How To Stack A Cake!!!...look!

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lostincake Posted 8 Mar 2009 , 11:14pm
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Edna...you are a blessing. Thanks so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge and I appreciate how you give your own time to explain things, answer questions & emails and provide these tutorials.

And on top of that, you always look so pretty and polished with every hair in place!!! I don't know how you do it all. You are a Super Caker!!

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tonedna Posted 8 Mar 2009 , 11:40pm
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Thank you!! I've used the straws before but I am so afraid of the long wooden dowel at the end. I have seen it done before and I am afraid of destroying the whole cake with it. Where do you get your wooden dowels? What thickness? and how do you sharpen it?





I get them at Michaels and clean them well..they can be sharpen with a pencil sharpener..For smaller cakes, wilton sells some too.
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webbiedeb Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 1:34am
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Edna,

You are truly a blessing. I think it is wonderful that you share your skill with us. It is truly an act of giving back. You cakes are wonderful as are your video. Thank so much.

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ClassyMommy Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 1:50am
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Thanks! That helps a lot!

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hummingbird59 Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 2:13am
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Edna, I loved the video. I have had a fear of the long middle dowel bending the cake board under a layer and not going through, so I had punched a hole in the middle of the cake boards to make it go through easier. should I not do this? Also, how do you serve one of these cakes? Do you just start serving until you run into a dowel, pull it out, and continue serving? Do you ever miss and leave a dowel in someone's serving? Sorry for so many questions but I have my first wedding cake coming up. Thanks again for all your help.

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KellBell22 Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 2:36am
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Edna, with all these heavy stacked cakes is that why you have such a healthy collection of bakery assistants (aka Chocolate men) to help you? icon_wink.gif

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tonedna Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 3:45am
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Edna, I loved the video. I have had a fear of the long middle dowel bending the cake board under a layer and not going through, so I had punched a hole in the middle of the cake boards to make it go through easier. should I not do this? Also, how do you serve one of these cakes? Do you just start serving until you run into a dowel, pull it out, and continue serving? Do you ever miss and leave a dowel in someone's serving? Sorry for so many questions but I have my first wedding cake coming up. Thanks again for all your help.





That's why you sharpen the dowel, so it breaks the cardboard and it holds on to the drum at the bottom.
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tonedna Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 3:47am
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Edna, with all these heavy stacked cakes is that why you have such a healthy collection of bakery assistants (aka Chocolate men) to help you? icon_wink.gif




icon_lol.gificon_lol.gificon_lol.gif ...Chocolate man helping me would be no good!..I wouldnt work!
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CulinaryActor Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 4:02am
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First I would like to say your video is great.
I would also like to say that I am guy and when you say hi ladies it just doesntvfeel right. I would like you t know many people decorate cakes both men and women.
Have a nice day.

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tonedna Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 4:08am
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Originally Posted by CulinaryActor

First I would like to say your video is great.
I would also like to say that I am guy and when you say hi ladies it just doesntvfeel right. I would like you t know many people decorate cakes both men and women.
Have a nice day.




Sorry....lol..I got to laugh at this..I didnt mean to leave the men behind, I just wrote it so fast I didn't even think about it!....I apologize!..
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Mac Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 4:19am
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Yes, I would love to know where your business gets the cardboard dowels.

And I agree, you look so different from what I imagined. I, too, was opting for an older lady. Funny how people don't look like you have them built up in your mind's eye.

Hey, I either conjure up a truck driver with the screen name Mac or maybe it is someone who is skinnier and younger....Ha! I would go for the younger if I could keep all my knowledge and experiences.

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tonedna Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 4:24am
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Well...I am not that young either!...icon_lol.gif I am almost 41
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Mac Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 4:26am
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Goodness, I would have put you in the early 30s...if not even late 20s.
YOU GO, GIRL!!!

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tonedna Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 6:35am
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Goodness, I would have put you in the early 30s...if not even late 20s.
YOU GO, GIRL!!!




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bashini Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 9:18am
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Edna, Thank you for another great video! You are amazing! icon_biggrin.gif

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tonedna Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 7:32pm
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Thanks Bashini..Glad you liked it!
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Onome Posted 9 Mar 2009 , 7:49pm
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Thanks Edna.

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xstitcher Posted 20 Mar 2009 , 5:44am
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Great video Edna. It was well worth the wait for my laptop's memory icon_lol.gif .

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tonedna Posted 20 Mar 2009 , 6:02am
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Thanks!

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MaloSlatko Posted 20 Mar 2009 , 10:07am
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Thanks so much for another excellent tutorial. You are very generous with your time and it's much appreciated.

I would have never thought you a day over 30, I think we need a tutorial on your fitness and beauty regime icon_lol.gif

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tonedna Posted 20 Mar 2009 , 2:27pm
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Thanks so much for another excellent tutorial. You are very generous with your time and it's much appreciated.

I would have never thought you a day over 30, I think we need a tutorial on your fitness and beauty regime icon_lol.gif




lol..I use to excersie five days a week. Lately I been so busy that has changed to 3 times a week. But excersice is the best!
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tonedna Posted 26 Mar 2009 , 2:27am
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For those who ask me where to get the dowels, here is the website
www.ladymaryinc.com
The telephone is there, is best to call, they told me they are fixing the website.
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wrightway777 Posted 27 Mar 2009 , 2:59am
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As always you are fantastic - loved your new video! The buttercream doesnt look like a regular crusting buttercream - what type is it? I know you are so busy but are there any thoughts on what your next video might be?

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aundrea Posted 27 Mar 2009 , 3:18am
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Thank you for sharing your techniques.

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tonedna Posted 30 Mar 2009 , 6:39am
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As always you are fantastic - loved your new video! The buttercream doesnt look like a regular crusting buttercream - what type is it? I know you are so busy but are there any thoughts on what your next video might be?




Is as basic as it can be..totally..completely.,.100% crusting buttercream
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beenzee Posted 6 Apr 2009 , 2:31am
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One of the greatest things about this whole cake "thing" is how very generous so many people are ..with their ideas, techniques, etc.
Edna, you are at the top of the list! You have helped A LOT of people get better at what they're doing!! Beautiful..inside and out!

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passion4baking Posted 10 Aug 2013 , 2:28pm
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Thank you so much for the video, it was so helpful. icon_biggrin.gif

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