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Doug
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:39 pm |
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| mbelgard wrote: | I want the hard lemonade recipe Doug.  |
simple --
1 TBS to 32oz lemonade (homemade of course)
that gets it to about the same alcohol content as a wine cooler.
again 1 TABLESPOON! --- a little goes a LONG way! |
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BlakesCakes
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:18 pm |
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If you keep extracts in your home, then you keep "alcohol" in your home.
In order to make extracts, most things have to be combined/steeped/suspended with alcohol.
Good lemon extract is about 83%+ alcohol (that's 166 proof) and the minimum for vanilla extract is 35% (70 proof). Gin and vodka run about 80-90 proof, or 40-50% alcohol. Listerine mouthwash runs about 50 proof.
If you don't want the flavoring of the extract left behind, then vodka or Everclear are your best bet--no real flavor (like gin or vanilla), no oil (like lemon), and high alcohol content for rapid evaporation.
For painting with dusts, I like lemon extract because the oil helps keep the "paint" from streaking and gives a bit of extra work time. For spraying, no oil is very, very important because it helps keep the airbrush from clogging.
HTH
Rae |
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kerri729
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:12 pm |
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MMMmmmm, Hard lemonade........it's 88 degrees outside, I have no kids tonight and no cake to do.........going to get me some everclear and lemons........Anyone want to join me?  |
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tripletmom
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:25 pm |
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Although the alcohol does evaporate I would think it might be a good idea to check with the recipients of this cake if using alcohol would be okay. Some are steadfast in their beliefs and even using it might not be okay with them. Chances are it will be fine however I know some LDS's that will not have anything to do with alcohol in any way, shape or form. Okay, they may be considered extreme by some but it does happen. |
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ccwkg
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:30 pm |
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I know everyone says that it evaporates but I just can't shake the vision in my head of little children staggering around a birthday party, one passed out cold under the cake table and another trying to hit the pinata from across the room with one eye closed so that he only has one target. So because of this, I use almond |
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tdybear1978
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:41 pm |
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this may be a dumb question - but when you say you are going to spray the luster/pearl dust onto your cake, what are you spraying it with? I have painted onto fondant and stuff but what do you "spray" with? thanks |
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jennifer7777
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:45 pm |
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ccwkg...your response has me rolling with laughter with my eyes tearing up!!!! Too funny, because I can so vividly see that picture in my head! |
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shooterstrigger
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:49 pm |
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Okay folks. First there are studies that suggest that cooking or air exsposure do not remove "all" of the alcohol. The essance will still be there and to those who religiously hold the no alcohol rule this will matter. I would not eat a cake which had been painted with vodka. While I may not be able to see, taste, or smell it I would not want to eat it. Before I knew enough to ask about such I would have been upset to find out something I ate was washed in alcohol. It is possible to have a alcohol free home. Medicines and extracts can be alcohol free. As far as vanilla goes you have several options. There are good extracts made with a vegetable glyserine base. Spicery Shoppe, KCJ, and Frontier are a few I have liked. You can purchase vanilla powder. You still will have to check lables. Some powders are made with alcohol based vanilla. My personal option is to keep dried vanilla beans in my baking sugar. I just omit the extract from the recipe. I have heard you can also dilute the essential oil with glyserine but I have not personally used this method.
As far as luster dust...I either use one of the above extracts or I mix the dust with 1 pint of glyserine and 11 oz of distilled water.
If you think to wonder if the alcohol is okay just ask. I don't use alcohol can mean a lot of different things.  |
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Doug
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:56 pm |
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| ccwkg wrote: | | I know everyone says that it evaporates but I just can't shake the vision in my head of little children staggering around a birthday party, one passed out cold under the cake table and another trying to hit the pinata from across the room with one eye closed so that he only has one target. So because of this, I use almond |
LOL
hmmm so you took photos of me at the last party I attended?!?!? ---- I swear I was only drinking the punch!
simple test -- once painted on -- is it dry???? if so -- no alcohol -- it evaporates just like water does, just faster -- so once dry -- all gone
now if it's sticky -- could be oils from the extract -- those don't evaporate! (or its yet another high humidity day and everything is sticky!) |
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lillykaci1
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:07 pm |
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hehehe sometimes I wish I could turn some of my cakes into blow torches...lol |
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ccwkg
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:26 pm |
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TexasSugar
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:29 pm |
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| mbelgard wrote: | | ...I've had the same bottle of everclear for almost two years and I don't share it, my brother came to visit and I told him what we had in the house and told him that the everclear was off limits. |
That is how it is in my house. The everclear is just for cakes, not for drinking. Not that I have anything against drinking, I just keep alot of other alcohol for that. The everclear works great for airbrushing the dusts and painting. |
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lionladydi
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:46 pm |
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MavericksMommy
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:46 pm |
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I've never had vodka ( I don't drink very often), so I don't have any in the house. Instead, I use the clear, flavored rums I bought on my last cruise. It's great because it's a nice smell to work with when I'm using luster dust, either vanilla, raspberry, mango, pineapple or coconut. I found it works really well. |
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mbelgard
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:50 pm |
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| TexasSugar wrote: | | Not that I have anything against drinking, I just keep alot of other alcohol for that. |
Me too, my husband has a habit of bringing home something because he feels like a specific drink and having one or two drinks of it before moving on. |
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And as for the pictures, don't worry, I only have from the legs down. The rest is hidden with the table cloth. No one would even know it's you.
