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Femme that is so beautiful. my first day of fondant class was really tough , its so hard to work with fondant :( .
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Thank you girls. I loved working with fondant! Haven’t gotten to the flowerpart yet, will be doing roses next week insha Allah but this cake was easy. Going by your earlier comments SGC I was expecting it to be very tough too. Its as simple as keeping the fondant at room temp and rolling it out on a smooth surface. I used the plastic sheet that comes in kit3 to roll it out on greased lightly with some crisco. rolled it out with the plastic rolling pins that are specifically for rolling out fondant. I prepared the bow loops at home and let them dry for 3 days. My instructor loved my bow, she said it was so perfect that it looked fake 
The pearls at the bottom edge were made in a mould in class, very easy. I love fondant(so far, touchwood) 
nisa u could probably feel the sugar cos it wasn’t beaten long enough. I do however think that no amount of beating with a hand held mixer can get these creams velvet smooth. The stand mixers do wonders though. I soooo want one 
Good job though :k:
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OH MY GOD!!! And yes i am shouting this!
Wow, FF, SGC, Neelum - you guys are so talented mashallah - i knew someone who baked these types of cakes for parties and weddings and she made quite good money! Its a nice hobby!
Last cake by FF is just amazing and so beautiful...
Well done - Thumbs up guys!
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thank you sunset eyes :)
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wow...femme...that is sooooo good...!!!
the cake looks so perfect...:)
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FF, that is a beautiful cake. I guess now you can make your own wedding cake...lol
Nisa, your cake looks good too. :)
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The thought crossed my mind too Lusi, but I'm sure I will have a lot more stuff going on to reserve my energy for :D
thanks chips :)
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Unbelievable. Yummy...so beautiful. You go girl!
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Femme - it looks really elegant masha’Allah..very pretty!! Great job :k:
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I just had my first class of cake decorating and first lesson on Wednesday,,,,
Our homework is to bring in a cake with just icing on it.....
can't wait to start mine.......
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Good job FF, SGC & Mrs smooth guy, gorgeous cakes :=)
does anyone know wether there are any of this sorta classes in london? i want to join a class too!
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EEEEEEEEK!
I was superproud of my first cake today, friend with a sweet tooth coming over and i thought id give it a try…so like here i was utterly on cloud 9 and even took a jeffin snap to post LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
u guys burst my bubble 
my try 
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awwwwww DD 
its cute in its own innocent way and im sure it tasted as good as anyone else’s 
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Alrighty ladies, I need some help with making icing. I tried to make some today for a cake I baked, but it ended in a disaster. I usually buy my icing from the store, but today I thought hey let me try something new. So what I did was add confectioner's sugar, villa extract, and a couple of table spoons of warm water and the result was a glazed looking mixture.
What am I doing wrong? How do I get my icing to be fluffy? Is it necessary that I use powdered sugar or can I use regular sugar as well?
Any recipes that you recommend?
Yep, that's all for now.
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I think its because your not using any vegetable shortening. You have to add half of a brick of vegetable shortening to 4 cups of icing sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (the clear kind), 2 tablespoons of water (you shouldn't need more water than that) And than you can add coloring to your preference.
Alrighty ladies, I need some help with making icing. I tried to make some today for a cake I baked, but it ended in a disaster. I usually buy my icing from the store, but today I thought hey let me try something new. So what I did was add confectioner's sugar, villa extract, and a couple of table spoons of warm water and the result was a glazed looking mixture. What am I doing wrong? How do I get my icing to be fluffy? Is it necessary that I use powdered sugar or can I use regular sugar as well? Any recipes that you recommend? Yep, that's all for now.
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Its either one cup of shortening or half a cup of shortening and a stick of butter(1/2 cup) I prefer the half and half mix, it tastes better.
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Fondant and Gum paste - Final project.
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WOW...!!..thats so nice...so perfect..!!
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Thanks you. This time around it came out looking like icing!
So to those who took the Wilton cake decorating classes, just curious to know if you made your cakes from scratch or bought those Better Crocker boxes?
SG: Wow. Cake looks great!