I Gave My Neighbor The Decorating Bug!
Decorating By indydebi Updated 3 Aug 2007 , 7:51pm by CustomCakesBySharon
She was making a football cake for her son and came over to ask me some questions. I luv this lady, so I loaned her the 11x15 pan (she carved the football shape from it), my wilton leveler, 2 big cooling racks, baking strips, decorating bags, tips, and some white bc icing for her to use for the crumb coat (which she'd never heard of doing). Gave her all kinds of tips and advice, like how to pour in two flavors of batter, how to apply the baking strips, reduce the oven to 325, how to flip the cake out of the pan then flip it again so it's sitting on it's bottom on the cooling rack, etc.
She said, "Geesh, I thought it was just a cake!" 
After the party, she told me the cake was a big hit! She said everyone asked her what bakery she got it from! I said, "Great feeling, huh?" 
She said, "I think I understand why you love this!"
So I told her, "Keep doing 'em ..... I can always use someone to help decorate cakes!"
She's looking forward to the next birthday in her house!! 
I know how she feels! My sister got me going and she lives 700 miles from me!
By the way - how do you pour in two flavors of batter? That sounds yummy! 
awww,that it`s awsome. Iam just starting and i havent done any gorgeous cakes yet,but i love to work with it.The feeling you get when you have finish your creation is PRICELESS!. My daughter now loves to help me doing cakes ,she loves to use different tips ,she doesnt mind to stay up late helping me decorate my crazy cakes.She loves when I said i want o do another practice cake,she says mom I help you...That is nice to have somebody close to help you decorate!!!! now you need to make her addicted to CC. YAY!!!
sorry for taking so long ... I forgot to mark this one "watch topic"! 
To pour 2 flavors of batter, I sit one end of the cake pan on an upside down saucer for elevation. Then I pour flavor A in the lower end. Remove the saucer so the pan is flat and immediately pour flavor "B" in the other end. I don't put a divider or anything in the middle ... it doesn't matter if it's not exactly a straight line. Customers don't care.
Nice tip about the two flavors! I have a cake divider, but it only fits a couple of my pans. Thanks!
thanks for the info! I'm just now getting back on CC after computer virus heck - 74 to be exact 
hopefully it's all better now!
good for u! i love turning ppl on to decorating! they usually don't realize how FUN it can be until they actually try it.....they think it's a chore, but if u're able to be creative and play with fun techniques, u really get into it!
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