Thursday, July 17, 1997 at 9 PM ET in the Kitchen Conference Room -- Cake Decorating with Dolores777 and Pwd sugar. "Please join us as we decorate some delightful summer dessert cakes for novices!" 

HELLO KITCHEN THIS IS THE CAKE DECORATING CHAT HOUR WELCOME TO ALL NEWCOMERS TO OUR LIVE CHATS! WE ARE CHATTING ABOUT CAKE DECORATING..9-10PM EST... ...HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY. FEEL FREE TO JOIN THE FUN...

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There are SO many simple little tricks to use if you only knew. The new 1998 Wilton Year Book is here!

SCENERY CAKES - Scenery cakes are easy. And can be made for so many occasions too. By 'scenery' cakes, I mean outdoor sceneries etc. For instance; a cake for a hunter with (small figurines are available OR you could figure-pipe it out of royal icing, shape from marzipan or gumpaste, or whatever. To make a 'horse lover's' scenery: Lets say we have a 11x15 two-mix sheet cake.

TIP: Its easiest if you add a few globs of green icing and spread these out. This icing doesn't need to be smooth. 5. BARN - Use graham crackers pieces to make a barn. Pipe the trims on the door with tip two...etc. Glue graham crackers together with buttercream icing. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar or brown sugar around the bard as 'soil.' (I use brown sugar). Add a 'fence' of plastic or royal icing around the barn and place the horses in their coral. Add a few 'trees' if you need them...or even other animals. 6. BORDERS - For the bottom border I sometimes add simple white shells then sprinkle candy sprinkles on before the icing crusts. A good top border might be nice made with the 233 grass tip.

DOLL CAKES

My daughter makes a doll cake with a beautiful skirt. She ices the cake thickly, waits for the icing to crust just a little bit. Then she uses paper towels against the cake and pressing gently, forms gathers in the skirt. This concept works great for Belle of Beauty and The Beast. SMALL doll cakes are great for wedding shower cakes. Place them on a large sheet cake with a garden trellis made of plastic or royal icing. Add a few sprinkle flowers to liven up the scene.

FISHING CAKE - (I like to add a yellow chocolate mold 'sun'). You can add a fisherman, trees etc...maybe a boat. One more thing I like to do is add a purple 'horizon' at the top of the green for realism. 
WEB SITES - There are more web sites coming on every day. I have added a couple of them this week. Kitchen Link is an especially great site. There is SO much you can do there and SO much information available to you here. URL: http://www.kitchenlink.com

I wanted to also share an incident with you - Last week I did a wedding cake. On Monday I expect people to bring back my plastics and setup material. Finally, today-Thurs., they brought the items back....dirty. I had delivered the cake in good condition and I don't expect people to bring back my plastics all dirty or molded. So we charge $10.00 per 100 servings to wash them. This woman said there was a death in her family and she couldn't bring them back until today - dirty. Sue waved the late fee ($2.00 per day) and asked her if she wanted to wash the parts or forfeit her deposit. She through a big fit. Sue through up her hands and said NO MORE, walked away. The lady took the parts and is going to keep them. (1 plate and 4 pillars that we had charged her $15.00 for). Moral of the story...<<<always>>> charge a deposit worth the price of replacement. It also would have been good if Sue had taken the parts before negotiating. 
EARLENE'S PART: SUMMER -

WHEN WE WANT SOMETHING YUMMY AND FAST TO MAKE.

Drizzle on the cakes is something i get many requests for and it makes the cake faster to decorate. Bake your cake, ice smooth and do a bottom border of your choice. Now take about a cup of your icing and add 1 tablespoon of water. Stir well and place in the microwave until it is hot and bubbly. With a large spoon, drizzle this hot mixture on the top edge of your cake and let it run randomly down the side of your cake. It smells wonderful and gives you another easy way to finish your cakes. You can do this with white, pink, chocolate and etc icing.

Check this photo of the cake below

The color intensifies when the icing is heated. It will not be the same color as the icing you have iced your cake with. Top the cake with a few fresh strawberries dipped in chocolate and add a few more around the bottom of your cake. Your guests will love you. This is the most popular grooms cake that I do. This weekend we have three grooms cakes and they all have the chocolate dipped strawberries on them. The side designs may vary and they don't all have the drizzle on them but they love those chocolate dipped strawberries. Heat the chocolate buttercream without adding the water and it becomes an easy fudge mixture, when you just need or want a bite of chocolate and there is none in the house. When the chocolate buttercream is hot add a few chopped nuts and pour onto a plastic wrapped saucer, plate or whatever. Chill and enjoy. It doesn't last long at our house.

FROZEN SALAD (OR DESSERT)

Cream together

3/4 cup sugar and 8 ounces of cream cheese with a mixer. Then add 10 ounces frozen strawberries (thawed), 1 15 ounce can crushed pineapple, 2 chopped bananas and 1 cup chopped nuts and mix well. Fold in 10 ounces of cool whip. Pour into a 9 by 13 inch pan or individual bowls and cover with foil and freeze. Take out of the freezer 30 minutes before serving so you can cut it (in the 9 x 13" pan) Into squares. Re-freeze portion not served for later use. Very yummy for the tummy 

Dunkccc: I forgot, how long are the candy melts good for? ANSWER: They are good for at least a year if stored at 65 degrees. But don't put in fridge unless you are freezing. (Thaw for 2 days!). If they aren't good - they still are....but they dry out and are thick, just add paramount crystals until thin enough. NOTE: Candy Melts is a Wilton trade brand. We carry merckens...taste better...easier to work with --- and always fresh. ICES NAME TAGS FOR AOL MEMNBER'S MEETING - ICES convention Aug 7-10th - On my web site under AOL CHATS, I have added the name tag which Pwd sugar created for you. <<Pwd --- I deleted your name so all they need to do is fill in the space with their own. I do hope this meets with your approval?>> All you need to do is add your name below the cake. As Pwd sugar suggested, you should use a safety pin so you won't accidentally stick someone when you do all the hugging. If you have Netscape, you can click on the picture and save the image as...whatever.gif. OR - print it. Using AOL, I think you can only make a printout. I tested this and Pwd sugar has made it a very good size for you. NOW - all that is left to do is to setup a special time when nothing else is scheduled...not real easy. Pwd Sugar: At least we all know what to look for Back to our Chat List
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