Ok...I have seen so many terms on here and now I am just confused, lol. What is: sugar vien (sp), sugar paste, and mmf? LOL, I feel kind of dumb asking but, its driving me nuts. Is sugar paste the same as fondant and mmf, marshmellow fondant? Thanks for answering girls!!

Hi,
Did you mean sugar veil??Here's a link..

http://www.sugarveil.com/

MMF=Marshmellow fondant ( you were right!!)

This is from baking 911 regarding sugar paste..

Gum paste, also known as sugar paste, pastillage or sometimes called candy clay, is used for making all kinds of fancy decorations, such as long-lasting flowers, ribbons, bows, leaves, and just about anything else you can imagine.

www.baking911.com

I hope this helps!!!!
JoAnn

Hmmmm, dunno about 'sugar vein'.
Sugar paste? This might be another name for fondant. There are gals on here from other countries and they have different names for things. Like 'powdered sugar' is 'icing sugar'.
MMF=marshmallow fondant
CMMF=chocolate marshmallow fondant

in margaret braun's book "a cake walk" she always refers to fondant as sugar paste. it might be used in reference to gum paste too, but im not sure!

JoAnn and Ladies,
Thank you so much for responding! That helps a ton! I felt kind of silly but, I had to know, lol.

Thanks again!

while you all are explaining terms - I have figured out most of them (WASC, FBCT, etc etc etc) and lots of them have helped me enormously with my decorating. Two still confuse me though - quincenera and smash cakes! Can someone please fill me in!!?!?! TIA

thanks for that, I so wish I had known about the smash cakes when I made my nephews birthday cake last month!!! Here was I thinking the smash cake is for smooshing all over the birthday person's face - a la americas funniest home videos- the power of TV!! - do people really do that when they get married in the states!?!?!?

Quincenera is a specific birthday, like a sweet 16, it's a 15th birthday. Similar to a Bar/Bat mitzva but in the Hispanic culture & I've only seen it for girls.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong--this is what I've gathered living in Texas for 6 years.

Here's a link to all the acronyms http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926.html HTH

Quincenera is a coming out party for a girl turning 15, it is in essence announcing to the public the girl is of dating age - it is an old hispanic tradition.

I'm glad these questions came up -- I've never heard of "sugarveil" before! That's very interesting (although I'm still not quite sure what it is)...

Oh, thanks for the link ! That will help in figuring out the lingo, lol.

Here is an article by the makers of Sugar Veil.
http://www.sugarveil.com/

Thanks Shirley!! I will check out that link

Yep, just adding to the Quinceañera... When you turn 15 your parents present you to "society" which means that you are of age to date (but must parents don´t let you until you are older anyway) it just means that you are turning into a beautiful young lady. It is like a sweet 16 but they do go out of way, almost like a wedding. It is a hipanic tradition!

Oh and the "smash" cake, I´ve seen it for baby´s 1st birthday, so that the baby can eat with his/her hands and smash it.

HTH

oh my gosh that is obviously one of those (if you will pardon the expression) 'only in the USA' things - no offence intended but brides spend so long doing hair/makeup/dress etc that to have cake all over everything....well not something I've ever seen in the flesh put it that way! I am glad I now know the definition of quincenera. Some of those cakes are just incredible, good enough for wedding cakes, now I see why. What a lovely tradition. Now THAT one I could see catching on here!!