Decorating A Cake - Your Questions Answered!

Amount of Icing for Crumb Coats 
Lorelie,

Question I have enjoyed discovering your website and reading the questions and answers. I have found them to be very helpful. I am making ...

Marzipan Recipe Anyone? 
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Hi Lorelie!

My question is about a marzipan recipe. I received an order yesterday for a marzipan-covered cake (the famous Martha Stewart ...

Cream Cheese Frosting And Fondant 
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I am new at making cakes and I have been asked to make a 3 tiered wedding cake, flavor red velvet cake , with cream cheese frosting,...

Mysterious Bulging Fondant 
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I torte my cake and w/a dam of icing. I use a recipe that calls for corn syrup and it's a dream to spread on my cakes...however, for one ...

Traveling far far away with cake 
Hi Lorelie,

I stumbled upon your website yesterday and I have to say this is the most informational site I've found so far so I thank you for that!...

Decorating a wedding cake with fresh flowers 
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I am making my daughters wedding cake and she wants fresh flowers on it. I was told not to place the flowers directly into the cake because ...

Can I put cake with thin buttercream frosting in the fridge  
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I am making my daughters wedding cake, and I will be making the cakes a month prior to the event, splitting them in two and freezing them. Three ...

Cupcake Icing question 
I have a cupcake icing question. Which one is better for using on cupcakes. Your wedding cake icing or your cake decorating icing?

I want to pipe ...

Cake Boards 
Hi There,

When I stack cakes on top of each other I use ready bought cake boards that are covered with fancy foil between each tier. I was wondering ...

Expiration Of A Cake 
Hi there,

I was wondering if there was any way of determining the expiration of a cake because I don't know how to tell or calculate it.


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Decorating Cupcakes  
Hi Lorelie,

My baby girl is turning one, and I wanted to decorate her cake. I found cupcakes online that were decorated like the caterpillar from the ...

Square Wedding Cakes Question 
I'm doing a 4 tiered square cake in a few months and I don't know what size pans I should use. Any suggestions?

Have you ever frozen a 14 or 16' size ...

Piping Gel For Stained Glass Cake 
When making a stained glass cake, do I use (colored) piping gel?

3 tiered cakes? 
What is the process of putting together 3 tiered cakes?

I am wanting to make a 3 tier 50th wedding anniversary cake. The bottom layer being 12' and ...

Madeira Cake Recipe And How To Cover Mini Wedding Cakes  Not rated yet
Question: Hi I am looking for a Madeira cake recipe for mini wedding cakes about 2 1/2 inch high.
I also need some advice on how to ice them with fondant ...

Can you use modeling chocolate like fondant?   Not rated yet
Question: Hello! My name is Amber Gibson. I recently made my daughter's cake for her birthday and used fondant. I had never worked with it before ...

Cookie Decorating Question  Not rated yet
I have a cookie decorating question. This is the first time I've been on this website and I have found it very helpful.
I decorate cakes for family,...

Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe?   Not rated yet


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Question: My customer wants a strawberry shortcake but she does not like to gelatin, she wants ...

Rolled fondant on carrot cake?  Not rated yet
Question: I have made a carrot cake and don't wish to use marzipan. Can I put rolled fondant icing directly onto the cake?

Answer Hi Anita, Yes ...

Square Wedding Cake Stacked and Tiered  Not rated yet
Question: Hi, I am making a square wedding cake, stacked and tiered. It's my first wedding cake and I am doing it for my niece next year.

My idea ...

How to make fondant applique...  Not rated yet
Cake photo courtesy of the Pink Cake Box
Question: Hi I am an amateur cake decorator. Is there an easy way to make fondant applique's... patterns ...

Buttercream Rose  Not rated yet
Question: Hello there, I am a lover of cake decorating, and I am having a hard time making a basic buttercream rose. I believe the cream isn't the right ...

Modeling Chocolate   Not rated yet
A modeling chocolate question:

Hello...I am trying to make modeling chocolate. I got this recipe from the internet : 1 kg chocolate 300ml Glucose ...

Ribbon Around Layers  Not rated yet
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Hey this is Patti again, THANK YOU!! so much for your help. I have another question, on the square wedding cake, it's going to be iced in Buttercream,...

Best Cake To Use When Covering With Fondant  Not rated yet
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I am new to decorating cakes, and I would like to know what the best cake to use with fondant would be.

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The best cake to use ...

Butter Cream Frosting Bubbling   Not rated yet
Help! Butter Cream Frosting is bubbling after frosting my cakes...

Hi Lorelie,

First I would like to say that it was a God send that I came across ...

3-tier wedding cake   Not rated yet
Transporting A 3 tier Wedding Cake 150 miles

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My daughter is making a 3-tier wedding cake for her cousin's wedding. We will have to transport ...

Fondant Cake Decorating Question   Not rated yet
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Hi, I have a fondant cake decorating question. How do you make fondant grapes cascading down a cake?

I am making a small 3 tier wedding ...

Filling a cake?  Not rated yet
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I am new to fondant cake decorating , but I absolutely love it. I want to make my sons 2 yr old birthday cake and was wondering what is ...

Cream Cheese Frosting For Icing A Wedding Cake  Not rated yet
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Hi Dear,

My question is on Cream Cheese Frosting For Icing A Wedding Cake. On your wedding cake frosting page you said you would crumb ...

Is it possible to frost and fondant ice a ginger cake   Not rated yet
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My daughter would like one of the tiers of her wedding cake to be a ginger cake. I have found a recipe which appears to have quite a dense ...

Can I frost a frozen cake?  Not rated yet
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Hi - I'm curious if I can frost a frozen cake with buttercream icing or will the moisture from the cake unthawing crack the frosting?

Answer ...