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Date: April 4th, 1998 10:42:59
From: mona
e-mail: mona@clinton.k12.mo.us
Subject: 8th prom
I am a novice decorator. My cousin asked for a "fancy, tiered" cake for
his 8th grade prom. There will be about 25 kids. Any suggestions would
be greatly appreciated.

Date: April 4th, 1998 01:52:33
From: Beth in Sicily
e-mail: sparky@videobank.it
Subject: Re: 50th Birthday Cake
I did a sheet cake with a wine bottle on top with the cork popped out.
The label said "Aged 50 years to perfection". Hope this isn't too late.
Beth in Sicily

Date: April 4th, 1998 02:12:30
From: Dolores
e-mail: proicer@one.net
Subject: Re: 8th prom
Welll, first of all...I would ice it in some color...to match their
school colors etc. Or a pastel. This will get away from it looking like
a wedding cake. There are many things you can put on top...a grad. Maybe
make a topper of marzipan or gumpaste...etc. You can make a grad hat for
the separation between pillars...a petite doll pan cake and a square
cookie. (I like clear pillars rather than white too). Hope this starts
some thoughts

Date: April 4th, 1998 03:46:30
From: Jenny
e-mail: jenny.u @usa.net
Subject: Pooh Bear
My sister is having a baby shower and her theme is Pooh Bear. I have a
big 3-D cuddly bear pan and would like to decorate it as Pooh. Has
anyone tried this? Any ideas on how to make it have more Pooh-like
qualities(besides Pooh color and red shirt?) Thanks in advance!!

P.S. How do I transport it without it falling over or smashing the
frosting??

Date: April 4th, 1998 06:06:56
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: 8th prom
Hi,
Here is my suggestion, Ask Dolores if she still carries the Wilton
mini-tier set up or ask someone you know. It makes a very small 3
tiered cake with 1 cake mix. if you'd like the cake to look bigger you
can bake it twice and put a filling between the layers when you put it
together--it says that it feeds about 50 in wedding size servings(very
small servings) it comes with the plates, pillars and the pans to bake
it in. ( if you can't find this set up you can bake cakes in your
smallest pans and set it up)--you can do a double side swag , 1 in each
of the school colors, buy some ready made sugar cookie dough from your
local supermarket and with the numbers 9 and 8 or some mortarboards and
diplomas--whatever!(roll out the cookie dough a little bit thicker) and
stick a lollipop stick into the numbers and bake for 12-15 minutes,
decorate and stand the cookies in the top layer. or just make a mound of
roses for the top decoration and with your tip #3 and your favorite leaf
tip pipe some ivy climbing around the separator plates, you have the
start of some pretty cakes without breaking your bank account to buy
equipment or even a lot of decorating know how.

Date: April 4th, 1998 07:14:36
From: Susan
e-mail: gmeyertchr@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: BAR HELP NEEDED!
Mike,

I think I sent you this recipe but if not here is a good one for beer drinkers.

It is called the Madeira Cake. For a single ten inch round, or just double the ingredients for two layer.

4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 cups 10x sugar
2 cups soft oleo
8 eggs
4 tblsp. milk

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and line your pan.
Sift flour and baking soda into mixing bowl. Add sugar, oleo, eggs, and milk. Mix together with a spoon, then beat for 1-2 minutes until smooth and glossy.
Add either walnuts or pecans,(but aliminate 1 cup of flour) and mix well.
Place mixture in pan and bang pan to remove any air bubbles.
Bake cake for 1to 2 hours til done. (toothpick method.) A whipped icing would be best with this cake and easy on the tummy when drinking beer.
Good luck Mike and let me know what you did. Shape it into anything you like beer bottle or just regular and write something like "50, That's dead in dog years" or something to that effect. Susan

Date: April 4th, 1998 09:27:36
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: Pooh Bear
I haven't tried what you suggested, but in case you want to try
something else.... I made a cake for a Pooh baby shower for a friend,
and copied the design from the invitations--it had Pooh and Piglet
sitting in an upside down umbrella with some presents. I duplicated the
design with frozen buttercream (see instructions at www.cakemag.com), so
the cake matched the invitations, plates, napkins, etc.

Date: April 4th, 1998 10:43:39
From: TRINA
e-mail: KKIMBRO340@AOL,COM
Subject: TEACHER APPRECIATION
HELLO!
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR A TEACHER APPRECIATION THEME? MY TWINS HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY. THEIR TEACHERS HAVE DEVOTED SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT WORKING INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THROUGHOUT IT ALL THEY ARE STILL ABLE TO BE POSITIVE AND PATIENT. (FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO NEVER HAD TO WORK WITH A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY IT CAN BE VERY TRIALING AT TIMES!!!) I WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST ROSES AND BORDERS TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY ARE TRULY APPRECIATED IN EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

Date: April 4th, 1998 11:53:51
From: Jennifer
e-mail: gigimama@aol.com
Subject: Re: co-worker leaving (rectangle shaped cake)
I did a quick and easy one for one of my husbands co-workers. I figure-piped alligators on the cake, with the main alligator on top of the cake walking along a dotted line leading from the old place to the new place and wrote "See Ya Later, Alligator!" on top, then "Good Luck Jim" on the front side. This could be adapted for any size/shape cake and was very easy. You can see how in Roland Winbeckler's figure-piping book, and there's a picture of this cake on my webpage, http://members.aol.com/SwtCreatns/index.html

Date: April 5th, 1998 01:01:43
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: BAR HELP NEEDED!
mike; i'm not sure if you are asking for a recipe or decorating ideas
or both :)
cake: how about champagne cake *or* beer cake? just replace the water
in your recipe w/either of the above mentioned.

decorations: the suggestions already given are good ones.

lynne

Date: April 5th, 1998 01:19:05
From: Zarabeth
e-mail: BaknBeth@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: One of Martha's cakes (ugh)
Doesn't she usually give instructions on how to create her cakes

Date: April 5th, 1998 01:22:22
From: Zarabeth
e-mail: BaknBeth@aol.com
Subject: Re: Nautical scenes
Have you seen the issue of American Cake Decorating when they make a cake look like a ship? What about taking that idea making it more masuline and adding the sheets underneath for water by painting with Blue Buttercreme Icing coming up like waves?

Date: April 5th, 1998 01:25:26
From: Zarabeth
e-mail: BaknBeth@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: tax time
Ok here goes sounds corny but hey.

What about making the sheet cake look like a calculator and use a cookie to be the flip up display part of the calculator, you could use fondant for the calculators tape, and paint little numbers on it

Date: April 5th, 1998 01:25:40
From: Zarabeth
e-mail: BaknBeth@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: tax time
Ok here goes sounds corny but hey.

Date: April 5th, 1998 04:39:56
From: Beth in Sicily
e-mail: sparky@videobank.it
Subject: Re: TEACHER APPRECIATION
At a craft show I once saw a flowerpot and an apron painted with the
word TEACHER printed vertical toward the left. Each letter of the word
stood for something like Teriffic
Energetic
Awesome
C etc.
I forgot what the rest were but you could use anything you wanted. I
hope this helps.

Beth in Sicily

Date: April 5th, 1998 09:05:18
From: Dana
e-mail: bellis@tvec.net
Subject: Re: Pooh Bear
In addition to using the Pooh colors, be sure
to make small "beady" button eyes with the
short black line under them. Look at a pic to
see what I'm saying. The stand up bear
pan's eyes are too big for Pooh. You might
also build up a little bigger tummy under his
red t-shirt with icing before doing the stars.
Good luck.

Date: April 5th, 1998 04:01:14
From: Tammy
e-mail: thuls@adams.net
Subject: Re: Re: Re: One of Martha's cakes (ugh)
No, she doesn't give instructions for this cake. There are about 10 in
the book and I think she only gives instructions for about 2 of them.
Naturally, not for the one I need.

Date: April 5th, 1998 08:12:51
From: Millie
e-mail: Millied2@aol.com
Subject: Re:TEACHER APPRECIATION
I saw this in a book but have not tried it yet. It looked really nice.

Start with a sheet cake on top of that you place a heart cake with the
bottom point cut (it should resemble an apple). The "apple" is iced red
with A+ for teacher printed on it (or whatever you wish to write). The
sheet cake is decorated with crayon candles and picks. I think they put
a gummy worm on the "apple" to make it funny LOL.

Good luck, I hope this helps.

Millie

Date: April 5th, 1998 08:31:24
From: Trina
e-mail: Kkimbro340@aol.com
Subject: Thanks for the GREAT IDEAS!!!!! NT

Date: April 5th, 1998 08:44:10
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Pooh Bear
i have not used the *big* 3-d bear, but use the little one all the time.
it works just great!
as for transporting.....how far? in what? be sure to use a pound cake
recipe. i'd use a thin dowel (kabob stick?) thru the middle....not down
from the top, but horizonally to hold the two 1/2s together. i'd also
be sure to build up a goodly amound of icing under where he's sitting
(grass? or bead of flowers on a hill) and kind of push him into that
mound of icing as additional holding power :)
anyhoooo, that's my 2 cents worth.:)
lynne

Date: April 5th, 1998 09:03:06
From: Kathy M.
e-mail: ndsz27a@prodigy.com
Subject: Re: Re: Nautical scenes
Which issue is it in? I really need to get a subscription, the one and only issue I have is Dec 1997.

Sounds like a really neat idea!
Thanks!

Date: April 6th, 1998 02:51:59
From: Lisa
e-mail: rsm1@airmail.net
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: One of Martha's cakes (ugh)
Have you tried her web site. Sometimes you can find directions there or
email her and maybe someone will respond. I think it is
marthastewart.com. Good luck.

Date: April 7th, 1998 02:54:41
From: Susanna
e-mail: scawley@citysearch.com
Subject: Re: Re: tax time
How about a stack of cash (green gum paste with only the top one
detailed with black or white lettering and
pseudo-president-portrait...not too detailed, just sugggestive of a
bill) with the top bill "lifting off" (supported from underneath and
curling up at one end) with little white gum paste or royal icing wings
attached!

Date: April 7th, 1998 03:12:01
From: Susanna
e-mail: scawley@citysearch.com
Subject: Re: Re: Pooh Bear
Two halves to the small bear? Why not just clip the two halves of the
bear pan together and invert (in the little stand or, if you don't have
a stand for some reason, in a metal bowl "nested" around the bottom
with enough tinfoil to make it stand upright). If you no longer have
the clips, use small "binder clips" from a stationary store (black
with little wing-like silver pincers.
Grease and flour the two halves before clipping together, then fill
about 2/3 full. Simple. If it bakes up a little "hump" at the top
(bottom of the bear), level with a serrated knife or dental floss before
removing the clips and taking the bear cake out of the pan. You'll have
a whole bear that is much easier to ice and decorate.

Date: April 7th, 1998 05:17:24
From: Amy
e-mail: amysckes@netins.net
Subject: boy's baptism cake
I have an order for a baby boy's baptism cake to serve 30. She said
she would like a book cake and would like bigger pieces. I have an
11x15 pan as well as various rounds. Would a 1 mix book fit nicely on
the 11x15? I was thinking of ordering a 12x18, but that would serve
way too many with the book. If I didn't use the book pan on it I would
just go another route. Any suggestions?
Amy

Date: April 7th, 1998 11:09:33
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: boy's baptism cake
why not just use that sheet pan you already have and cut a 'v' shape
from the center to create your own lg book?
do you use 2 recipes of cake in it? that should be enough cake for
this.
if you decide to order a larger pan, be sure to measure your oven. that
18" won't fit in many ovens. i use a 12x16 and put 2 1/2 mixes in it as
my 1/2 sheet.
lynne

Date: April 7th, 1998 11:14:00
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Pooh Bear
of course that's what i do do! what ever was i thinking. it must have
been the late hour :)
actually i was picturing her large bear, but that too could/should be
baked as you described.
lynne

Date: April 8th, 1998 09:57:40
From: Dolores
e-mail: proicer@one.net
Subject: Re: boy's baptism cake
There is a 2-mix book pan

Date: April 8th, 1998 09:58:57
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re:Pan no longer available (NT)

Date: April 8th, 1998 10:02:35
From: Susan
e-mail: gmeyertchr@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: boy's baptism cake
I have a 2-mix book pan as Dolores had mentioned and I think that would be big enough for that size party. I think Dolores sells them. I have both sizes and use them quite often. That way you don't have to make so many cakes and fuss so much. Susan

Date: April 9th, 1998 01:38:51
From: Jane
e-mail: Cakes4Funn@aol.com
Subject: Re: boy's baptism cake
I did exactly what you are suggesting when my brother-in-law was made a Deacon. I made the 1-mix book pan and stacked it on an 11x15 2-layer sheet cake. This way I was able to offer two different flavors of cake -- the book was strawberry and the sheet was white with apricot filling. Everything was iced in almond buttercream. Also, you don't have to decorate the top, just the sides, of the sheet cake since the book sits on top of it. I did dowel it before stacking.

Date: April 9th, 1998 04:30:56
From: Beth
e-mail: czanike@emsi.com
Subject: wedding shower cake
I'm looking for an interesting idea for a wedding shower cake - I
thought I might try using the wondermold pan and creating a "bride"
cake but I'm not so sure about this idea yet as I would need additional
servings. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Beth

Date: April 9th, 1998 07:13:34
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: wedding shower cake
The doll cake looks pretty on a 1-layer 12" round. I usually ice it
green (well, just airbrush green over the white icing, the use the grass
tip 233 for the top border. I make tiny flowers 'growing' along the
sides. Tulle (fine netting) is nice for the bride's veil

Date: April 9th, 1998 07:16:14
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: 4-2-98 Chat: Earlene's -sorry, I'll fix tomorrow
I didn't know that didn[t work. Maybe I forgot to upload it. I can't do
anything here I don't think...will fix tomorrow. She is adding it to her
web page too....glad people watch over me : )

Date: April 9th, 1998 11:13:31
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: wedding shower cake
you don't say how many extra servings you need. i remember an issue of
m.b.n. that has a bride doll cake with some extra round cake *in the
back* that is made to be a train! :) i'm rather busy this weekend and
don't think i'll have time to look it up, but let me ;know if interested
and when you need this.
if you are familar w/m.b.n. you know the info given is minimal. but i
could send you the pic.
lynne

Date: April 10th, 1998 09:46:03
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: wedding shower cake
Dear Beth:

If you still need extra servings you could go with your idea of a Bride
doll cake , but just place her on a sheet cake, this way, you'd have the
extra servings you need, and a place to write some wonderfully
sentimental message!Good luck. ( you can take Dee's idea of placing the
bride cake on a grassy, flowery path on one side of the sheet and then
use the other 1/2 for the message).---If the cake is to travel, make
sure that you stake the cakes together before you add the doll pick.

Date: April 11th, 1998 11:59:55
From: Cyndie
e-mail: manmac@wolfenet.com
Subject: Sand
Does anyone know what ingredients I can combine to make a sand looking
material? I am doing a wedding cake for a couple who are getting
married by the water and they want to have something that looks like
sand around the bottom cake board...there is about 2" between the cake
and end of the board. They want me to lay seashells in the sand.

Date: April 11th, 1998 01:26:08
From: Stephanie
e-mail: BCI_MAN@sssnet.com
Subject: Re: Sand
Why not use sifted brown sugar ? Good-luck

Date: April 11th, 1998 06:07:57
From: Peggy
e-mail: coltpeg@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Sand
I've used granulated brown sugar and it looks real nice.

Date: April 11th, 1998 06:28:10
From: Valerie
e-mail: wesley@minot.ndak.net
Subject: Re: Sand
Cyndie,

You could try coating the board with a thin layer of clear icing gel.
Then crush graham crackers very fine. Sprinkle these onto the gel. The
gel works great for holding the crumbs secure.

Good luck, and have fun.

Date: April 12th, 1998 01:58:27
From: Sly
e-mail: skenney@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re:Careful with Brown Sugar
If you use anything moist (like frosting or piping gel) to attach brown
sugar to the edges, be very careful. If it sets for very long the sugar
will disolve together slightly and then dry rock hard (and will look a
bit shiny). If you plan on draping the "sand" up against the edge of
the cake I would stick with crushed graham crackers or vanilla wafers
(at many stores you can purchase either of these in crumb texture). The
cookies crumbs will stay soft enough to slice through and won't
dissolve/melt together like brown sugar or raw sugar can.
Or, If you are just sprinkling "sand" on the board, you could wait until
you set-up cake to add the brown sugar, to avoid having to use anything
to "glue" it down.

Date: April 12th, 1998 07:25:30
From: Deena
e-mail: calkinsclan@sprint.ca
Subject: Girl's Baptism Cake
Hi All!
My one year old baby girl is being baptised this Saturday, and I still
looking for a really great cake. I have the cross pan, but am also
looking for other ideas because I am already using that for the 1st
Communions at the church next month. (I'm going to replicate the one in
this years Wilton Yearbook). I'm willing to use/buy any other pans if
you have any great ideas. Help!!!!

Date: April 12th, 1998 10:08:24
From: Michele
e-mail: mnket@aol.com
Subject: Old Time Radio
My dad is going to be 61 years old. He loves the old time radios that he used to listen to when he was a kid. I want to decorate a cake with an old time radio. But I really don't know what one looks like or have an idea on how to decorate the cake that way. Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Date: April 12th, 1998 11:33:22
From: Kathy M.
e-mail: ndsz27a@prodigy.com
Subject: Re: Old Time Radio
My husband said that the radio's he remembers were taller than they were wide, with the top's rounded. Some were squared off at the corners on top a few inches then rounded. For this type you could use the tombstone cake pan. At the top of the radio was cutouts with some kind of fabric covering them. This was were the sound came from. Also in the center of the front of the radio was a round station indicator, about 3 inches dia. At the bottom was 2 knobs. One was for volume and the other for tuning the stations.

Hope this helps.

Kathy M.

Date: April 13th, 1998 12:08:33
From: Amy
e-mail: amysckes@netins.net
Subject: Re: Old Time Radio
Michele,
Go to the ICES web page, August newsletter, p.3. There is a
picture of what your looking for.
Amy

Date: April 13th, 1998 12:14:33
From: Amy
e-mail: amysckes@netins.net
Subject: cake for strawberry lover
I have a request for a woman who loves strawberries. Her daughter-in-
law, who ordered it, said to use my creative judgement. I was thinking
of using choc. dipped strawberries. I haven't done them before, but
they seem to be pretty easy. I always try to finish my cakes the night
before, but I'm not sure about the strawberries. I'll be using
Merckens, any suggestions for the strawberries, or other design ideas?
Thanks,
Amy

Date: April 13th, 1998 12:18:09
From: Zara
e-mail: BaknBeth@aol.com
Subject: Re: Girl's Baptism Cake
Have you seen the 1989 Wilton Yearbook, it has a beautiful
Christening/Baptism Gown Cake using the t-shirt pan and an 8 inch
square, absoultely gorgeous (my opinion). (If not in the 1989 try 1988)

See if someone with a scanner can upload it to you if you don't have
the issue, I have a scanner but not on this computer, it is on my
computer at the kitchen.

Date: April 13th, 1998 02:18:28
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: couples bridal shower
does the shower have a theme? (sometimes showers have a theme so the
gifts are related to that) -- you know like kitchen or gardening -- make
a 1/4 sheet w/a sprinkling can on it and instead of flowers (or +) use
veggies.

there's always humor......the ball and chain; wilton makes a couple
w/the groom running away -- think they call it the reluctant (sp?)
groom. make a circle of fancy border w/radiating lines out to edges of
cake and put the ornament in the center.
some kind of roadway w/cars for 'get me to the church on time' or
'almost there'.

hope this will help get your creative juices going :)
lynne

Date: April 13th, 1998 08:34:12
From: Jeannine
e-mail: PJNJMB@aol.com
Subject: couples bridal shower
I am having a couples bridal shower for my sister and fiance' and am
looking for an appropriate cake. I'm not really sure I want to make it
all flowery on account of the men involved...any suggestions? Thanks.
It only needs to serve 20-30.

Date: April 13th, 1998 02:10:20
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: cake for strawberry lover
have you thought of making the *cake* a strawberry? there are a couple
of ways to do that. one of the easiest is to bake it in the doll skirt
pan and cover w/red stars etc. it's in one of the wilton yrbks....but
don't know which one right now. you could make a mini skirt cupcake and
put that one top of another cake if you'd rather. maybe make a couple
of those minis for a grouping. you could put the dipped berries as your
bottom border. how long before you need this? i'll try to look it up
if you are interested.

are you going to use sliced berries as the filling? &/or strawberry
flavored cake?
lynne

Date: April 13th, 1998 02:20:46
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Old Time Radio
for the shape you can also use the jukebox pan. don't have? make a 1/4
sheet(placed longways on board) and put a 1/2 round at the top.
lynne

Date: April 13th, 1998 02:57:30
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Old Time Radio
Depends on how many servings you need as to how you finally do it. And
will you do it 3D or flat? Flat would be easy.

TIP: Use chocolate icing that you add conf. sugar to until it is not
sticky, for 'radio knobs' you can eat.

Date: April 13th, 1998 03:00:05
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: what I do
Having a bakery...we crush up cookies that don't sell for sand. NOT WITH
NUTS THOUGH! Some people can be allergic to nuts and they won't be
expecting them to be there.

Date: April 13th, 1998 11:20:54
From: Jennifer
e-mail: gigimama@aol.com
Subject: Re: couples bridal shower
I saw a cute idea in the '89 yearbook. Make two 3-D stand-up bears, and decorate one like the groom and the other like the bride. You can use the large pan, for 12-15 servings from each cake, or the small one and put them on top of a sheetcake.

Date: April 13th, 1998 11:45:44
From: Marie
e-mail: kampy@lyn.net
Subject: Re: Pooh Bear
Hi! I use brown M&M's for pooh bear eyes using the stand-up panda pans.
Regular M&M's for the big one and the small ones for cookie-making for
the little one.

Date: April 14th, 1998 09:55:41
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: Old Time Radio
Dear Michelle,
I don't know how much time you have left to make this cake for your dad,
but if you hit a couple of antique stores in your area you can, most
likely find what you need----a look at one of those radios. My
sugestion would be to take a photo or two of the best ones, put some
tracing paper over the photo and trace the radio with simple lines --you
won't need all the details because you can pipe them in.-------then
decide if you wish to make it a cut out cake, 3-D cake, or just pipe the
radio on a cake.-------if you are making it a cut out cake you can take
your drawing to a copy shop to enlarge the drawing to fit a sheet cake
that comes close to the number of servings you need. Place your
enlarged drawing on the cake and cut away what you don't need,
use it for the details.-------if you are making a 3-d cake, you can
eighter, stack the cakes up to a height or you can prop 2 rectangles
together( stick together with some icing, and have a couple of dowel
rods pushed tru' the cakes to also hold them. ) ----cut it into a simple
shape and add the details with your icing. --------or you can just use
Dolores' method of putting a picture on a cake and just pipe out the
lines . So you see, there are a few ways to do this-------Good
luck.!!!Mara

Date: April 14th, 1998 10:44:23
From:
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Old Time Radio

Date: April 14th, 1998 10:45:40
From: michele
e-mail: mnket@aol.com
Subject: Re: Thanks for Old Time Radio Ideas
Thanks for everyone's ideas. I now know what to do. Thanks again!!!

Date: April 14th, 1998 11:58:30
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
i have been asked to do a cake in the theme of loonette and molly, on
the pbs show cumphy couch, i am not getting paid for this cake as it is
for a very close friend, but i would like to make a nice cake for her
little one. i would appreciate any and all ideas, thanks in advance,
kelly

Date: April 14th, 1998 12:45:05
From: Jennifer
e-mail: gigimama@aol.com
Subject: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
Ah, yes. I know that show well, thanks to my 2-1/2 yo daughter. I would try making the couch out of cake, on top of a sheet cake. Maybe starting with two stacked mini-loaf cakes and carving it out? It would be easy to figure-pipe the Molly doll and Loonette sitting on the couch. She also has a rug that looks like a clock on the floor. You could also put a few toys scattered around the floor, like sugar cube blocks, a ball, teddy bear, etc. In Colette's Cakes she has a large cake shaped like a chair that might help you with shaping the couch.

Date: April 14th, 1998 09:04:14
From: Elaine
e-mail: Auntytwo@aol.com
Subject: Mary Poppins
Hi,

I am thrilled to find this board and hope that someone can help.

I am in desperate need of some ideas for a cake with the theme of
Mary Poppins.My niece will be 3 in May and has her heart set on a
Mary Poppins cake.

I am not at all creative and can barely frost a cake, so any help
would be most appreciated.

Please let me know if anyone can help.

Thanks again.

Date: April 14th, 1998 10:15:21
From: Debbie
e-mail: Tha503@aol.com
Subject: secretaries cake
Help, I am drawing a blank! I would appreciate any ideas re a cute/funny going away cake for a secretary. It will be a small cake for approx. 12 people. Thanks in advance!

Date: April 15th, 1998 12:04:58
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Mary Poppins
hi and welcome!
since you say you are not an accoplished decorator may i suggest you use
something not edible? get a greeting card or picture somewhere that is
just what you want and cover it w/plastic wrap. place some sugar cubes
on the cake and place the pic on those.
if it happens to be mary flying w/the umbrella, you could ice the cake
in a light blue color (sky) and 'blob' on some white icing to be clouds.
maybe put a little green at the bottom with some ready made (boughten)
flowers. it would be love-er-ly!
hope this helps you.
lynne

Date: April 15th, 1998 02:08:23
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
I've seen a "Big Comfy Couch" coloring book somewhere--probably Toys R
Us. If you can find one, this would be a perfect candidate for a frozen
buttercream design. If you can't find one, and you have some time,
e-mail me and I'll go into Toys R Us this weekend and see if I can find
one, then I can mail you some pics.

Date: April 15th, 1998 11:50:25
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: Re: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
thank you so much for the idea, and for offering to go to the store for
me!! i will go to the store and see if i can find a coloring book thanks
again for the suggestion!!, kelly

Date: April 15th, 1998 11:52:19
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
hi jennifer, thanks for the suggestion, i'm not sure yet what i am going
to do, but i have more ideas now than i did yesterday!! thanks again.
kelly

Date: April 15th, 1998 01:51:17
From: jillybean
e-mail: letempt@wavecom.net
Subject: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
Hi--I just did a comfy couch cake--I carved a sheet cake into a couch
and make 3-d figures piped from royal icing. I made Loonette and Molly
sitting on the couch and the dust bunnies and her cat on the board.
Then the little girl saved the figures on a shelf in her room. I used
Collette Peter's book for the couch directions and piped doilies on the
arms and back of couch. I did Loonette on an ice cream cone and the
Molly from directions in the Wilton Encycolpedia III (I think). If you
have any other questions--let me know. Good luck!

Date: April 15th, 1998 02:31:19
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: Re: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
jillybean, thanks for the idea, i am so glad we have this board to ask
such things on!!! i am not sure yet what i will do yet, thanks so much
for the idea!! kelly

Date: April 15th, 1998 02:32:24
From: Deena
e-mail: calkinsclan@sprint.ca
Subject: Re: Re: Girl's Baptism Cake
Hi Zara! and thanks for your input. I went down to my cake decorating
supply store, where I took all my lessons, and the instructor had a copy
of the 1988 yearbook. The gown is just beautiful and gave me a great
idea! I'm going to try to copy my daughter's gown. The picture uses
nylon netting for the ruffles and lace, but I think I will just use
icing ruffles for mine, (I don't like having to dismantle a cake before
cutting it). Thanks again for the great idea!!

Deena

Date: April 15th, 1998 03:04:56
From: Renee V
e-mail: rvolak@drew.edu
Subject: Re: Re:Pan no longer available (NT)
I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry that this little tier pan is no
longer available. I love mine! It was the 1st tier cake I ever made
and I still use it frequently. In fact I just used it for a very small
family wedding and stacked the 3 tiers and separators on a 9"x13". It
was so sweet and just the right amount of cake for about 20-25 people.

I liked this so pan so much that I bought the heart mini-tier shortly
after. I knew that Wilton discontinued this pan several years ago, but
I didn't know that they had stopped making the round one. Anyone who
sees this pan at a house sale, et., should snatch it up. It is very
convenient because it holds just one cake mix and is charmingly
impressive if a little imagination is put into decorating it. Oh well,
just thought I'd put in my 2 cents. Renee

Date: April 15th, 1998 03:05:10
From: Renee V
e-mail: rvolak@drew.edu
Subject: Re: Re:Pan no longer available (NT)
I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry that this little tier pan is no
longer available. I love mine! It was the 1st tier cake I ever made
and I still use it frequently. In fact I just used it for a very small
family wedding and stacked the 3 tiers and separators on a 9"x13". It
was so sweet and just the right amount of cake for about 20-25 people.

Date: April 15th, 1998 05:24:34
From: Renee V
e-mail: rvolak@drew.edu
Subject: Day Care Provider Appreciation Cake
Hi!
I just read that April 24 is Day Care Provider Appreciation Day. I'd
love to make a cake for the women at my Child Development Center. They
work so hard and take such good care of my little one. (He's 6 months
old.) The center is on the campus of the university that I work for, so
it is very convenient.

Does anyone have any ideas. There are about 10 or so workers. I
remember Dolores talking about a cake where a loaf pan was cut into
cubes and decorated like building blocks. I think these were placed on
a sheet or round cake? Dolores, maybe you wouldn't mind descibing this
to me or directing me to where it was discussed your web page. I have
the large loaf pan meant for Angel food or a cake mix. Other ideas
would be appreciated too! Thanks in advance. Renee

Date: April 16th, 1998 08:07:27
From: Sly
e-mail: skenney@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: Mary Poppins
If the thought of tring to figure pipe Mary Poppins herself seems a
little daunting... try picking just one element of the movie, a scene
or a song.

Spoonful of sugar: decorate with sugar cubes, and pipe or model a big
sugar bowl or spoons (bottle of medicine on the side is up to you)

Let's gofly a kite: (this one should be obvious) pipe several

Chimneysweep's Song: A scene of rooftops all with chimneys and smoke
coming out

Or if you like doing animals, create a cartoon type scene from their
adventure in the sidewalk drawing.

Haven't seen the movie in many years, but those are the scenes I can
recall.

Date: April 16th, 1998 11:22:15
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Day Care Provider Appreciation Cake
Day Care cake: I can see a cute cake with a bunch of little 'faces'
piped with about a 10-12 tip. Maybe you can even personalize them if you
know the kids...re...black kids, white, chinese or other special look.
Maybe braids, curls etc.

The Long Loaf Pan is by Wilton. Holds one cake mix (or can use more).
A cake done like this is right there available on my NEWSLETTER
page...waiting for you. Shows all about how. Very popular and good for
MANY occasions....from birthday to wedding shower etc.

Date: April 16th, 1998 11:30:37
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: secretaries cake
We carry a NEW edible Image called 'perfect secretary'
We also carry a 'secretary set' in plastics. Includes: Pink case with
words 'private secretary, calculator, clipboard, typewriter and phone

Date: April 16th, 1998 11:34:29
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Re: cake for strawberry lover
Once I made a cake like this: I piped a big basket. Then I thickened
buttercream icing, colored RED. I rolled balls in shapes of strawberries
and rolled them in red sugar. We carry plastic strawberry stems...they
looked real. I should have flavored them with Lorann strawberry oil.

Date: April 16th, 1998 03:57:18
From: Suzanne
e-mail: SStapl8708
Subject: golf birthday cake
I need a picture or neat idea for a birthday cake for a guy who loves to golf. Thanks!

Date: April 16th, 1998 05:41:41
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
Hi,
You can see how to make a couch in Debbie Brown's book " Cakes for Men"
if Dolores doesn't carry it --you can e-mail me and I can give you a
couple or sources for it. The front of the book shows a dad sitting on
a couch and it shows how to mold the figures. All you would need to do
is adapt the figures to suit your needs. Mara

Date: April 16th, 1998 09:45:41
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: Re: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
thank you Mara for the information! i really appreciate all the
responses to my many ?'s! i am sure i will have many more too! kelly

Date: April 17th, 1998 01:38:37
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: golf birthday cake
if you have enough time before you need to do this, there are some very
nice golf edible images available. check out dolores' catalog.

Date: April 17th, 1998 05:29:14
From: Valerie
e-mail: wesley@minot.ndak.net
Subject: Re: pirate birthday cake
Hi Erin,

Sounds like fun. A few years back when the movie "Hook" was big, I was
asked to make a Pirate cake. I used the Wilton 3-D Cuddly Bear Pan and
made it to look like a Pirate Guy. (cut the ears off) It turned out
real cute. I would recommend a pound cake recipe for the mix. The only
problem with this type of cake is serving it. I always suggest just
laying it down and cutting.

The idea of a Treasure Chest sounds neat, or decorate a cake to look
like a lagoon and place a small pirate ship in the lagoon.

Hope this helps.

Date: April 17th, 1998 09:22:00
From: Renee V
e-mail: rvolak@drew.edu
Subject: Re: Re: Day Care Provider Appreciation Cake
Thanks for the input. I looked up the building block cake in your
newsletter and it is adorable! I was thinking about sitting my 3D teddy
on top of the blocks instead of a layer cake. (Of course I would put
him on a double thickness of cake circles and put straw supports in the
blocks.)

Date: April 17th, 1998 11:54:17
From: Erin
e-mail: mark-erin.martin@sympatico.ca
Subject: pirate birthday cake
I am having a priate theme party for my son's third birthday but I don't
know how I should decorate the cake. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated.

Date: April 17th, 1998 12:04:08
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: pirate birthday cake
Hi,

Dolores has a book called 101 ways to use the petite doll pan, in there
there are directions to decorate a full sailed ship ( the book is very
reasonably priced). Or if you would like directions for a treasure
chest, just e-mail me! marajami@ptdprolog.net.

Date: April 17th, 1998 02:40:24
From: Susanna
e-mail: scawley@citysearch.com
Subject: Re: Re: Day Care Provider Appreciation Cake
How about making a large batch of gingerbread "men" and piping them in
Royal icing detail to resemble a "horde" of varigated children. Make
the stacking-blocks cake and position the ginger-kids around and on top
of each level as if they were climbing/swarming over the blocks. The
only thing about this "structural" type of cake is that there is no
logical place for a message. (Unless it is stacked on top of a sheet
cake...how many servings do you need?)

Or, make a sheet cake and stand up the "men" hand-to-hand like a line of
paper dolls in a graceful winding line across the cake, leaving lots of
room for a message.

Date: April 18th, 1998 10:31:24
From: Sly
e-mail: skenney@rocketmail.com
Subject: golf cake idea
I can't recall which book I saw this in but I thought it was great for a
golf cake:

The cake was covered in green, and the golfer was lying down facing his
golf ball trying to line up his shot, looking from the ball across the
cake to the hole, with his golf club beside him.

You could either mold the man out of fondant or you could figure-pipe
him from regular buttercream.

Some of the Wilton yearbooks have had some "golf" cakes as well.

When I do a novelty cake for a guy, I usually try to stay away from
anything very frilly. I shy away from any scroll work, ruffles or fancy
flowers and instead do very simple borders and print. (for instance: opt
for a basic bead border instead of a shell border)

Date: April 18th, 1998 10:38:54
From: Sly
e-mail: skenney@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: pirate birthday cake
Along the "hook theme":

You could also just do a basic sheet cake and then place the "hook" on
the cake. Use 2 or 3 cupcakes frosted to look the the edge of a sleeve,
and then make a hook out of aluminum foil. Make sure you make it long
enough so that you can push it into the edge of the sleeve.
(knowing the way some boys go for the grusome stuff... you could even
frost the other end with some red piping gel and make it look like the
severed hand of Captain Hook.)

Date: April 18th, 1998 03:12:48
From: Beth in Sicily
e-mail: sparky@videobank.it
Subject: Re: pirate birthday cake
Delores has an Edible image of a Pirate cake I downloaded from her
catalog. It is called Treasure Map and is #32787. It has a gold treasure
map with a pirate complete with eye patch on the left side and a ship on
the right side with a red X marks the spot in the middle. It also has a
rainbow shaped banner across the top with "Happy Birthday" on it. Really
nice. You could add skull and crossbones on the side of the cake. Or
make a trail of dotted lines going around the cake leading to the X on
the top. Hope this helps. Beth in Sicily

Date: April 18th, 1998 03:19:31
From: Beth in Sicily
e-mail: sparky@videobank.it
Subject: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
Try looking on www.pbs.org and maybe download a couple of pictures. I'm
not sure if this show is on there but that's where I got my Arthur
pictures I needed. Beth in Sicily

Date: April 18th, 1998 07:18:55
From: Kathy M.
e-mail: ndsz27a@prodigy.com
Subject: Re: golf birthday cake
Suzanne, my husband is a golf fanatic and plays in a local tournament each year "Krewe of Venus". The tournament was celebrating their 15 anniversary about two years ago and asked me to make a cake for their celebration. Mine was for about 200 people, but you could scale it down, using 1 sheet cake. If your cake has a hump, level it and save the hump. Use a portion of the hump for the green, stack as many portions as you need to give the size green you want (put icing between each layer of "hump"). Cut out a little bit of cake in the side of the green partly in the "fairway". Add sugar or pulverized vanilla waffers to make sand, and you have a sand pit. On the other side of the green, cut out a little bit of cake and fill with tinted piping gel to make a water hzard. Use one of the Wilton golf kits to get your golfer and flag (pin). I use Junniper green and leaf green to give the fairway a varigated (sp) look. On the green, I use leaf green.

Hope this helps
Kathy M.

Date: April 19th, 1998 10:22:01
From: EGF
e-mail: GlynFP1@aol.com
Subject: ISO: ideas for Marine Life/Underwater Dec.
Hi,

My soon-to-be 6 year old son wants an underwater-type theme for his cake.
It's going to be a simple sheet cake and I envision blue icing. Can anyone give me
ideas for fish/whale/shark, etc. decorations? They can just be piped. Any hints
on how to give a "wave effect" to the icing? I'm a decorating novice, BTW!

Also--how many fluid ounces does a box cake mix make? I might have to adjust because
I might be using a larger cake pan.

Thanks,

EGF

Date: April 19th, 1998 10:34:36
From: karen
e-mail: kdodd10976@aol.com
Subject: chimpanzee cake
need ideas for how to decorate/cut/prepare... a cake that resembles a chimpanzee. science project, so needs to be simple for 12 year old to do. THANKS!!! Respond ASAP

Date: April 19th, 1998 12:04:42
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: chimpanzee cake
Sounds like a real fun project! I can take you waaay back before shaped
pans and you can do it.

You need to bake a cake in the Wilton Wonder Mold pan (doll's skirt).
Then bake a much smaller round cake for the head. This could be done in
the Petite doll pan if it wouldn't be too large...but I think it might.
Monkey's have smallish heads. So maybe try a cupcake. Add a bit of icing
on the bottom and attach to the big cake on top with a straw to secure
it.

DECORATIONS: Use the large GRASS tip..#234 (hair) and chocolate
buttercream (for chocolate, just add Hershey's powdered cocoa to MY
buttercream icing - or yours if you already have a good rec.)....add
lots of water now...it'll be too thick. Drop this tip right down in the
bag with no coupler (it is over-sized). Pipe 'arms' and 'legs' from a
bag with open coupler (no tip). Then go over them with the 234 tip for
'hair' too. Pipe facial features...you'll have the winning cake!

Date: April 19th, 1998 12:18:49
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: (R): ideas for Marine Life/Underwater Dec.
You could make a square 2 or 3-layer cake to look like 'in the sea'
And as a novice, use an Edible Image to carry out your theme. Picture 21
shows just that effect. Use one or four (for all 4 sides). I'd ice the
cake pale blue.

The Image would fit pretty well on an 8-inch 3-layer cake and this would
be 1 1/2 cake mixes if using a box. (Box mix lists ounces). All you'd
need do is add borders on all the corners.

See the edible Image at:
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/edibles/edibles.htm

Dolores

Date: April 19th, 1998 12:49:38
From: Kelly
e-mail: PSWN Kelly@aol.com
Subject: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas
My daughter turns 1 May 13 and we've decided to go with a Noah's Ark theme. My husband and I got a big idea to have something more than the ordinary party! hee hee We want a 3-D Ark cake. We've come up with a few small ideas but you have to keep in mind that I'm a novice at best at baking anything!! hee hee How do I get an outragious Ark cake without an outragious sense for baking/cake decorating? Also if any of you have any cake ideas I'd love to try it...I have 3 weeks to "practice"! hee hee!

Thanks!
Kelly

Date: April 19th, 1998 01:37:09
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupZ.net
Subject: Re: Re: the big cumphy couch(sp?):)
thank you for your help it is greatly appreciated!!!

Date: April 19th, 1998 04:37:10
From: jen
e-mail:
Subject: Re: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas
Hi, the Wilton 1996 Yearbook shows a noah's ark cake. It uses an oval
pan for the base, a football pan for the boat turned upside down and
sort of a gingerbread house thing on top of that.(They used chocolate
cookie recipe for that). If you can't get that magazine and your
interested in more details, let me know.

Date: April 19th, 1998 04:42:55
From: jen
e-mail:
Subject: Re: chimpanzee cake
Karen, do you have the 'Betty Crockers New Cake Decorating' book ? I
think I have seen it at the library. Anyway, it has how to make a
monkey cake. It doesn't look to hard.

Date: April 19th, 1998 09:51:32
From: Susan
e-mail: gmeyertchr@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Mary Poppins
Hi.

You could do a sky with clouds and so a silloette (spelling?) of Mary Poppins with her umbrella coming down from the clouds. Just put a picture of her from the movie jacket under a peice of wax paper. Then take a tooth pick and poke holes (like a dotted line) aroung her form and the umbrella. Lay this on your cake after it has been iced and take choco powder and sprinkle on top of wax paper. This will create a line for you to follow with your icing bag. Just outline with a tip #2 or #3 and then fill with tip #16 or #14 star tip. The bigger the star tip the bigger the stars. It is easy and maybe some-one else can explain it better than myself. I am better at showing rather than telling. Good luck.
Susan

Date: April 19th, 1998 11:32:06
From: Stephanie
e-mail: BCI_MAN@sssnet.com
Subject: Re: Re: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas
also if you go with this make sure you use a POUND CAKE MIX for the ark
because if you use a regular mix ti will split into pieces.

Date: April 20th, 1998 07:52:02
From: Sly
e-mail: skenney@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: stretch that box mix
If you're concerned that one mix isn't enough batter (but 2 is too
much) you can stretch a cake mix to get an extra 1 1/2 - 2 cups by
adding the following:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup water (or if it's a pound cake style mix, water and oil to
equal 1/2 cup)
1 tsp extract(vanilla, lemon, etc. matched to the cake flavor) or 1-2
tsp cocoa (if it's a chocolate cake)

Just combine the dry ingredients in with the box mix. (stir them in a
bit to distribute baking powder). Then add the wet ingredients along
with the egg, water, and oil called for on the cake mix.

This is great for getting a taller 3 layer cake or filling up some of
those odd shaped pans that require a little extra batter.

Sherry

Date: April 20th, 1998 12:53:00
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas
Hi,
I've made a cake with this theme a few months ago. Since the cake would
travel to it's destination about 2 hours I decided to make a "Noah's ark
pop-up book"------I baked the cake in the book pan and iced it to look
like a book. Then I baked the ark, the animals, even Noah out of sugar
cookies with a lollipop stick (like a cookie bouquet sort of thing) and
used a thin royal icing to flow in the colors and decorate. ( The Lion
came out excellent!)---I trimed all the sticks to fit into the cake--I
showed my hubby where to stick everything once the cake was delivered,
it was a cute cake and traveled well , since all the cookies went in a
box to be placed on site-( the fish couple swam on the sides of the
cake, the turtles and the aligators where on the cake, in a corner, the
boat was in the back and all the animal cookies were cavorting all over
the cake. short ones in front and tall ones in back.)-----to make it
even easier for you , you can purchase ready made sugar cookie dough to
make the animal cookies. I used a coloring book to get my patterns and
decorating ideas, but there is a Noah's ark cookie cutter set, I just
couldn't find mine----they are made by Fox Run. mara

Date: April 20th, 1998 12:54:43
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas 2
Hi, I forgot to tell you that I had made enough cookies for them to be
used as party favors. Each child recieved a cookie with their slice of
cake. Good luck! mara

Date: April 20th, 1998 08:23:55
From: Diane
e-mail: Dianems@webtv.com
Subject: Re: cake for strawberry lover
I make a strawberry cake using a white cake mix .Bake and let cool slice cake in half and spread with straberries you have mixed with a glaze mixture that i buy in a pack in The produce department. also comes in a jar.I then spread a little cool whip on top of that .Then add your other cake layer and frost. THis is my families favorite cake WE also do this in our bakery.

Date: April 21st, 1998 12:16:58
From: Shanon
e-mail: cimba33@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas
I did this cake for a baby shower. It was the last free cake I will ever due as it took about 24 hours in total work. This is not a novice cake by any means. I loved the final outcome. But the work that went into it was a lot. You need to be good at figure piping (or buy plastic animals) and there is a lot of more experienced work such as dowel rodding etc. This was a cool cake but I don't know if it would be high on my list to do again. Fair warning to what you may get yourself into.

Date: April 21st, 1998 04:30:38
From: Kelly
e-mail: PSWNKelly@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: ISO Noah's Ark 3-D cake ideas
What a great idea!!!! This wouldn't take as much experience as the whole Ark cake. I really don't know much about cake baking but don't really trust the bakers around here as they aren't very experienced in anything other than sheet cakes. Thanks for the great idea!

Kelly

p.s. I already bought some things today like the football pan, etc...we'll see how my practice runs go....LOL

Date: April 21st, 1998 10:18:18
From: Carolyn
e-mail: Bridal1
Subject: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
Why not suggest to them a groom's cake using the golf theme and that way the wedding cake itself can be beautiful and elegant with a fun theme for the groom's cake. This could be made from a sheet cake and built up in areas to look like a golf course iced in green with flags and plastic golf items or a cake carved to look like a golf bag. Probably lots of ideas could be found on this one.

Date: April 21st, 1998 12:57:35
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
kellyann; i like carolyn's idea. if they still want to go w/the theme
on the bride's cake how about making a golf ball w/the sportball pan and
put that in a center divider? there is an older yrbk that has such a
cake. i'll try to look it up today and let you know.
lynne

Date: April 21st, 1998 04:34:14
From: Kelly
e-mail: PSWNKelly@aol.com
Subject: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
I saw a really neat golfball cake today! It was a kit...the pan was a big round ball and it was supposed to be easy (so the package said..lol). It was with the other baking things in the Party store I was in. I thought about doing this cake for my husband's birthday.

Kelly

Date: April 21st, 1998 09:44:59
From: kellyann
e-mail: kellyann@writeme.com
Subject: wedding cake using golf ball theme
this is a new one to me! I recently met with a couple who share the
love of golf. They wanted to know if there was a way to incorporate
that into their wedding cake but, they also wanted their cake beautiful
and elegant. Any ideas??????

Date: April 22nd, 1998 02:38:47
From: Susanna
e-mail: scawley@citysearch.com
Subject: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
How about an otherwise elegant and traditional cake with little "hidden"
golf references. Like piped-royal-icing crossed golf clubs and pin
flags standing out from the sides like 3-D lace pieces. Or the bridal
couple sitting in a golf cart sculpted in gumpaste as a cake topper
surrounded by the color-themed flower sprays.

Date: April 22nd, 1998 05:36:42
From: Heather
e-mail: Dimples498@aol.com
Subject: Need Ideas for Soccer cake.
Hey guys,

" I love this Board ! "

I am in need of ideas to do a cake for my son's soccer team.
( I was elected to do this. )
How should i do the grass? Should i use the Aerosol Food sprays?
Player's? should i try the Royal Icing figure's "playing " soccer?
Since it will be for 11 families ( of at least 4 people each ) what size cake should i do? What flavor should it be a white cake?

Thanks guys in advance

Heather

Date: April 22nd, 1998 06:12:23
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Need Ideas for Soccer cake.
44 people...I'd do a full sheet cake (two 11x15's put together to look
like one.) This is more cake than you need, but you may want to impress
:D ...or a smaller like...12x18 with some other shaped cake on top of
it.

We have edible Images of soccer (my grandson is goaly! Sue makes sure
we have them LOL)

Grass...do with tip 233. medium consistency icing.
Bet we have soccer sprinkles...under FLOWERS AND OTHER EDIBLES /
SPRINKLES...just an idea to liven up the cake. I always used the tiny
flower sprinkles on outdoor sceneries.

Should i use the Aerosol Food sprays?
Would be okay, but maybe ice the cake white, then go over that with a
thinner layer of gree...avoiding 'green mouths' - the spray would do the
same if you have that.

> Player's? should i try the Royal Icing figure's "playing " soccer?
I kinda like the plastic ones for kids. Somebody will take them home.
But woul dbe cute of icing. Do the front of each lying down, dry
that...1-2 days, turn the figure over and pipe the back...use a brush to
bring the 'seams' together and smooth the figures. Would be easier and
faster made with gumpaste I think....and more realistic.

> What flavor should it be a white cake?
Kids like chocolate, but someone may be allergic, so I'd do half &
half...some other flavor. Easy too, if putting 2 cakes together.

Date: April 22nd, 1998 07:17:51
From: Lisa
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Re: stretch that box mix
I am concerned that if I add extra flour, etc. that my cake will turn
out tough. Does this affect the texture or flavor of the cake? I use
Duncan Hines mixes. It is aggrivating when one box is not enough by
just a little bit!!

Date: April 22nd, 1998 08:55:56
From: Shirley W
e-mail: sdwest@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Arthur Cake
A while ago on the bulletin board, there were some suggestions on
decorating an "Arthur" cake. My grandson has now decided that he wants
one for his birthday. Can anyone please tell me which archive to find
the information in, or give me some suggestions on how to decorate one.
I have netscape navigator and tried to search for it and it didn't work.
Thank you in advance for all your help.

Shirley W

Date: April 22nd, 1998 09:29:13
From: Mary
e-mail: MaryW955
Subject: sheet cake
I am a den leader for Tiger Cubs. We will be receiving a 9x13 sheet cake and have to decorate it. All must be eatable. I have 7 7 yr. old boys decorating!!!

Please, please some one have ANY ideas??!!?

Thank you.

Date: April 22nd, 1998 09:28:35
From: kellyann
e-mail: kellyann@writeme.com
Subject: Re: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
Kelly,

Did you happen to notice the number of servings? Also, where did you see
such a kit? That sounds like something that would work for this couple.

Date: April 23rd, 1998 02:07:38
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Need Ideas for Soccer cake.
hello heather;
i have made several soccor cakes. you don't tell use what level of
skill you have in decorating. if you have the time and want to make
players from royal that would be really nice.
i often make 1/2 balls and use the black and white decorating on them.
these often have the names of the kids on each one.
grass can be done either with green icing roughly iced on the cake or
use tip #233.
for the size of cake you will need about a 1/2 sheet (approx. 12x16 or
18) 4" tall. i bake 2 and put one of top of the other with filling
between them.
flavor? that's up to you and your friends. there are soooo many
choices. if you are up to it you could even bake 2 each of 1/4 sheets
of one flavor and 2 more another one. or bake your 1/2 sheet and cut it
in 1/2 and layer; then bake another of a different flavor.
hope this helps you.
lynne

Date: April 23rd, 1998 02:15:18
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: stretch that box mix
i use a different recipe, but it only *improves* that cake.
it was designed for use w/duncan hinze mixes.
lynne

Date: April 23rd, 1998 09:03:48
From: Millie
e-mail: millie-martha@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re:stretch that box mix
Lynne,

Of course you know that now that you mentioned a recipie we all just have to have it :-) Could you please post?

Thanks,

Millie

Date: April 23rd, 1998 09:46:41
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: sheet cake
If you go to the archives from March 26, there was someone who had a
similar issue; 3 or 4 ideas were posted there. Hope one of them works
for you! Maybe the person who posted the issue back then (Judy?) could
tell you what she ended up doing/seeing.

Date: April 23rd, 1998 09:50:12
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: Arthur Cake
Go here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/
for lots of Arthur stuff. There are also plenty of Arthur
activity/coloring books in toy stores.

I couldn't find it in the archives either, but I know Sly did one by
piecing together rolled buttercream. My preferred method for doing
stuff like this is frozen buttercream; you can find directions for that
at www.cakemag.com.

Good luck!

Date: April 23rd, 1998 09:55:36
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
Taking off a little on Susanna's idea---you could make a mold of a
section (about a quarter to 2/3 of it) of a golf ball (from Sculpey),
and then press in rolled fondant so you would have little round golf
ball-like "pillows" to attach to the side of the cake, with the piped
crossed golf clubs in between, and then decorate the cake as usual. I
know what I'm visualizing, but not sure I'm explaining it very well....

Date: April 23rd, 1998 01:42:06
From: michelle
e-mail: michelle_gann@mgh.com
Subject: Re: sheet cake
You could cut each boy a small square or circle of cardboard, cover it
with wax paper or foil and then with icing and let each one decorate his
own little scene, provide sugar cones(for trees) in case one of them or
all of them want a tree on their cake board and then when they are
finished you can arrange them on the cake that way everyone gets a
chance to share their own creativity. Develope a theme so you have a
main idea to get you started, and to keep chaos at a minimum.(ex.
Camping) each little boy could use a sugar cone as a T.P. and cut a door
out and decorate that and make alittle camp fire and bushes and get some
pretzles to stack to look like wood. Be creative and have fun.

Date: April 23rd, 1998 04:28:13
From: Lisa
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Re: stretch that box mix
Lynne,

Please please post your recipe. I really like using the D.H. mixes
and would appreciate your knowledge of getting more batter per box and
of course--making them even better! I am new to cake making, and
everyone has made this board is a wonderful learning tool to me! Thank-
you. --Lisa

Date: April 23rd, 1998 08:03:50
From: Robin Feather
e-mail: BFRFK@AOL.COM
Subject: Spice Girls cake!!! (yikes)
Help!!!
I need to make a cake for a 7 yr old who only likes the Spice Girls!!! What do I do????
Thanks!

Date: April 23rd, 1998 11:59:47
From: Deena
e-mail: calkinsclan@sprint.ca
Subject: Erotica......
Hello All!
A couple of months ago, someone asked if I could do an "erotic" cake.
I'm assuming it was for a stagette, she was interested in a penis-shaped
dessert!!! Has anyone had the guts to attempt such a thing? Is there a
penis pan? (or breasts for that matter?) I've seen chocolate molds in
the local supply store, but never a cake. I was thinking of maybe using
the loaf pan, vertically on the board, and somehow creating a 3-D thing.
Any ideas? And no, I did not make this up.....
Deena

Date: April 24th, 1998 12:29:06
From: Kathy
e-mail: mdunlap@netjava.com
Subject: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
Howdy,.. I just did a wedding using the golf ball them for the grooms
table. I cut out of plywood a golf green. I then added humps to the
green with stryofoam and then covered with the indoor outdoor green
grass. I then made out of styrofoam a golf tee with a golf ball on top
of it. The ball on top of the styrofoam tee was also styrofoam made to
match the size of the ball pan. I then baked 4 golf balls out of the
ball pan and iced them like golf balls with the little indentions in
them and everything... placed them on small boards covered with green
foil so it would blend into the grass. I then had a round, cloth the
colors of the wedding, to cover the table then put a square out of black
over it but on the square I had machine emboridred golf words around the
bottom edge about 3 inches tall all around the edge like bogie, fore,
tee, etc. I placed the plywood green on the table and all the golf
balls and added a gold coffee urn and the plates and the forks and
little golf balls in a dish that were chocolate it was the hit of the
wedding!! If you would like a picture of this please email me and I
will send it to you via email..... I hope I explained it to where you
understand what I am talking about.. it was really cute

Date: April 24th, 1998 05:03:55
From: MICHELLE
e-mail: michelle_gann@mgh.com
Subject: Re: Erotica......
I live in denver and we have a bakery called La Sensual(it has a french
twist when you say it)they do those kinds of cakes and pastries. They
actually have pans and the baking equiptment in those shapes. I don't
know where you would find them, or if you would want to ruin your image
with members in your community(if you live in a small town or city)I on
the other hand know alot of people who request those kind of cakes as
jokes or for bachelor and bachelorett parties. I hope you make the
right decision and find the right equiptment.

Date: April 24th, 1998 09:03:02
From: Melanie
e-mail: mhickey@pld.com
Subject: Boy High School Graduation
I'm looking for a unique idea using cheesecake for a graduation cake.
The other thing is his picture copied on edible rice paper and used as
part of the cake decoration on a sheet cake.
Also I would like an idea for a piano recital cake.
Thanks!

Date: April 24th, 1998 10:02:39
From: Sarah
e-mail: miksarbook@aol.com
Subject: EASY first birthday cake
My son is turning one in May. I am not a very experienced cook, but I am learning. I want to do something special, but not very complicated. I would appreciate any ideas. Thank you, Sarah.

Date: April 24th, 1998 10:50:48
From: Roe
e-mail: roe kitty@aol.com
Subject: Little Mermaid Cake
Any ideas for a Little Mermaid cake?

Date: April 25th, 1998 12:35:05
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re:stretch that box mix
look for recipe in recipe section.
lynne

Date: April 25th, 1998 12:38:39
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: Spice Girls cake!!! (yikes)
Yikes is right!!! Here's an idea--why not airbrush or stencil a
rectangular cake with the British flag, as a background. Then get a
color copy of a picture of the Spice Girls, and put that on the cake
(between a couple of pieces of plastic wrap). Put a border around the
picture, and just write "Happy Birthday to ?? from the Spice Girls!" If
you want to try to download some pics, try going to
http://www.iol.ie/~kasst/spice/pics1.htm

That's about all I can come up with--good luck!

Date: April 25th, 1998 11:54:23
From: jen
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Cake
I have this book called " The Ultimate Cake Decorator" and it shows how
they used a barbie doll to make a mermaid. They rolled fondant around
the legs and made a piece for the fin, even cut out scales and placed
them on. The cake she's sitting on looks like it might have been baked
in the wonder mold and it has chocolate covered popcorn on it all
around. Around the base it has brown sugar (for sand) and seashells
(you can make those out of candy). Maybe this will give you some ideas
to work with. Good Luck.

Date: April 25th, 1998 10:45:32
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: Erotica......instructions.......

Hi, I have instructions for these types of cakes. I will not post them
out of respect for all those that would be offended. But I will e-mail
them to those that would like them. Or if you prefer, I can snail mail
them to you.( In case you have little ones using the 'puter) Just
e-mail me your address.

I don't want to start a debate, and I do not wish to have my morals
questioned, This is a legitimate question and I have some information on
this that I can share.
If you are bold enough to ask, then you are bold enough to be
ans.!--LOL--------marajami@ptdprolog.net-------------------------------

Dolores, if this is offensive to you, you just go ahead and delete this,
after all this is YOUR board and the only opinion that matters to me on
THIS board is yours!

Date: April 25th, 1998 11:36:07
From: Jennifer
e-mail: gigimama@aol.com
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Cake
Figure-piping would be great for this, too, and easy. The '97 or '98 yearbook shows one done on a mini-shell cake. You could easily scale this up to a large shell, or any other size-shape cake you want. Add fish, shells, seaweed, coral, etc, for a whole underwater scene. I did a cake like this something like this, though you would want to make the mermaid bigger and more prominent for yours. You can see it on my webpage at http://members.aol.com/swtcreatns/index.html
You can make the mermaid more detailed by piping scales with a small petal tube, or imprinting them with a round tube, and you could brush on luster dust to make her tail shimmer.

Date: April 26th, 1998 02:19:50
From: Laurie
e-mail: widetn@lctn.com
Subject: Tractor Cake
My son's second birthday is in less than a month. He loves his grandaddy's John Deere Tractors and I think would get a kick if I made a cake for his birthday with that theme. I've read thru some of the other ideas..and what wonderful suggestions..so I'm hoping y'all have some more :-)) I had hoped to make it 3-d..like with a loaf pan..but not really sure? Otherwise I may have to make him a Pooh Bear cake...which would be ok too. Thanks in advance for any advice :-))
~Laurie

Oh and BTW....I'm a novice at this sort of thing..so simple and/or detailed advice appreciated..thanks :-))

Date: April 26th, 1998 04:32:16
From: Valerie
e-mail: wesley@minot.ndak.net
Subject: Re: EASY first birthday cake
Sarah,

Have you looked at the Wilton pans? There are some real easy ones that
you can decorate with stars or simple patterns. They come with complete
instructions.

For my daughter's birthday, I made a carousel. I used an 8" round, two
layers. I then took striped straws and stuck them in the top of the
cake, forming a circle of "poles". Cut a circle, 10" or so of gift wrap
or foil or whatever you have on hand. Fold it in half, and keep folding
like a pie wedge shape. Unfold and you have the top of the carousel. I
used a longer dowel or straw (can't remember) to attach to the middle of
the paper. The edge will rest on the straws that are to be the poles
for your horses. I actually just used animal cookies and stood them
beside each "pole". Complete the trim work any way you want. It's been
many years ago, so the details are a bit fuzzy, but maybe you get the
general idea.

Hope you get more suggestions. I think a 1st birthday cake is more for
the memories (photo album) and the parents. :-}

Date: April 26th, 1998 04:57:59
From: Mindy
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Tractor Cake
I have seen the new type of pantastic pans that are in the shape of a tractor. I've never used one of these type of pans before, so not real sure on how they would hold up. But the tractor pan looked really neat and I think that the price on it was $4 or so. For someone in farm country, this type of cake would probably go over nicely. Has anyone used these new type of pans? And how long do they hold up. Thanks, Mindy

Date: April 27th, 1998 07:26:47
From: Anita O'Connor
e-mail: neater1@yahoo.com
Subject: shoe cake
Does anyone have an idea for a shoe cake? It's for a girl and a first
b-day cake as well. I would appreciate any help anyone can give me.
Thank you very much. Anita

Date: April 27th, 1998 09:33:33
From: Isabel
e-mail: jetski88@macau.ctm.net
Subject: Re: shoe cake
Hi
Please refer to a cake picture in the AOL chats (Dolores homepage) you
can find a roller skates just cut the upper part.

Date: April 27th, 1998 09:35:39
From: Isabel
e-mail: jetski88@macau.ctm.net
Subject: pink roses and leaves (choc taste)

Hello everybody.
Could you please tell me how can I make pink roses and leaves and with
chocolate taste????

Date: April 27th, 1998 09:46:16
From: Millie
e-mail: millied2@aol.com
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Cake
Hi Jen,

I have that same book and I love that cake (mermaid). I'm waiting for an occassion to make it for.

This is the first one I thought of too for the Little Mermaid.

Millie :)

Date: April 27th, 1998 09:49:12
From: Laurie
e-mail: widetn@lctn.com
Subject: Re: Re: Tractor Cake
Mindy~
I saw that cake pan after leaving this area yesterday, it is quite cute. I may use it? I was hoping for something that would stand up and be more 3-D looking...but that maybe too much for someone of my skills and experience. I read that they can't take more than 375 degrees, so I guess they should be fine. I would think they'd become brittle over time, and being plactic do they break up the cake? Not hold shape when handling?

~thanks again..still love any additional ideas anyone has :-))

Laurie

Date: April 27th, 1998 10:21:43
From: Dawn Talbott
e-mail: satellite23@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: EASY first birthday cake
When my daughter turned one, I wanted to make a cake for her myself, but
didn't really know where to start. I found some ideas in a magazine and
set to work. Here's what I did... I made a regular 13X9 cake and
frosted it. Then I took graham cracker squares and 'glued' them
together with icing until I had the shape of a block. Then frosted the
blocks, and dipped them in colored sugar crystals. I bought a few of
those tubes of icing that are all ready colored and ready to go, and
piped on some letters and numbers on the blocks. I also used a sugar
cookie and striped candy stick to make a rattle. All that was left was
adding a candle, (I used one of those number one candles) and writing
happy birthday on it. It was simple and fun. (Everybody wanted to be
the one to get the graham cracker blocks.) Hope this gives you some
ideas! :) ~Dawn

Date: April 27th, 1998 10:32:25
From: Dawn Talbott
e-mail: satellite23@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Tractor Cake
I think you are on the right track with the long loaf pan. Maybe you
could cut off a square on the end, then lay in above the rest on the
cake board to form the cab of the tractor. Frost it in green, of
course, and add the yellow details. You could use something like
Hostess Ding-Dongs for the tires. Hope these suggestions help. ~Dawn

Date: April 27th, 1998 10:46:42
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: pink roses and leaves (choc taste)
Leaves, make ahead of straight green coating chocolate...on a leaf
former.
Roses...make out of coating chocolate...OR add coating chocolate to your
buttercream icing...about 1/4 to 1/2 lb to a batch containing 2 lb
pwd.sugar

Date: April 27th, 1998 10:48:08
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Re: shoe cake
Isable's suggestion would work...cutting up cakes.
Or, you can use the stand-up lamb cake pan. I saw this done I think, in
an old Wilton yr book some years ago.

Date: April 27th, 1998 10:53:29
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Re: Erotica......instructions.......
Mara,
This isn't offensive to me. One thing, I don't consider the anotomy
offensive. As an artist this can be the most challenging for drawing or
artistic perspective.

When I did cakes at home...I had one rule though...I never made any cake
I thought I needed to hide from my kids...a good way to decide.

Date: April 27th, 1998 10:59:59
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Need Ideas for Soccer cake.
We attended a DOS yesterday and had stencils at or trade booth...I
didn't know...but we have a good large soccer ball stencil. Or make the
ball out of coating chocolate

Date: April 27th, 1998 11:01:50
From: Dolores
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Boy High School Graduation
The Edib;e Image (from my web page) is nicer and more vivid, besides
being faster...for a grad cake.

Piano...how about making a 3D piano out of chocolate molds?

Date: April 27th, 1998 11:25:30
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Thanks Dee, I feel the same way ........
and I am so amazed at the number of requests that I'm getting.
LOL------So there must be others out there that feel the same!!!:-)
mara

Date: April 27th, 1998 01:35:05
From: Michele
e-mail: mnket@aol.com
Subject: Need idea for family reunion cake
I have been asked to make a 1/2 sheet cake for a family reunion that is coming up in June. I thought of putting everyone's family name on the cake such as: WELCOME SMITH FAMILY, BLUE FAMILY, JONES FAMILY ETC. However, I would like to do something that looks cute, not just the family names and some flowers. Anybody have any ideas out there? All are appreciated. Thanks!

Date: April 27th, 1998 01:44:48
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Tractor Cake
laurie; if you go into the catagory docorating problems and scroll down
about /14 of the page to the date april 23 there is a post from linda
(?) asking basicly the same ?. there are two answers there that might
help you.
i have one of those plastic pans (the cross) and it warped when i baked
in it the 1st time :( the pan had been used as a wall decoration for
several yrs before it was given to me so that might have had some
effect on it. i think you might be wise to go w/it as you said you
don't have much decorating experience.
let us know how it all comes out, ok?
lynne

Date: April 27th, 1998 01:52:18
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: idea for family reunion cake
i remember seeing one in mbn sometime back. they used a tree and put
pics of each family mbr on the branches. you know those small pics you
get from school abuot 1x2".
you don't say how many people, so don't know if this would work.
another take off on this is to put family name on a branch such as
'jones' then list all the people in that family on/around the leaves.
if you like the idea let me know and i'll copy the pic for you.
lynne

Date: April 27th, 1998 04:16:46
From: Jennifer
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Need idea for family reunion cake
What about making it look like a family album? You could use a one- or two- layer sheet, whatever size you need to make a closed book. Use either chocolate rolled fondant or buttercream, or just ice smooth in buttercream for the cover, use a comb, or the ribbed side of the cake icer tip, on the sides to give the effect of pages. Then write "Smith, . . . Family Reunion, 1998" in script letting, and decorate around the writing and/or edges and corners with scrolls, florishes, etc either freehand, or using pattern presses. You could get real fancy and paint with the gold luster dust, and use colored piping gel for "jewels". If you have the 2-mix book pan, you could put it on top of an 11 X 15 sheet and have an open book, with the writing on one page and pictures or the family tree Lynne suggested on the other, with decorative scrollwork around the edges of each page.

Date: April 27th, 1998 08:58:31
From: michele
e-mail: mnket@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: Need idea for family reunion cake
Jennifer -- What a grea idea!! I am fairly new at cake decorating. I may not lack the talent to decorate but I sure do lack the imagination. Thanks for your help. I REALLY appreciate both ideas that I have received so far!!

Date: April 27th, 1998 11:23:38
From: Jennifer
e-mail: gigimama@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Need idea for family reunion cake
Michelle,

You'll find that the creativity comes with time and experience. I started decorating three years ago, but only got serious about it about 8 months ago. The longer you do it, the more readily the ideas come. I still rely on books, but come up with more original ideas now. I find when someone asks me abuot a cake, I usually have to think it over for a while before I get some ideas, then I call them back later. Good luck with your cake!

Date: April 28th, 1998 03:09:11
From: Nannette
e-mail: nghenderson@erols.com
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Cake
If you have a child who wants *the* Little Mermaid, I would go with
frozen buttercream. Since the movie just got re-released, there are a
ton of coloring books and stuff out there with Little Mermaid scenes.

Date: April 28th, 1998 10:00:21
From: MaraTLee
e-mail: marajami@ptdprolog.net
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Cake
Hi,
Since I have a shop I always try to find the easiest way (ie:fastest)
way of doing things. I would bake the cake in the wonder mold pan,
stick in the doll pick or barbie doll( if you use the barbie doll , you
need to bake a round cake to stand the wonder mold cake on top--the
fashion doll is too tall sometimes to use on the wondermold cake)--then
you can pipe the tail on top of the cake----represent the mermaid as
"sitting" on top of a rock like the statue of the little mermaid from
the Han Christian Anderson fairy tale. You can then decorate the bottom
of the cake with candy (chocolate ) sea shells and you can pipe sea weed
and little fishes, ---as was already suggested. I hope this helps.
Mara

Date: April 28th, 1998 10:43:59
From: Karen
e-mail: pbrittain@provide.net
Subject: graduation from nursing school
I could use some ideas for a graduation cake from nursing school. it
will also be the young ladies 25th birthday. Help please!

Date: April 28th, 1998 12:33:03
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: graduation from nursing school
hi karen; how humorus do you want to go? in an old wilton yrbk there
are several ideas. i'll look them up today and let you know.
one used a 1/2 sheet w/a 1/2 ball as a head. the other is a full ball
on a sq cake --again as a head.
then there's the idea of a sheet cake (any size) w/lots of hats in the
air and maybe hands at the bottom clapping.
lynne

Date: April 28th, 1998 01:32:23
From: Karen
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Re: graduation from nursing school
Hi Lynne, Thanks for the reply. I need to use a 12x18 sheet pan. They
said to go for it. Just need to recognize both the graduation and 25th
birthday. I have the ball pan so I could do the half head idea. THANKS
KAREN

Date: April 28th, 1998 07:07:53
From: millie
e-mail: millied2@aol.com
Subject: piano cake
I just recv'd a request for a piano cake. It can be drawn or whatever.

Please give me some ideas I am completely blank.

Thank you all

Millie :-)

Date: April 28th, 1998 07:22:51
From: Melissa
e-mail: DMELISSAD@aol.com
Subject: Flowers made of different sweets
I am a high school junior atempting to enter a dessert contest. I already have a cake recipe but I need to decorate it. I was wodering if you knew of any ways I can make flowers using different kinds of sweet foods. For example I found a recipe in which you can make roses by rolling out gum drops. Please write back if you think you can help me.

Thank You,
Melissa

Date: April 28th, 1998 07:51:56
From: Susanna
e-mail: scawley@citysearch.com
Subject: Re: Flowers made of different sweets
You can make really cute white daisies by cutting across the flat
surface of marshmallows...about three or four slices per marsmallow,
you'll have to experiment. Rub the blades of kitchen shears with a
little vegetable oil. Hold the marshmallow so that it would sit flat if
on a table and then cut with the scissors as if you were going to "cut
it's head off." the edges curl in and form a "petal" shape at each end.
Arrange five or six in a flower shape and make a center out of a cut
section of a gumdrop (or a whole one if small. Sometimes you can get
pastel colored marshmallows, too.

Date: April 28th, 1998 11:21:39
From: Susan M.
e-mail: gmeyertchr@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: piano cake
Hi Millie,

You could do a sheet cake and make half of it the keyboard and the other half a dark chocolate. Just look at a piano and try to get the white and black keys correct. Or if you want to be totally artistic (and brave, I might add) you could cut a cake to look like the top of a grand piano and use pillars to hold it up in the air. For the top of the piano (the lid of the grand piano) you could make of either royal or chocolate. and stand it up from the cake the way it does in real life. I hope I have explained it clear enough. I see it in my mind but sometimes I have a hard time telling people how to do it. Well good luck with whatever you choose to do. Susan

Date: April 28th, 1998 11:31:39
From: Susan M.
e-mail: gmeyertchr@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Flowers made of different sweets
Hi

Now that they have different color tootsie rolls you can make a variety of different flowers with them. You do have to knead them for a while but when you get them good and soft, you can shape them the same way you do gum paste flowers. Actually I think they are easier than gumpaste. Jus make your petals and stick them together by gentley pushing on them. It is a bit sticky but so are gumdrops. Jelly beans can be cut in half and rolled also. Fruit roll ups are easy to shape with a knife and a little creativity you can make great flowers with them. I hope this helps you out some. Take care and good luck. Let us know how it went. Susan

Date: April 29th, 1998 12:49:17
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: piano cake
millie; susan's first idea can be really neat. make a sheet cake --
ice white. now along one long edge make choco (black) lines every so
often. in the upper right corner make one red rose w/a long stem! some
fancy writing and you have a striking cake!]
lynne

Date: April 29th, 1998 11:11:56
From: Laurie
e-mail: widetn@lctn.com
Subject: New Tractor Cake Idea
I have a new idea for a cake with a tractor theme for my son's birthday. I'd love to hear any feedback or additional ideas.

Make a regular sheet cake, purchase mini tractors (he has one already) and place them on top of the cake. The thing is... can I place them on something to prevent them from sinking into the cake? I was thinking of making one like one was "working" the ground; making ridges and having that area of the cake a slightly different/dirt color.

Just thought of this...am I crazy or is this a better idea than the other?
I thought my son would then get to have the decor. to have and play and remember this cake.

What do you think?
Thanks again for listening :-))
~Laurie

Date: April 29th, 1998 11:16:23
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Flowers made of different sweets
hi. hope the suggestions already given give you some ideas to use.
here's one more: almonds! 5 in a circle w/something in the center
(gumdrop? or a dot of yellow icing) make an interesting and different
flower.
one hint: always use odd # of petals. makes it more natural looking.
and yes, we'd love to know how this all turn out for you.
lynne

Date: April 29th, 1998 11:21:20
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: graduation from nursing school
well i only had time to find one of those ideas :( if you have yrbk 78
look on pg 20. it is the full ball head, but you could use the idea on
the 1/2 sheet like you said. that one had a blue background (sky)
w/clouds. oh, be sure to get a pic or drawing of the hat. i understand
it is very important as there are many, many different ones.
lynne

Date: April 29th, 1998 11:30:03
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: New Tractor Cake Idea
laurie; nothing wrong w/that idea! go for it :) i did something like
that for a guy who was retiring from the city a few months ago. he was
in charge of street repairing so they brought me the toys and i made a
street w/dirt mound in the middle. even put a couple of holes in the
road:) btw, the toys (about 4-6" long?) didn't need any support under
them. use some ice cream cones covered w/green leaves for trees. want
them taller? put some soft candy (caramel?)in the point of the cone &
insert a pretzel rod. stick that into the cake. it should stand ok.
lynne

Date: April 29th, 1998 01:40:52
From: Karen
e-mail:
Subject: Re: piano cake
I have a book called Cake Magic and there is a piano cake in it made
from using two 8x12 in. cakes cut in the shape of a grand piano. You
stack the cakes and cut out the keyboard section to the depth of one
cake and round off the corners with a sharp knife. The keyboard and
music stand are made from fondant. Using left over cake you can even
make a music stool. Karen

Date: April 29th, 1998 02:53:13
From: Kelly
e-mail: PSWN Kelly@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
It's in the Wilton's Catalog as well as in some crafting stores I've been to lately. I'm not sure how many servings it has though. It doesn't look like it would have a lot of servings, but maybe you could combine it with another cake to add to servings. You could maybe put it on a green sheet cake with a hole in it to make it look like the green (if you need more servings)...ha ha! I hope it works for you!!!

Kelly

Date: April 29th, 1998 02:58:03
From: Kelly
e-mail: PSWNKelly@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: wedding cake using golf ball theme
WOW!!! Talk about going allll out! Great ideas!! My husband would have loved to have you going his groom cake in our wedding!!! ha ha! He's golf crazy but we didn't think of anything like this years ago!!!

Date: April 29th, 1998 05:57:32
From: Laurie
e-mail: widetn@lctn.com
Subject: Re: Re: New Tractor Cake Idea
Lynn~
I love the tree idea. What do you use to make the leaves on the tree? Just iceing? I mean like you'd make grass, or is there a better way? I've made leaves for flowers I've had on cakes, but wouldn't that be too big?

And it's good to know I don't need support for the "equipment" LOL.
The tractors are small, I found them at Wal-mart near the match box section.

Thanks again..love the idea/brain storming y'all do here :-))
~Laurie

Date: April 29th, 1998 08:06:34
From: Susan
e-mail: MrandMrsB@wordnet.att.net
Subject: 50th birthday cake
I'm still looking for ideas for a 50th birthday cake idea. The cake is
for May 20th, my moms birthday. I also want to thank those that
responded before. I'm just trying to gather all the ideas I can for
this special day.

Date: April 29th, 1998 11:00:06
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: block party
help!! i need an idea for a cake to take to a block party THIS wknd!!
just got the flyer tonite!! anyway this is a new neighborhood to us and
will be meeting lots of new neighbors and would love to make an
impression not only with a covered dish but with a cake, any and all
ideas would be greatly appreciated!! thanks to all, kelly

Date: April 29th, 1998 11:32:30
From: lynne
e-mail:
Subject: Re: block party
my 1st thought was to make it somewhat like a baby shower -- either
drawing and cutting small pieces of cake to make blocks.
but just as fast i thought of making your street on the cake. maybe
getting creative and making houses much like the blocks idea. but it
sounds like you don't have too much time to devote to this project :)

maybe these suggestions will get your thought process going.
lynne

Date: April 30th, 1998 12:55:55
From: Celine
e-mail: handcsab@aol.com
Subject: Please give me some ideas for Police Academy Graduation Cake
I have just found out about this fabulous site and board and just in the nick of time too!!! I manage to come up with ideas for everyone to use for parties--- but this one has totally got me blocked. My own son is graduating from Police Academy and for the party we really want something special to depict this. Could any of you creative and talented people offer some unique suggestions????? I would certainly be thrilled and thankful if you could.

Date: April 30th, 1998 11:40:37
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: Re: Re: block party
thanks renee for another great idea!! it is greatly appreciated as i am
totally uncreative!! thanks again, kelly

Date: April 30th, 1998 10:46:00
From: kelly
e-mail: rh98@groupz.net
Subject: Re: Re: Re: block party
thank you lynne and carolyn for your ideas. i need all the help i can
get. no there is not much time but i do have some leftover flowers,
yellow roses and some daisys, and the basketweave is usually a big hit
everytime i do it. thanks again for the help. kelly

Date: April 30th, 1998 10:55:48
From: Renee V
e-mail: rvolak@drew.edu
Subject: Re: block party
Hi Kelly!
How about using a Monopoly board theme, substituting your streets,
landmarks, shopping centers and building. You could do it in colorflow
or frozen buttercream or transfer or just "free-hand" it, if your good
at that kind of thing. Hope this helps! Renee

Date: April 30th, 1998 11:01:19
From: Renee V
e-mail: rvolak@drew.edu
Subject: Re: Re: Please give me some ideas for Police Academy Graduation Cake
I was thinking the same thing. OR maybe the police seal enlarged and
done in color flow, then embellish the cake with other official-looking
accents at the corners or on the side such as gold Fleur de lis or
scroll work. Good luck. Renee

Date: April 30th, 1998 09:49:57
From: Carolyn
e-mail: Bridal1
Subject: Re: Please give me some ideas for Police Academy Graduation Cake
How about a badge done on the cake like he will be wearing? Or maybe you could find a caricature type picture of a policeman or policeman in car. I have a couple of those from like Roland Winbeckler's books. Anywhere you can get these in time - when do you need? I do badges quite often - in fact I have one to do for tomorrow for the county sheriff's department.

Date: April 30th, 1998 09:45:50
From: Carolyn
e-mail: Bridal1
Subject: Re: Re: block party
I think I would just go with something pretty and eye catching such as a basket of flowers with several springy flowers - roses, daisies, whatever, to show off my talent. People always think that is so pretty. I do a lot of sheet cakes with a basket drawn on and done in the basketweave with about a #18 tip for all of the basketweave. Then either make lots of varieties and colors of flowers or use leftovers from wedding cakes which is what I do. They think I have worked many long hours putting this all together when actually I've done it in about 30 minutes because the flowers have all been done ahead of time. Of course, sprinkle with sparkly edible glitter if you have some! People love that glittery look. Hope whatever you do brings you lots of new customers! Good way to advertise.

Date: April 30th, 1998 02:03:07
From: jen
e-mail:
Subject: Need ideas for a lego cake
I need an idea for a birthday lego cake. I know I could buy one of the
lego kits and put that on top of a sheet cake, but I want to do some
decorating on it too. It's for my son's birthday, he'll be 6. Thanks
in advance.

Date: April 30th, 1998 02:58:03
From: Karen
e-mail:
Subject: Re: Need ideas for a lego cake
Maybe you could make the sheet cake bigger than the size you need and
cut off the cake into lego shapes and ice than and put on the cake along
with one of those lego kits. Karen

Date: April 30th, 1998 05:59:30
From: Shanon
e-mail: cimba33@aol.com
Subject: Re: Arthur Cake
Hi

I did an Arthur cake for my daughter's 3rd birthday in October and wrote a posting about it then. The posting would have been in November. I used a 12" square and used a picture I got off the web(from the PBS site) and used the transfer method. It turned out very cute. If you would like me to email you a picture let me know. Toy R Us also carries a full line of party supplies for Arthur and you could use a picture from those too.

Shanon

Date: April 30th, 1998 11:08:46
From: Celine
e-mail: handcsab@aol.com
Subject: Thank you Carolyn(see text)
Carolyn, funny you should mention the county sheriff's department. My
son is employed by the Harrison County Sheriff's in Biloxi, MS.
They chose to send him to the police academy (in Mississippi--- your
superior's must select who they would like to attend, because slots are very limited.) Up until he went -- he flew all over the U.S. extraditing
prisoner's back to the coast.
Thanks for all the great ideas-I'm sure I'll be able to use one of them.
His graduation is May 22nd.