Posts by robynlaurel

thank you so much! much appreciated!

I make custom cakes in a tiny commercial space with a 60" gas range that throws off a TON of heat and takes up a lot of valuable space. I've been looking at countertop convection ovens, half size, but am scared to spend the money...

I second that, but would add that if you can convince them to go with fondant rather than buttercream, assembly will be much less stressful. Any little mishap will show on buttercream-- although if you give them plenty of flowers they...

My advice would be to call around to all the caterers in your area and see if they would be willing to rent you time in their kitchen, like early in the week when they might not be busy. Especially these days, there's got to be someone...

Made them- took forever but totally worth it :)

trying a photo

They won't let me include my website in the post (I just tried), but it's in my profile contact info-- thanks for asking! Tried attaching a photo as well, but I think that will take some research :)

This might sound obvious, but it wasn't to me! Here we have what they call the Plan Check process, where they approve your plans-- well it took me a long time to submit those because I was teaching myself all the regulations, but in the...

Any chance of finding out how this went? What recipe did you go with and how did it work? I bet i'm not the only person who would love to know-- thanks!!

Having gone through this process (albeit in California) and dealing with double talk from the health department and continually changing interpretations of "requirements", the main thing I learned was: I should have hired a...