Posts by rfarlow

Thanks Siduri! As always, a very helpful reply.  I may have had one or two larger clumps, but i am thinking it will be good.  I'll remember for next time to add some of my scraps for the other sides to make it fit...

I made a from scratch traditional apple pie last night for a holiday party tomorrow.  When i rolled out the bottom crust, it ended up slightly short on one side and I just left it alone.  Basically the edge of the dough came...

Thanks Carol.  I am just going to give it a try.  wish me luck

thanks for the suggestion.  I will look into that.  I definitely need some more insight into ratios.  my latest attempts have been okay, but still not there.  I have been using cake mixes for my most recent cakes...

I have carved with boxed cake mixes and it worked just fine.  The freezing does the trick for me.  I stacked 4 layers from 2 9x13 cakes and carved a guitar shape.  I froze for 3 hours prior to carving and it worked...

I have just recently taken a Wilton decorating class and gotten really into cakes.  I have done a few carved cakes and they were okay, but I've had some issues.  Luckily they were just for family members so I was okay with...

Well, I couldnt find my paintbrush and I ended up using a paper towel to "brush on" an almond extract and gel food coloring mixture.  It was not super easy but it got the job done.  I had a real tough time covering...

I am making a guitar cake and covering it in MMF.  I want to make it red, but it is really difficult to not get pink when adding red coloring to white fondant.  I know that I can mix red gel color with an extract with alcohol...

Thanks.  I am going to make the recipe from the other forum in the next few days and use that as a base.  I am just wondering how I make it my own...maybe french vanilla extract instead of regular...i really like that. ...

i tried again tonight...no luck.  All I did was omit the pudding.  i thought since i was removing a source of sugar it would become lighter and drier, but it didnt work as i suspected.  it actually did the...