Comments on: Happy Birthday to Ewe!

By: Olivia

Olivia — Fri, 04 May 2018 22:26:29 +0000

In reply to karen lukacs. It's been a long time since I used tappits, but I remember in general that you can clean powdered sugar off of dark fondant with a small paint brush dipped in vodka.

By: karen lukacs

karen lukacs — Fri, 04 May 2018 01:47:38 +0000

I have a question regarding the use of tappits. I used them recently with black fondant. First I tried to liberally use the icing sugar so that the letters would detach easily but, it “dirtied” the fondant. What can I do in the future to obtain the desired effect of the icing sugar without spoiling the fondant. Thanks for any suggestions.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:33:01 +0000

In reply to ann marie whitten. Hi Ann Marie! I used ganache and then fondant over top. I would skip the ganache and just do SMBC or just do ganache. You can get a very smooth surface on the SMBC if you chill it until it's firm then go over it with a hot offset spatula or bench scraper (run the spatula under hot water and dry it off).

By: ann marie whitten

ann marie whitten — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:05:38 +0000

In reply to Olivia.

HI Olivia,
I am so very intrigued as I have read more of your blog. I believe that you used the white ganache to cover your ewe cake, then covered that in SMBC?
My girlfriend does not want fondant at all for the cake. As mentioned above I was going with SMBC and add the accents onto that. I love the idea of ganache first then the icing. Is this how your ewe cake was so perfectly clean?

By: Olivia

Olivia — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:11:05 +0000

In reply to ann marie whitten. Hi Ann Marie! Gumpaste is totally edible, it just dries harder than fondant. Either would work just fine though :).

By: ann marie whitten

ann marie whitten — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:30:59 +0000

For using the tappits, I am going to attempt a cake I saw online. The tutorial said to use gum paste. I was thinking fondant and gumpaste. If I used gumpaste only,. I thought they would not be edible and I am making a cake for my girlfriends 1 year old twins birhtday. Please let me know I am wrong lol
I am a very new hobby baker and like to challenge myself with new recipes.
This cake will be swiss meringue butter cream with the accents. They do not want a cake in fondant. I love that you covered the cake in ganche. I have only used ganache to fill or to pour on top.

I am very intrigued. I see a lot of learning and practicing this fall and winter

By: susies1955

susies1955 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:06:10 +0000

WOW you are SO very talented. Hope you get back to blogging soon. 🙂
Susie

By: Lydia

Lydia — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:26:41 +0000

What a cute cake!! And your others look great too! Hope to see more soon!

By: Jenniffer

Jenniffer — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:30:31 +0000

You are a very talented cake artist! I hope you are still baking and I would love to see some of your latest creations here on your blog!

By: In bucatarie cu Aziz

In bucatarie cu Aziz — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:14:13 +0000

This is P.E.R.F.E.C.T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!