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Leaves are gumpaste and fondant, colors by Americolor and the cake was golden yellow to fit in with the fall season.....Added to my profile....

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I have a small airbrush gun I purchased at Harbor Freights and just bought a can of propellant to go with it.

Do I need to dilute the Duff's airbrush paint when I put it in the airbrush jar? First time using this and I going to airbrush marshmallow fondant I also made for the first time :/ Crossing my fingers that everything turns out fine!!

This week I celebrated my 33rd birthday and my accomplishments. The last time I celebrated my birthday I was 21years old and since then I have  just let the days pass me by or I have been at work.  The plans for my birthday celebration included a Coconut Birthday Cake...Yummy.  I was so excited and looking forward to that birthday cake moment, and thought about what I would wish for when blowing out the candle after the loving, non-harmonic rendition of  “happy birthday, happy…

I have to make a 14inch base for a wedding cake next week and am rather nervous..my cake size are usually 12inch and 8inch...I hope they choose buttercream over fondant because my fondant has been tearing lately...not sure why?

Fay Tuzzi

April 19, 1921 - August 10, 2012

My grandmother was my inspiration to do everything I do today and I will never forget her.

I grew up eating only health foods - things like natural peanut butter and puffed rice cereal. Grandma managed two different bakeries, one of them Reisterer's in Garden City. She brought over stacks of…

Hi Everyone,

If you're going to ICES this year, please come by booths 318/319 and say hello. I will be with the Sugar Arts Institute. Looking forward to meeting you :)

     I use two heart pans-cut the points off join together with icing -you will have a female torso( the cake will be laying flat)-use the easter egg pan (Wilton) put on top of the torso after icing. Use the petite doll pan for the boobs. This cake will serve 50 people.

I hope this will help you.

Happy Baking and Decorating,

Chef Angie

I have to make a pregnant belly cake for 50 people.  I have the Wilton soccer ball pan that I have used before but I believe that would be too small to serve 50 people. Can anyone give me some ideas?  I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks. 

  I have created some beautiful horse molds for the chocolate and cake world.  They are one of a kind and beautiful and only through Cakes By Lisa, in Ocala, Fl can you buy them.  They are highly detailed and intricate and 3D.  Make for great cakes and events for all horse lovers.  I have some up for sale now and will be offering more in the following weeks.  Please contact me at RLMenz@yahoo.com or go to my facebook page of Cakes by Lisa, Ocala…

I am available for cake orders.If I can not do the cake you want I will help you find someone. There isn't much I can't do. If you have a picture of what you want, give me a holler.Email  jgreathouse5252@charter.net

I would like to invite anyone who is interested in joining a local cake club to our next meeting.  We are the Confectionery Artists Guild of Orlando also known as CAGO.  We meet the second Monday of each month.  The next meeting will be held at the Herndon Branch of the Orlando Library on August 13th, starting at 6:30 to 8:30 pm.  If you have any questions, you can email me at:

chefcathy65@gmail.com.  Hope to see you there

Hi Fellow Cake Artesians:

I'm preparing to make my first "closed" book cake and I'm concerned about how to cover both the top and bottom, how to keep the edges straight, and the measurements between the coverss and the pages.  Do any you have some tips that you could share with me?

Thank you,

Lucy from LVT, California

Ingredients

1 Pkg chocolate cake mix with pudding ( I used Duncan Hines chocolate with instant chocolate pudding mix)

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp cocoa

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup water (I used milk)

1/2 cup Kahlua or Tia Maria

3 eggs (I used 4 eggs because of the choc pudding)

1/4 cup bourbon

3/4 cup coffee, extra strong

Frosting:-

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup evaporated…

Smore Stuffed Chocolate chip Cookies

Next baking excursion (:

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My life is already full and has been for quite some time.  I'm a Mom and a wife, I work full time, support my running buddy by showing up 4 times a week for a running chit-chat session, bake cakes in the evenings and hang out with friends and family in between - oh did I mention I have also been going to the gym to burn some of these cake and icing calories off the hips and thighs?

Out of all I commit myself to, being a Mom is my #1 favorite and baking cakes is right behind #1.  (My…

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