Cake Decorating Forum

I remember looking at a CC member's cakes who did sheet cakes with white borders and squiggly colored icing all over the border. In the middle of each border she would but a star and then start the b ...

I don't know where to find clips on the internet, but I wanted to tell you that after looking at your cakes, you have NOTHING to worry about. Your work is awesome and speaks for itself. One day I ho ...

How long is fondant good for? I have the Wilton rolled fondant, and I opened it 6 months ago and have stored it in the refrigerator. Is it still good?

Thanks for the replies. I don't eat cream cheese icing, so it's hard for me to know what it goes with! I know, I guess I'm silly for not eating it but I just don't like the taste of it in icing. If ...

I'm making a cake for my mother-in-law for her niece's shower this weekend. It will be a double layered 12 inch with a double layered 8 inch on top. Bride requested red velvet cake, but not everyone ...

My sister is going to be graduating from pharmacy school, and I don't have any idea of how to decorate her cake. I want it to be cute and colorful with a pharmacy type theme. Any suggestions are ap ...

I haven't tried this, but I saw someone's cake that had a very red Elmo. I asked how she got the color, and she said that she added some red powdered jello to help the color. She said that she let t ...

The project was a huge year long project, and the students just finished the final phase which was presenting an 8-10 minute speech in front of panel judges. The other senior English teachers and I h ...

I was thinking about doing a plain white with either the school's letters or 07 for the graduation year in the school's colors. How long would it take for this to dry? Also, I was looking at the roy ...

My senior English students just finished a major, major project at school, and they did an awesome job!!!! They are so proud of what they were able to accomplish, and I'm such a proud teacher! I wan ...

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I want to make the crusting cream cheese icing. I think the full batch is going to be too much icing. I'm icing and decorating a 1/2 sheet cake. I don't normally make cream cheese icing just butter ...

I haven't tried it, but I remember a cake instructor saying that she lined smaller pans like 8 in. with coffee filters. She just flattened them out.

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I plan on decorating the cake mid-morning; is it crucial that I put the cake in the refrigerator if they are going to be taking it back out for 3-4 pm? I just want to m ...

I'm sorry I have so many questions. If the shower is at 7 p.m., when should they take it out of the refrigerator? Also, can I color it just like buttercream?