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Message |
| Topic: Share how you operate your business?? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 22
Views: 1751
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 Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:28 pm Subject: Share how you operate your business?? |
| Thank you Michelle104. Yes, I am self taught...of course with some help from CC too! |
| Topic: Share how you operate your business?? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 22
Views: 1751
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Forum: Cake Decorating Business
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:25 pm Subject: Share how you operate your business?? |
| I rent a shared commercial kitchen so that I can be legal. I advertise with "The Knot" and I have a website. I was doing up to 4 cakes a weekend last summer (wedding cakes) and decided that was way ... |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:22 am Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
Yep, those weights look like the ones I use.
So I took the cakes out of the oven and whalla....they did shrink more than my chocolate cakes but they look way better! I put them next to the ones I ... |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:17 am Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
Yes, I did stumble on the "cake off" blog and saw where someone said that the new reciepe was soggy.
Since I bake in large volumes, I have converted everything to grams and do weigh my ingredients. ... |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:42 pm Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
| Yeah, I was wondering about that ginger. Thank you dkelly, I'll try it out. |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:30 pm Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
| Where do I find her new recipe? |
| Topic: Stacked Cake keeps leaning |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 10
Views: 495
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Forum: Cake Disasters
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:28 pm Subject: Stacked Cake keeps leaning |
| I use SPS too and love them but it sound like your dowels weren't cut the same size? |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:19 pm Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
Oh, I am so relieved to hear others are having the same issue with these receipes. I'm tempted to email Sylvia and ask her because I really love her recipe and so do my customers.
Thanks Jeff, I t ... |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:39 pm Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
I honestly don't think I'm over mixing but I'll try to watch that and see if it helps. Yes, I love the one with sour cream in the Cake Bible and it does the same thing!
I have used vanilla cake ... |
| Topic: how to make stiff IMBC? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 13
Views: 326
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:41 pm Subject: how to make stiff IMBC? |
| Maybe you're not using enough butter or maybe you are adding the butter before the meringue is cool enough? IMBC is soft but it's very workable. |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:37 pm Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
| Here's my vanilla cake (Sylvia's recipe) |
| Topic: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 26
Views: 713
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:35 pm Subject: Why is my scratch vanilla cake shrinking so much? |
I bake everything from scratch and I consistantly have problems with vanilla cakes. I've tried Sylvia Weinstock's, Toba Garrett's, and Martha Stewart recipes and get the same results.
My other cak ... |
| Topic: Edible Images-Please help |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 11
Views: 366
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:14 am Subject: Edible Images-Please help |
| One more thing. If you do end up purchasing your own printer and end up with a Canon, I recommend Icingimages.com for ink. KokyKake inks always clogged my printer and ruined my Canon so I ended up p ... |
| Topic: how do you bake a level cake |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 3
Views: 152
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:54 am Subject: how do you bake a level cake |
I bake my cakes in a convention oven and they all come out level. Also, when I spread my batter I tend to move the batter towards the edges more than the center.
It could also depend on your recei ... |
| Topic: Edible Images-Please help |
ladyonzlake
Replies: 11
Views: 366
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Forum: Cake Decorating
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:52 am Subject: Edible Images-Please help |
| Try www.lucks.com |
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