In many of my posts, I mention smoothing out a thicker butter cream icing to create a smooth, almost fondant, look to cakes.  If you happen to ever wonder what kind of tools to use to do that, I have some pictures of the tools that I use.  A plain white paper towel with no [...]

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Fondant, or rolled fondant, is a pliable, dough like material made of gelatin and glycerin (traditional variety) or sugar and marshmallows.  Fondant can be rolled out, much like cookie dough, and used to cover cakes or make decorations to put on cakes. With practice, fondant can be applied to cakes to make them completely smooth and the icing [...]

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There seems to be a belief that in order for a cake to taste really good, the batter must be homemade.  I have found that is absolutely not true. If making a specialty flavor cake such as carrot cake, red velvet or something like that, then it might be better to make the batter from scratch.  [...]

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