Comments | cakeinoz: gah, online recipes, plus fun with fondant

cakeinoz

gah, online recipes, plus fun with fondant

Feb 20, 2010 19:25

The internet is chock full of people who can not, or refuse to, read recipes. I know I have bitched about this before, but by GOD why would you take a cake recipe, replace all the acids with bases, chuck a box of *something* in "because it was sitting in the cupboard", then give the recipe 1 star because the cake didn't rise and it tasted like ( Read more... )

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annette09 February 20 2010, 19:59:41 UTC

So, you've sworn me of fondant now. What about you? Are you going to try it again?

cakeinoz February 20 2010, 20:29:28 UTC

I think I actually will. It's pretty cheap over here, as it's the default way of decorating a cake, as opposed to buttercream. However, next time I will buy the white version, and if I want color I'll try to do it myself. I really need some better dye, though. I only have the liquid kind, and the results are always a bit pale. Do you have any suggestions? I know there's a paste version that's supposed to be better. I'll pick some up the next time we're in the US.