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I have wondered about this too, did you use a half or whole pack of jello?

Wilton makes some and you could use alphabet cookie cutters, but they are more cartoonish.
The tappits and cutters from the links above make nice perfect numbers and letters, but watch some You tube ...

I have used Americolor or Spectrum electric pink and it colors well. I have not noticed a bitter taste, but I haven't eaten a lot of it.

spoke too soon. the gems are already getting sticky. guess I will try isomalt tomorrow.

thanks for the post, been wanting a cricut!

I also used Lorann strawberry flavoring in SMBC and it was Yummy!

definitely. At least where those two are concerned.

So for my first attempt I used a mix of sugar and Hi-Sweet, which is a corn syrup solid (powder) to replace liquid corn syrup for high humidity c ...

Thanks, I was just researching the difference. Should I stick with the Hershey BC recipe or is there a better one out there?

But she will be able to sell cakes to people after she gets legal, and this would be good exposure at her workplace. Word of mouth travels fast, especially at work. And they have friends that have fri ...

I have always used the Hershey recipe on the back of their cocoa package, but I am low if not out of that. I have plenty of dutch process cocoa I have used for cake batter, is that an acceptable sub? ...

I also thought about the fact that the gems would normally be in "rough" unpolished form, but she wants them to look like jewels, I guess to be recognizable for her guests? I think I may do both, kind ...

Thats a great idea, I thought about making a geode of some sort. She did specifically ask for rubies, emeralds and amethysts. And pearls...that's not hard but I asked her where she went digging for pe ...

I did bake a 6" round with the extra batter, and figured I could cut out the fallen part and replace with the small round to plug..found out the fallen middle was fine.

So as a lesson, do not open ...

Starting about two inches from the edge it sank from 1/2-1" at it's deepest. I have another layer to bake, since I only have one 10" pan, and figure I could use it as the bottom layer and fill strawbe ...

I wish I had enough time to order them, it would be a lot less stressful. I've even tried looking up candy shops in town for those candy ring pops or anything. This cake has me stumped...

My friend ...