Acronyms:
- MMF: Marshmallow Fondant
- IMBC: Italian Meringue Buttercream
- SMBC: Swiss Meringue Buttercream
- NFSC: No Fail Sugar Cookies
- FTW: For the WIN!
- LFMF: Learn from my Fail
- Warren Brown's Italian Meringue Buttercream (IMBC) from Cake Love (video here)
- for fun, substitute 5 egg yolks for the 5 egg whites
- for fun, substitute 1 cup of brown sugar for the 1 cup of granulated sugar
- for fun, substitute 2 whole eggs for the 5 egg whites
- Swiss Meringue Buttercream (SMBC) from Martha Stewart
- Indydebi's Shortening-based Crusting Buttercream from cakecentral.com
- Marshmallow Fondant (MMF) from www.easy-cake-ideas.com
- Michele Foster's Fondant from cakecentral.com
- Toba Garrett's Fondant from cakecentral.com
- Pound Cake by Paula Deen
- White Almond Sour Cream (WASC) cake from cakecentral.com
- No Fail Sugar Cookies (NFSC) from cakecentral.com
- Costco Mousse from cakecentral.com
- Cake Calculator
- Earlene's Cake Serving Chart: some people prefer this over Wilton
- Smoothing with Parchment Paper from www.monkeysee.com
- Cake Balls by the Pioneer Woman
- Several Tutorials with Fondant by Satin Ice
- http://cakecentral.com
- I get answers and inspiration from this site on a daily basis. It's an excellent free source of cake decorating information. They also have a magazine.
- http://www.baking911.com/
- Extremely informative site on particular food topics, recipes, and styles. This also has a paid-subscription portion that I haven't experienced yet.
- http://capitalconfectioners.com/
- Capital Confectioners, the greater Austin, TX area cake club
- KitchenAid Stand Mixer Adjustments
- Adjusting tilt-head models
- Adjusting bowl-lift models
- "Dime Test": determining the correct beater-to-bowl clearance
- "Plug" or "Plastic Wrap" Method
- easy and clean way to fill a decorator's bag
- MMF
- make your own marshmallow fondant with a KitchenAid
- Ganache
- spreadable ganache with semi-sweet morsels
- Modeling Chocolate
- just 2 ingredients!
- Homemade Gummy Candy
thanks for all the info!
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