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Nov 6, 2009, Potato Chocolatey Frosting

1/2 cup instant mashed potatoes 1 cup boiling water 3 tbsp. unsalted butter 1/2 cup Nutella 5 cups confectioner's sugar Pour instant mashed potatoes

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Nov 1, 2009, Easy Icing Recipes for Cake Frosting and Decorating

Icing Recipes - Buttercream, Chocolate Icing, Ganache, Gum Paste, Royal Icing, Fondant, Cream Cheese Icing, Boiled Icing, Fudge Icing, Marshmallow Fondant, Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing

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Oct 30, 2009, baby cake

the cake is made of a moist chocolate cake.then the icing is made of a royal icing.and the cake decorations is a ready made that u can find in a

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Oct 30, 2009, Simple Castle Cake

I made this cake for my son Akkshay's 4th birthday. I have only round shaped baking tray and a tradional oven. so i made 4 round Pound cakes and cut

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Oct 30, 2009, Schalk's Lorry Cake

I baked two plain square sponge cakes four days before and froze it. I also coloured the fondant icing the night before I used it and stored it in

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Oct 30, 2009, Elephant Cake

3 layer dark chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese filling. Decorated with chocolate frosting, elephants drawn in melted chocolate, white

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Oct 30, 2009, Fire Truck

I baked two 9X13 cakes, 1 8X8 cake, and 1 loaf cake. I stacked the cakes and used a vanilla pudding filling. I then carved them down to get the

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Oct 30, 2009, Cars McQueen

This was my 3 year old's birthday cake. He is a Cars fan and had to have McQueen. I used a simple frozen buttercream transfer method for

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Oct 27, 2009, types of cake recommended using fondant icing

What type of cake do I need to bake if I intend to use a fondant

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Oct 27, 2009, what is gum tagacanth?

Please tell me what gum tagacanth is and where I can find it. thank you, your site is wonderful!

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Oct 27, 2009, wedding cake left outside

I am making my daughter's wedding cake for end of September. I would like to ice the 5 tier cake on the Friday morning, Saturday would be the

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Oct 27, 2009, black & white cake

chocolate cake buttercream icing covered in fondant the gloves are made of fondant the flowers are made from gum paste the fan is black construction

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Oct 27, 2009, Casey's Baby Shower

Baked two half sheet cakes and cut both in half, used 3 layers for large gift, then used last layer and cut it in half, added another layer of cake

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Oct 27, 2009, Habitat For Humanity Home

I made this cake for the volunteers who built a home for my daughter and grandchildren. It was my way of thanking them. Everything is edible fondant

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Oct 27, 2009, HELLO KITTY

FIRST I FOUND A CAKE AND FROSTING RECIPE ONLINE...BETTER TO MAKE IT FROM SCRATCH THEN FROM THE BOX. THEN LOOKED FOR A DESIGN OF WHAT KIND OF

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Oct 27, 2009, Pumpkin Palooza Cake

My first attempt to make a 3-D Cake for a local contest and cake walk fundraiser. I used two (ovenproof glass bowls) for the two halves. The cake

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Oct 23, 2009, Drawing with melted chocolate (replicate almost any image)

Hi. This is pretty easy to do once you get the hang of the technique but can be very time consuming if you haven't done it before. 1. All you need

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Oct 22, 2009, Fuller cupcakes

I thought you could add meringue powder to your batter so your cupcakes would be a nice height. My question is how do I make cupcakes big and

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Oct 22, 2009, brass color cake

what colors do i use to get a brass color

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Oct 22, 2009, Butter Cake

HI, I AM SHAHIDA. FROM SRI LANKA.I WANT TO BAKE 4 INCHES HEIGHT AND 14 WIDTH BUTEER CAKE FOR MY FRIEND B'DAY. SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH INGREDIENTS

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Oct 22, 2009, Alternative to shortening

What exactly is shortening? I have tried to find it in supermarkets but with no avail. What are the makes? Am I just missing it or doesnt everywhere

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Oct 22, 2009, Icing a birthday cake

I have made a few birthday cakes and have come accross the same problem each time, bumps. I always use a sponge recipe and when it comes to icing it

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Oct 22, 2009, My Daughter's Wedding Cake

I made a four teir cake. Bottom Triple Chocolate, Next a Butter Yellow, following that a Strawberry, and finally the top is a Marble. All frosted in

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Oct 22, 2009, Victory in Jesus

My son is an 8th grader at a Christian school in Harlingen, Tx. The theme this year is Victory in Jesus. The mascot for the theme is a race car and

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Oct 22, 2009, Bumble Bee

I used a bunt pan kind of pan. The pan that I have is a two parter. It is round but you add the other piece and the whole center is cut out and you

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Oct 22, 2009, TERESA'S BABY SHOWER CAKE

TWO 12 ROUND, ONE 8 ROUND USED TIPS 16 &

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Oct 22, 2009, Mom's 72 cake

Each layer is coverd in different color fondant. The trim is white rolled fondant to make it look like clouds. It took a while because we had to

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Oct 20, 2009, Victoria sandwich

Ingredients 100g SR Flour 100g soft Butter 100g caster sugar 2 eggs (ROOM TEMP) Equipment 2x15cm baking tins grease proof paper large glass bowl

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Oct 20, 2009, Rory's 2nd birthday - My little pony carousel Cake

Used a rose tip and ribboned the entire top of the cake Used pink shimmer

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Oct 20, 2009, Matchbox Car

Carved shape from 1/2 sheet cake pan x2 iced in white - sprayed black Fondant for wheels and

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Oct 20, 2009, Beach/Ocean Cake

1 tier (3 layers) of white cake with strawberry filling and 2 tiers of chocolate cake with chocolate filling. Decorated with blue buttercream, white

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Oct 20, 2009, Wicked Icing (...especially Brownies)

3 tbls. softened butter, 3 tbls. cocoa, 1 tbls. honey, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 cup icing sugar. To make add liguid ingredients together and mix, then

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Oct 20, 2009, Coconut Cream Cheese Icing

4 oz. butter (1 stick) softened 4 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 can Coco Lopez (in the mixer aisle of the grocery store, used

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Oct 20, 2009, Birthday Cake Frosting

4 1 oz. squares unsweetened chocolate 1/2 cup butter 16 oz. box powdered sugar 1/2 cup whole milk 2 tsp vanilla Combine butter and chocolate in pan,

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Oct 19, 2009, Deputy First Year

I made this cake for my littlest nephew, Sawyer, for his first birthday bang that was thrown inside of my parents barn. The bottom tier is made up

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Oct 19, 2009, spaghetti and meatball cupcakes

I host a Back to School Pasta party every year for my daughters' new classmates. Tired of serving pizza, I thought why not do spaghetti and

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Oct 19, 2009, Not for the faint hearted

My daughters baby shower cake was made with a plan in mind... to take the fear out of birth and add some fun! The doll on top is a kids toy with

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Oct 19, 2009, Daisy

Simple Star Tip, with cake

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Oct 19, 2009, My Baby Shower Cake

16 cake pan 2x 6 cake pans for

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Oct 19, 2009, Spring Blossoms

I made this cake for my mother in law's birthday. It's just my usual rich fruit cake recipe that's mazipanned and fondant iced. The flowers were all

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Oct 19, 2009, High Heel Shoe

This was a fun cake! I made a vanilla cake and iced it with cream cheese frosting. Covered the entire cake with fondant and crafted the shoe using

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Oct 19, 2009, Wine Basket Cake

The cake is a large rectangular cake, stacked. I covered it with a chocolate buttercream using a large basketweave tip. I then draped the cake with

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Oct 16, 2009, Sea monster cake

I'm planning to make the sea monster cake soon, but how do you create the teeth and the features on the face of the creature?

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Oct 16, 2009, gold icing trims on cakes

how do i get gold the gold icing scrolls that i see on cakes done on a 50th anniversary

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Oct 16, 2009, CAKE ICING BLUES

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW I CAN ICE MY CAKES SMOOTH. I HAVE BEEN USING ALMOST A WHOLE TUB OF ICING, I KNOW THIS IS NOT SO. I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING PLEASE

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Oct 16, 2009, crumb coating/carving your cake

Hi, I'm trying to teach myself how to make some of the elaborate cakes, 3D with different types of decorations on them like gum paste and moldeling

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Oct 16, 2009, Where to start with a group of girls ages 12 to 14 for decorating a fruitcake for a charity event

Hello, I am a leader with a PAthfinder unit in Girl Guides and they would like to decorate a fruitcake for a charity event in Edmonton. I am not sure

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Oct 16, 2009, how can i make figures / babies with icing

I am interested in making figurines with icing, and roses or other flowers, my favourite colour is

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Oct 16, 2009, creating shapes with cake (construction/templating)

Hi, I'm wanting to create a birthday cake for a friend who happens to be a huge Star Trek fan. The design in my mind is in the shape of the badge

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