Just Saw This On The Internet...........
Baking By kakeladi Updated 20 Jul 2019 , 11:33pm by SandraSmiley
Haven't actually looked all through it but knew it would be appreciated by some of you.... https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/see-wedding-cakes-changed-over-150700242.html
Here's more interesting old advice: https://www.cakecentral.com/forum/t/850380/my-how-thingsadvice-has-changed
MBalaska, your cakes are gorgeous! This is my one and only attempt at piping and I can't say that I am proud of it. It was for our Betty's birthday.
Thanks for sharing these, Lynne! I love all the piped cakes! They are REAL cake decorating!
Yes, thanks for posting this. I loved looking at the clothes, dresses/veils etc. too. I didn't have a W-cake when I got married in '55. Guess that why I like doing them and looking at other peoples work. Don't do those great big ones anymore, to much work now.
AND....MBalaska your cakes are so pretty.
Thank you, Betty! You are very generous, lol. I am determined to try and learn to pipe. So far, I've spent my time just learning to make a smooth cake, modeling chocolate sculptures and some flowers. It is about time to break out the piping bags!
kakeladi, you have no idea how many roses I made to finally get this many! I piped roses for at least half a day! I think my main problem is that I have not discovered the proper consistency for the icing. I always start out with it much too thick, even when icing the cake.
occasionally when I'm piping flowers for a cake I add some meringue powder to the icing just to stiffen it up a bit. By making them on wax paper squares & letting them dry out, they are less fragile, easy to move & place on the cake, yet still cut & bite soft.
Thank you for the tips, MBalaska! I have not tried the meringue powder. When I did these, I put them in the freezer for a few minutes.
As much as I love beautiful piping, it is stupid that I haven't given it serious effort. It scares me to death!
The meringue powder works, I use it sometimes. I make all my flowers on wax paper sq's and let them air dry, then when I place them I can pick them up without crushing and place where I want them. I sometimes use water & Crisco instead of milk or butter, they get firmer quicker and keep longer.
I tried my hand/practice at palette painting with leftover icing on back of cookie sheet, wasn't very good. A lot harder than it looks. You will NOT see any of that from me for a long time.LOL
Betty, I think palette knife painting looks a lot easier than it actually is! I have not tried it with buttercream, but many years ago, I tried it with oil paint and I was horrible. Like piping, it requires practice (a lot of it, for me)!
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