happe on April 12, 2010 at 8:53am — 4 Comments

Frangapani

Hi All

For those who wanted to know how to make the Frangapani, I have found a tutorial on YouTube which shows step by stap instructions. You can find this under:

How to make a Frangapani TUTORIAL

Hope this helps.

Added by Melissa Taylor on April 12, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Cake Photography Tips

You've made a fabulous cake and now you want to share your photos, but your pictures may not be turning out as well as you'd like. You're not a professional photograhper and don't want to invest in an expensive camera or equipment so what can you do?

With a few small changes you can dramatically improve the quality of your cake photos! Some people will spend a small amount of money to create a little "photo studio" with some special lighting and back grounds but if you're a hobbiest… Continue

Added by Gonzuela on April 11, 2010 at 2:32pm — 3 Comments

Vote for your favorite Easter cake

Voting for the best Easter cake starts today and goes through April 24th. Be sure to check out all 37 cake entries and select the one you like best by making it your favorite. Here is the link to all the entries.

Added by Theresa Happe on April 10, 2010 at 1:22pm — 4 Comments

Cricket Cake Personal Cutter

I just read somewhere that the Cricket Cake Personal Cutter will be offered on the HSN on April 14th at 12:01 a.m. EST. This is good news as you can break down the payments vs coming up with the money all at once!

Added by Diana Viera on April 10, 2010 at 9:51am — 4 Comments

HELLO EVERYONE!

Good Morning everyone! I have been lingering on here for the past week or so, but I haven't introduced myself yet, so I'll take the time now on this rainy Friday morning!

I am a stay at home mom of two little girls, Ashlyn, age 5, and Makenna, who will be the big one on April 30th! They are my life! I also have a wonderful husband of almost 8 years. In my spare time, I like to travel, scrapbook, eat (lol), and now cakes!! :) We live in Northeast Ohio, it's a love/hate relationship. The… Continue

Added by Carey Yonchak on April 9, 2010 at 10:05am — 5 Comments

My first attempt!

My name is Nadia, and I'm a 32-yr-old business owner in Ontario, Canada. I've just finished Course #1 (intro) of the Wilton Cake Decorating 4-course series, which was held at my local Michael's store. I decided to join the course because I was itching to do something artsy (my business is education-related) and have been watching way too much Cake Boss and Ultimate Cake Off! Since I'm one of those people who looks at stuff and immediately thinks that "I can do that!", I thought I'd put…

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Added by Dia on April 8, 2010 at 1:36pm — 7 Comments

Bake Bliss

http://bakebliss.blogspot.com

Added by Bake Bliss on April 1, 2010 at 2:38am — No Comments

17 Tier ~ 15,032 lb Wedding Cake

Check out this cake that was made here in Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun for a couple that have been married for 86-years! God Bless them!!!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/10-unbelieveable-wedding-marriage-records-1171467/

It is absolutely…

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Added by Diana Viera on March 28, 2010 at 12:04pm — 2 Comments

Ideas for a cake for a Christening........

I just completed the Wilton Level One course, so am new to cake decorating but want to make a cake form my granddaughter's christening. Any suggestions?

Thank you

Added by Sharron Mell on March 25, 2010 at 4:32pm — No Comments

Gluten, Wheat & Dairy Free Coconut Cake Recipe

For a while now, I've been searching for a gluten, wheat & dairy free cake recipe. A friend of mine asked if I can come up with a recipe for his daughter "Stella" who is turning 2 and has the allergies listed above. They have tried making the boxed cakes offered at the specialty markets, have gone to bakeries that offer the allergy cakes, but to date, have not liked any of them until… Continue

Added by Diana Viera on March 21, 2010 at 2:27pm — 2 Comments

Tips for decorating my carrot cake

Hello Everyone...My Son's birthday is coming up and im planning to bake a carrot cake for him. But the problem is that im new to decorating and i dont have any idea what to do..can anybody help me?

Thank you.

Ria

Added by Ria Aure on March 18, 2010 at 3:39am — 10 Comments

Interesting offer from potential client

When I dropped off the Hello Kitty and Super Mario cakes at the kids' birthday party at the bowling alley - all heads turned. Almost every person at the bowling alley (a popular kids birthday party location around here) came to have a look. The owner of the bowling alley asked me to make a castle cake that they could sell off of their website for the parties - they'd take a commission of course. I'm excited to try it. I'm not sure on pricing, or what the market will bear around here (we're…

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Added by Kim Hamilton on March 11, 2010 at 9:18pm — 1 Comment

March 11, 2010

I just talked to my niece. Her son's first birthday party is the 20th. She wants me to do a Finding Nemo cake for his party. I'm really excited to try it. Plan on doing a RKT fondant covered Nemo on the top, with all the other characters around the tiers. I can't wait to get started. I can start the gumpaste parts this weekend - I plan on doing some coral and shells. Will do the major characters out of fondant.

On another note - made a pink lemonade cake from scratch yesterday…

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Added by Kim Hamilton on March 11, 2010 at 8:54pm — No Comments

new

I am by no means a professional! I used to love when my mom made my birthday cakes when I was a child. I started playing around with making cakes a little over year ago. I really just make them for close friends so I can get some practice! lol I married the man of my dreams this past April in 2009, and I've been a nurse for 5+ years working in the Nurology ICU... Needless to say I have a lot of patients, which helps with the tedious tasks of decorating cakes! My… Continue

Added by Callie Morton on March 11, 2010 at 5:24pm — 1 Comment

Another newbee here!

Good morning everyone, just wanted to drop a line and intro myself.

Found this awesome place and see some familiar faces/names thank goodness. I reside in the wonderful state of VT. (sometimes it's not so wonderful). I am the owner of a custom cake shoppe and just this past year opened a cake studio in town. I do all the baking at home, but needed the separate client consultation space, and found a nice little spot right on main street in Wells River, VT.… Continue

Added by Donna on March 11, 2010 at 8:36am — 5 Comments