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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 4:34:35 PM

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I'm no baker..I use a boxed mix every time for uniformity and because I pretty much suck when it comes to baking..I am really good at decorating though and given your artictic ability...I think it would be easy for you as well...

Just do the fondant...

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 4:37:17 PM

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I'm no baker..I use a boxed mix every time for uniformity and because I pretty much suck when it comes to baking..I am really good at decorating though and given your artictic ability...I think it would be easy for you as well...

Just do the fondant...

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:04:56 PM

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I like cake. Who doesn't like cake?

I'll take a nice lovely slice of cake over most people that I have met.

I was a baker in a previous life. I made cake. People liked me.

Yes, but they said all your cakes smelled like Viktor Frankl...

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:07:01 PM

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Me? Evil? Pffft...I'm perfectly harmless and quite innocent.

Ok, maybe I'm feeling particularly sadistic lately for personal reasons...is that a reason to stomp all over Aileen's wish to achieve something? No, it is not. Therefore I am only encouraging her to do her best and achieve her goal.

you'll post pictures of your finished product won't you Aileen???

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:09:12 PM

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I'm no baker..I use a boxed mix every time for uniformity and because I pretty much suck when it comes to baking..I am really good at decorating though and given your artictic ability...I think it would be easy for you as well...

Just do the fondant...

LOL

I know! The horror of it all! That I would use a boxed cake mix. I know my limitations. Baking a cake is one of them. They come out looking like the Elephant Man on steroids. It is not pretty. Therefore I learned to use a box mix and save myself the desire to flog the hell out of a cake.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:09:34 PM

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Ummmm, innocent.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:10:53 PM

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Yes Aileen we would just LOVE to see the pictures of your cake........... failing that we will take pictures of your ginormous gash!

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:13:09 PM

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you'll post pictures of your finished product won't you Aileen???

I will most definitely post pictures of the cake. Now I don't feel all so bad using box mix and people won't go running from the room when they discover that I have once again made a cake when I tell them it's from a box. They do hesitate at every party, trying to be nice while inquiring as to whether or not I had made it from scratch.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:18:44 PM

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Have I mentioned that I'm a fairly lousy baker.... I'm a great cook though.

Then why the hell do you want to put yourself (and your poor family who has to eat it) through all this?

I'm like you, a good cook, but not a baker. When my son was in pre-school he had a friend whose mom was a pastry chef, she made him an AWESOME shark cake for his 5th birthday. Red velvet cake with gray buttercream icing and vanilla pudding colored red for filling. She put swedish fish in the filling and had a doll hangin out of the mouth. You cut into it and it looked like a bloody mess! The kids thought it was the greatest cake they ever had, but it did look gross, which was the point (5 year old boys like that kind of stuff, lol).

Since this cake is for the adult party, save yourself the trouble and buy the cake. I'm sure everyone will be plenty impressed with all the good food you are going to make.

As for me, I love buttercream icing, but don't care for cake. I would get a few boxes of brownie mix (the only thing I bake, really) and make a giant layered brownie with lots of chocolate icing!

Call your local college/high school for their continuing education classes and ask if they ever do one on cake decorating. Then get the number of the instructor and pay her to make a cake for you.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:18:59 PM

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Here is a really good recipe, I will include the cake part too

This is for a Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Icing. It is really pretty and delicious too.

Chocolate Cake

Makes 2 9" layers Bake at 350o

Cook and stir in a double boiler, or large saucepan with 3" of water, place smaller saucepan in side with ingredients.

4oz unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup milk
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg yolk

Remove when thickened. Let cool.
In another bowl mix
2 cups sifted cake flour
Re-sift with
1tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

In another bowl make butter mixture.
Beat until soft,
1/2 cup unsalted butter
Add and cream until light,
1 cup sifted sugar
Beat in one at a time
2 egg yolks

In another bowl mix,
1/4 cup water,
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

Add flour mixture to butter mixture in three parts, alternating with milk mixture
Stir batter until smooth after each addition
Stir in chocolate mixture, batter may look speckled

Whip until stiff, not dry, soft peaks,
2 egg whites
Fold lightly into cake,
Bake in prepared pans (thin butter and lightly floured) for 25 minutes

Butter Cream Icing

Dont stop stirring or you will get lumpy frosting

5Tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
cover with paper so no crust is formed.

In a bowl beat
1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
Add paste to butter mix
Beat until fluffy
Add 1 tsp vanilla

PS on the Fondant tip. Everything I ever heard of it was to buy it pre-made if you want to use it to decorate a cake.

I love marzipan but some people detest it.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:33:01 PM

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you'll post pictures of your finished product won't you Aileen???

I will most definitely post pictures of the cake. Now I don't feel all so bad using box mix and people won't go running from the room when they discover that I have once again made a cake when I tell them it's from a box. They do hesitate at every party, trying to be nice while inquiring as to whether or not I had made it from scratch.

Great! I'm sooooo looking forward to seeing them. you're going with the fondant right??

Jeffffffffffff is this all you ever think of? Gash pics? Can you not just encourage our little Aileen to be the best she can be for a change?

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 5:56:16 PM

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Ummmm, innocent.

I am most definitely completely innocent!

Watch it you...I know all about you and Costner...I have pics!

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 6:01:57 PM

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<never mind>

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 6:29:23 PM

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you'll post pictures of your finished product won't you Aileen???

I will most definitely post pictures of the cake. Now I don't feel all so bad using box mix and people won't go running from the room when they discover that I have once again made a cake when I tell them it's from a box. They do hesitate at every party, trying to be nice while inquiring as to whether or not I had made it from scratch.

Hey, you add the eggs and the oil amd it makes it yours! May I reccomend books called The Cake Mix doctor cookbooks, that gives you recipes to turn cake mixes into everything from cookie bars to Tiramisu to Cheesecake brownies.

http://www.cakemixdoctor.com/about/buy_the_book

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 6:59:39 PM

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This cake might be nice.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 7:16:26 PM

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beefcake?

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 7:27:14 PM

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you'll post pictures of your finished product won't you Aileen???

I will most definitely post pictures of the cake. Now I don't feel all so bad using box mix and people won't go running from the room when they discover that I have once again made a cake when I tell them it's from a box. They do hesitate at every party, trying to be nice while inquiring as to whether or not I had made it from scratch.

Hey, you add the eggs and the oil amd it makes it yours! May I reccomend books called The Cake Mix doctor cookbooks, that gives you recipes to turn cake mixes into everything from cookie bars to Tiramisu to Cheesecake brownies.

http://www.cakemixdoctor.com/about/buy_the_book

I love that book! I have been on a cake balls kick lately but using brownies with cream cheese frosting instead. Almost like a truffle.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 8:01:30 PM

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OK, I used to make cakes, but I decided I wasn't that much of a masochist after spending 12 hours decorating a damned three-layer merry-go-round cake that the fucking bitch absolutely adored...but never fucking paid me for!

Anyway, rant over. I used fondant to make a dress for a Barbie cake...but I put the Barbie cake on a buttercream frosted base. Worked great, because fondant tastes like shit, so peeps actually never touched the Barbie part of it. It may still be around somewhere, 'cause that shit lasts forever!

As for the buttercream, the only change I would make to the recipe presented here is to use half butter, half shortning. Yes, it discolors it a little, but not too much, and it tastes much better, but still has great body for making decorations. You can still use fondant for making the decorations, I got pretty good at making fondant flowers and stuff before I gave it up.

The suggestion to play with the fondant is a great one, because you will probably go with the Viva method afterwards. Wally World and Michaels sell Wilton cake products, and as suggested before, an offset spatula is invaluable for making smooth icing.

Another thing, have you ever made a multilayer cake before? When you get to three layers, the cake tends to sink in on itself, so you need to actually support each layer with those plate and tube thingies. Oh, and don't feel bad, I used boxed cake mixes too. People loved 'em.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 9:35:24 PM

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I have been drinking.... and now I want cake.

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RE: Fondant Questions - 1/8/2010 9:40:04 PM

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I have been drinking.... and now I want cake.

Jefff

I have cake...how badly do you want it?

bend over. LOL

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