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Topic: Need help on brides cake design
dbax

Replies: 11
Views: 464

PostForum: How Do I?   Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:09 pm   Subject: Need help on brides cake design
You could try covering the cake first in modeling chocolate which holds its shape pretty well when cool, then cover that with fondant. You can color white chocolate whatever color you want, or buy co ...
Topic: A different MMF question
dbax

Replies: 2
Views: 133

PostForum: Cake Decorating   Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:15 pm   Subject: A different MMF question
If you have and airbrush, you can spray a thin coat of vodka to eliminate the white dusty look. Not sure about the shine factor though.
Topic: Are your clients on CC?
dbax

Replies: 27
Views: 1579

PostForum: General   Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:27 pm   Subject: Are your clients on CC?
When I started decorating cakes I found CC by accident while seaching for a specific cake. After realizing I had to log on to see it I went on my merry way until I was directed back to CC for the man ...
Topic: I am so p***ed right now I have to vent!!
dbax

Replies: 62
Views: 4853

PostForum: Cake Decorating   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:13 pm   Subject: I am so p***ed right now I have to vent!!
Here's what I think...
If the MOB is so familiar with the ''attention to detail'' that goes into a cake, she would have known what you had already invested and apologized for the late notice of findi ...
Topic: Funny Email Last Night
dbax

Replies: 12
Views: 658

PostForum: General   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:46 pm   Subject: Funny Email Last Night
How did I not discover you sooner???
I could have sent all the people who ask if I do this for a living, (which I don't) to you, because your cakes are amazing (sincerely!!)
. . . and since it is a ...
Topic: metal cake trays
dbax

Replies: 5
Views: 175

PostForum: How Do I?   Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:01 am   Subject: metal cake trays
yw. . . . I read it somewhere here on CC and checked it out a while ago.
Debated on whether or not I would need it since I don't have a business.
Might still like to get one, they are pretty...
Topic: A great idea for a start up business
dbax

Replies: 84
Views: 7195

PostForum: Cake Decorating Business   Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:44 pm   Subject: A great idea for a start up business
So, I am wondering, where did everyone get the recipes you use? Are they original? I want to know what the rule is regarding recipes. .... but is it Ok to use recipes that are not original that I h ...
Topic: A great idea for a start up business
dbax

Replies: 84
Views: 7195

PostForum: Cake Decorating Business   Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:34 pm   Subject: A great idea for a start up business
Stinks when you do all the hard work, make investments and someone comes along and tries to replicate it as thier own.... Hopefully there will be some justice for you.

When I was a kid, my mom new ...
Topic: metal cake trays
dbax

Replies: 5
Views: 175

PostForum: How Do I?   Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:40 am   Subject: metal cake trays
I haven't purchased any myself, but while doing some research found this...Not sure if this is what you are looking for but. . .
There is a link to a website that has some that are a little more aff ...
Topic: How often have you heard this?
dbax

Replies: 39
Views: 2296

PostForum: Cake Decorating Business   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:32 pm   Subject: How often have you heard this?
Yep, and I like the ones that think they know EVERYTHING and try to tell you how to bake a moist cake. I have a bride Im meeting with describe this cake she tasted at her friends wedding and wants the ...
Topic: Some people...
dbax

Replies: 27
Views: 1405

PostForum: General   Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:31 pm   Subject: Some people...
Very nice cake!

I heard someone say once, speak as if the world were an open mike...
Too bad she didn't know her mike was turned on, her quick response and hastey exit leads me to believe she was ...
Topic: Disposable plastic individual cake containers
dbax

Replies: 1
Views: 129

PostForum: General   Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:56 pm   Subject: Disposable plastic individual cake containers
I saw a picture of a cake, (what looked like a cake in the thumbnail) was actually triangular boxes with a ribbon around it to hold the cylindrical shape like a cake. I did soome research and found t ...
Topic: Does anyone NOT offer american buttercream?
dbax

Replies: 106
Views: 7064

PostForum: Cake Decorating Business   Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:49 pm   Subject: Does anyone NOT offer american buttercream?
What's your recipe? Maybe we can help you.

Well, I've tried a few different recipes. The most recent one I tried was:

1-1/2 cups egg whites
3 cups sugar
3 pounds unsalted butter
1 tbsp flav ...
Topic: Sales rep ate baby shower cake.
dbax

Replies: 117
Views: 9025

PostForum: General   Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:04 pm   Subject: Sales rep ate baby shower cake.
..... that is appalling, it sounds like he isn't of a right mind...

I was thinking the same thing. He needs neuro and psych workups if he's so disinhibited he does something like that. Sometimes ...
Topic: I just don't get people~even the ones I know!
dbax

Replies: 51
Views: 3097

PostForum: Cake Decorating Business   Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:00 pm   Subject: I just don't get people~even the ones I know!
I was offering all kinds of cakes to friends/family for practice and confidence to see if I ''loved'' doing cakes, if I could ''do'' cakes, if it was worth the effort to start a business. They know I ...
 

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