Fairy cake decorations

Beautiful Cakes: where desserts become art

2018.07.10 20:41 Beautiful Cakes: where desserts become art

A subreddit devoted to decorated cakes and the techniques behind decorating.
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2017.03.27 12:39 StressRelievingPoo Recommend Not Required

Get thrifty. What do you expect from 18-21 year olds with an $800 budget?
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2018.05.11 06:13 the_chefette A place to share your cakes and cake decorations, whether amateur or advanced!

A subreddit dedicated to cakes and cake decorating! We love all types of cakes (including cake dummies) and cake decorating techniques! From piping, to modeling, to flowers, and everything in between!
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2024.05.15 17:10 Narrow_Rent_7957 Advice needed

I’m decorating two cakes for my brothers summer wedding. The two main factors to take into consideration is that the cake will be made a few days/week in advance so can’t be something that will perish and it’s a summer wedding and the cake will need to be able to last out of the refrigerator for a few hours possibly on a warm day. One cake is a fruit cake, the other is a chocolate biscuit cake. They want the icing to be fondant icing - so I’m just wondering if fondant is okay for this and what could i use inbetween the cake and icing? i was going to use marzipan but has anyone ever used it for biscuit cake?
TIA
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2024.05.15 16:40 busnoodles Birthday party ideas wanted for threenager rager/frat party theme!

Was thinking we’d do a “threenager rager” party for our son in our backyard / pool this summer. Was envisioning it being high school / college party / frat party themed, with beer pong and corn hole for adults, “Jell-O shots” without the alcohol for kids, red solo cups, etc. But stumped on extra ideas, especially for decor, invitations, cake! Any one have any good ones?
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2024.05.15 14:46 feculentjarlmaw A Story About Jack: How a post on reddit forced a malignant narcissist and serial abuser of women to face consequences for the first time.

The internet is a strange place, inadvertently designed to bring out the best and worst in people. People can be whoever or whatever they want to be. For predators and malignant narcissists and who live in their own delusions to begin with, it's like a hunting ground. They can create whatever persona they wish, fill their victims' heads with lies and half-truths that paint them out to be someone they are not, and by the time their victim actually meets them, it's too late - they've already created an image in their mind of this perfect person the narcissist has convinced them they are, and it usually takes time before the curtain comes down, the lies fall apart, and the mask breaks away.
I'm no saint, and I've learned my own tough lessons from the internet. I grew up under not-so-great circumstances, only getting 5 years of education before I turned 18 and was largely raised by a computer screen. Along the way, I catfished a woman in her mid-20's when I was 14-16 years old. It wasn't intentional at first, I told everyone that I was in my mid-20's and I worked as a bouncer at a bar in NYC. I never meant any harm, I was just raised by a computer and spent all my time alone playing MMOs and learned quickly that if I told people how old I was, they'd stop playing with me. So a bouncer seemed like a job I could bullshit about easily enough, and I was a big dude at 6'1 260lbs so I figured I could maybe pass it off as legit if it ever got hectic.
I started playing with this woman in her 20's and her husband frequently. We became friends fast, and soon we were virtually inseparable on the game. Her marriage ended up not working out, and after they separated she told me she had feelings for me. I should've admitted I wasn't who I said I was then, but I was young and dumb and she was the only real friend I had, so I kept up the ruse. Eventually I did come clean, and she broke it off with me not long after. We stayed friends, albeit with my heart hurting pretty bad, for a few months afterwards - until she met Jack.
When she first told me about Jack, he sounded like a great catch. He had his own IT business in Canada, was a couple years older but not by much, and she was infatuated with him. Obviously I was crushed and didn't handle it well, being a practically feral teenager at the time, so not long after they started getting serious she ghosted me altogether. I was around 17 at the time, and shit started going off the rails for me. After I got out of juvie, I started drinking heavily on a near-daily basis and selling and doing drugs. This led to a lot of pathetic, inebriated, desperate attempts to contact her and apologize for how I acted.
After months of being ignored, eventually grief and regret turned to anger, and finally acceptance. When the pain passed and I came to my senses a bit, I had an epiphany and realized that if I loved her as much as I thought I did, the best thing for both of us would be to let her go. I was a high school dropout with no job, selling drugs to get by. She had 2 kids, and what kind of life could I provide for them? She made the right choice, my age and the fact I made a grown woman fall in love with a teenager not withstanding, and as bad as it hurt I realized it was selfish of me not to accept the way things were and leave her alone, so I did.
10 years or so later, I had gotten my shit together. Worked my way up from cleaning dead shit out of swimming pools, to an entry level position at an environmental consulting firm, to a Project Manager at one of the largest firms in the field in the DC area. I'd met someone, got her pregnant, and for some reason I felt a pull to contact her again. Not to rekindle an old flame, but because she had been a tremendously positive influence on my life in a time where I had few. She was the first good thing I had in my life at a time when I was sleeping on old blankets on a hard floor in an abusive home, and what I'd held onto from our time together wasn't our romantic relationship, it was the best friend I'd ever had. And something made me want to tell her that all that work she put into getting my head right wasn't in vain, and I'd finally made it out of the gutter.
So I messaged her on Facebook, and to my surprise she actually responded. We started talking again, and soon it was back to every day. When my baby mama got back on drugs and turned abusive and was putting my daughter's life in jeopardy on a near-daily basis, she was the one who convinced me I could fight for custody - that I had to fight for custody. So I did, and I won, and I've had full custody of of my daughter since she was 6 months old and for the 10 years since.
But eventually we parted ways again. I'd started seeing someone, and part of me knew I couldn't commit to another woman while I was still carrying on with her. Our relationship had started turning romantic again, and she had dropped some hints about old Jack that would come to the forefront later, but she wasn't ready to leave him and I didn't want to be that guy, so I sent her a message explaining why we had to stop talking, apologized, and ghosted her.
7 more years went by after that night. The relationship I abandoned her for soured quickly when I found out that chick was a carbon copy of my baby mama, and I quit dating to focus on my career and raising my daughter. But on the long, 2+ hour commutes each way from work, I often found myself stuck pondering the "what ifs". What if I hadn't ghosted her? What if our age gap wasn't there, and we'd never had to split up to begin with? I knew in my soul I was never going to find someone like her again, but I made peace with it. I imagined her happy life, her kids with Jack, and convinced myself I made the right choice.
Then COVID hit, and near the start of it, I stumbled on a post on reddit about this dude who sent his high school sweetheart a message many years later apologizing for how he treated her and telling her how her presence impacted him, and I thought to myself, "Hey, I did that!". So I started writing a reply, and for the first time told the story of this girl and I. I'd never told a soul about what happened with us, not even my family or closest friends. Maybe it was the stigma of having an online relationship back in those days that carried over, or maybe it was just too personal to share with my friends or family. It got long, so eventually I just decided to start a new thread. When I was done, it was so long I figured no one would ever read it, but I hit submit anyway and put my phone down and got back to work.
Well, I was wrong. People did read it - a lot of people. Soon my phone started blowing up. Thousands of comments, hundreds of DMs, people offering me book deals and asking if they could have the rights for a screenplay or have me on their podcasts. It was fucking surreal, and being generally a private person who tries to fly under the rader, it got overwhelming fast. Eventually I reached out to her again on Facebook, warned her about what happened, and apologized for putting her business out there.
She didn't respond for a couple weeks, and when she did we started talking again almost immediately. And then in mid-April 2020, she told me that she needed to talk to me. She spilled everything, and told me exactly who Jack was. How he would hack into her devices to spy on her, threaten to kill her and her partner if she ever left him, say vile things to her and her daughters, calling the young girls cunts and bitches. How he alienated all her friends and family, and kept them all isolated in the house her parents bought them that he would rarely leave.
And I felt deceived too. All those years I'd convinced myself that she was happy, that she got together with Jack and was living the life she deserved. In reality, Jack intentionally got her pregnant not long after he flew out to her state the first time. He quickly moved into her house, and refused to work or provide not only for her kids or their kids, but for the other 3 children he abandoned in Australia and Canada who he had no relationship with, with 3 different women he victimized in the same manner. When she was 8 months pregnant with their first kid, she was working nights doing hospice care while he sat on his ass playing videogames all night and talking to his ex. In 17 years, this fucking loser with 7 kids by 4 women worked a grand total of 5 weeks, quit his job, claimed he got PTSD from the experience, and somehow manipulated his way into getting SSDI for it. They survived off SSDI and her parents' charity for years.
But Jack was reading all of this, because like I mentioned earlier, he was hacking her devices and watching us talk remotely. Jack knew the jig was up, and slowly started to unravel. She told him she wanted a divorce, and that she was not going to sever her friendship with me again. And he pretended to take that well, going as far as to try to befriend and manipulate me. He tried every trick to keep her he'd done for years - telling her he was going to get help and would change first, then when that failed he made suicide threats and somehow got his therapist to call her and tell her as long as she didn't leave him he wouldn't kill himself, and then he tried to intimidate her. Eventually he went off the rails completely and sexually assaulted her when he thought she was sleeping.
She called me from her parents' house crying the night it happened, and I convinced her to file a police report. She did, and a couple weeks later Jack got removed from the home, served with a protective order, and charged for sexual abuse. This of course did nothing to stop Jack - he broke into their house a couple days later when she and the kids were out to upload a folder of revenge porn to his Google Drive under the guise of wanting to drop off a cake for her birthday.
Then the stalking started. Jack would relentlessly message her all day and night on Facebook, switching between rage, trying to garner sympathy, convince her he would change, and threatening self-harm. We later found out via a cyber forensics report that he was hacking into the laptop she had taken with her while she hid at her parents' and had been so bold as to steal her Victim Impact Statement and send it to all his World of Warcraft buddies as a joke.
And he didn't just stalk her, he came for me too. Constant unauthorized attempts to access my accounts for everything from Windows to my bank, spam calls and emails - shit, the wormy little fuck even got his friends to stalk my social media and pretend to be strangers to gaslight me. I ignored all of it, and he got desperate enough to send me a lovely message attempting to extort and blackmail she and I, claiming he had "all my posts" but wouldn't do anything with them if I called him. The tipping point for me is when he subscribed to my small YouTube channel - which had nothing on it but 3 videos of my daughter. That veiled threat wasn't lost on me.
But Jack fucked up. I don't know if he thought his insane nonsense would scare me off, or if in his delusions he really thought he was the bad mother fucker he convinced himself he was, but Jack didn't know jack about me. I'm a crazy fuck too, and while he was sitting on his fat ass playing World of Warcraft all day every day for the past couple decades, I was selling drugs and hanging with some of the grimiest mother fuckers Baltimore had to offer. I've seen and experienced a lot of real violence outside a computer monitor, and the prospect of a violent resolution to this saga didn't phase me a whole lot. I'd spent years trying to be a better person and avoid conflict, but I sure as shit wasn't afraid of it either. Leading up to this point, I was already trying to calm myself down and talk myself off the ledge and not pack my guns and drive out there to keep watch until the police did their thing and put him away, which took a lot longer than it should have - this fucking guy violated his protective order 80 times in just a couple weeks.
So I called him, and he spent the next 26 minutes crying over the phone like a drunk little bitch, while I tried my best to be kind and to talk him off the ledge. And yes, I did record it, and yes it is hysterical listening to it now in hindsight, and yes I still have the recording. Anyway, I told him he was scaring the shit out of her and the kids, and he promised to leave us alone and I told him if he could chill the fuck out I would try to talk her into giving him more access to the kids. The next day, she got an email from her first ex-husband - Jack had reached out to him with a link to my reddit post trying to get help from him to come after me, which he promptly shut down and sent to her.
The next few weeks were terrifying as Jack descended further into madness and became more scared and desperate. He knew she was gone and not coming back, and he was facing real charges and real jail time, and while Jack is a fucking moron in a lot of ways, I'm sure he knew a fat, greasy computer nerd with a sex offense conviction wasn't going to have a good time in County. Jack was a murder-suicide waiting to happen, the police were doing nothing to stop his stalking, and I felt powerless to help her. Eventually after he sent her $50 over PayPal at 4:00am with what appeared to be a suicide note, I had enough. I called the DA's office, asked them why the fuck this was being allowed to happen, and promised them I'd been taking meticulous notes and if anything happened to her I would be taking it straight to the media. The DA told me if I was going to make threats the conversation was over, but sure enough he was finally arrested not long after.
Ironically we had remained platonic friends through most of this, but the shared experience of dealing with this psycho brought us closer together and things quickly changed. We knew he wasn't going to stop when he got out of jail, I felt responsible for her safety after my stupid reddit post started this chain of events that led to Jack's unraveling, and with the world seemingly coming apart during COVID, decided if we were ever going to meet it felt like it was now or never. So I booked a plane ticket across the country, spent a week with her and her family, and a few days after I came home she flew out to visit me and meet my family.
We went into it with no expectations. I fully accepted we might not click and our relationship would go back to being platonic. For my part, I just wanted the closure of finally meeting this person who had such a profound impact on my life before COVID mutated or something and killed us all.
But we did click, and the next two weeks were life-changing. I met and cooked for her entire extended family the day after I arrived, and it went well. While I was there I got her mom's email address, and after I went home I had an idea. I knew her parents had met in DC, so I emailed her mom and asked her for a list of places that were special to her, and she told me about the church her parents had met in. I asked her to keep our conversation secret so it would be a surprise, and she did.
So when she comes out to the east coast, I take her on a tour through DC and park the car a few blocks down the street from the church. As we're walking by, she notices the church and comments on how beautiful it is.
I keep it cool and respond, "Yeah, that's a pretty important place.".
She looks at me and says, "Oh? Why's that?".
"That's where your parents met.".
She audibly gasps, giddily bounces a bit, starts to cry, and we pulled down our masks (fuckin covid) and kiss. Her reaction is easily one of the greatest memories in my life. What I didn't know at the time, was that her parents had told her about that church since she and her siblings were kids. When the church changed denominations, the church took the angel statue off the top and brought it back to her home state, and her parents had taken them to see it a few times throughout her childhood.
Anyway, getting sidetracked here, the sappy love story stuff is a different story altogether.
A month after we met for the first time, I had quit my job, sold everything I couldn't fit in my sedan, and she flew back out and drove across the country with my daughter and I.
Sounds crazy as hell, and it was, but it worked out better than it should have. I got a good job making more than I did back home right away, her kids loved me, and my daughter loved her and adjusted to her new home fast. And by the time Jack got out of jail for felony cyberstalking, sexual abuse, and Intimidation of a Witness in a Domestic Violence case, we had cameras all over the house, and I had taught my fiancee how to shoot - which she quickly became better than me at.
But Jack's time in jail didn't slow him down, and the 2-10 year suspended sentence didn't deter him at all. As a matter of fact, on his first day out one of the first things he did was start trying to hack her accounts again. He managed to con an elderly couple he knew threw World of Warcraft from a different state into letting him live with them, and from there he spent a lot of time and energy stalking us and hacking our devices to the best of his ability. He also convinced these poor, very stupid elderly people from his videogame to bankroll a lengthy, expensive divorce. Somehow a man who hadn't worked in almost 20 years managed to run us into over $50,000 in legal fees in two years. How a marriage with zero assets turned into a two year battle when both parties were officially in poverty before the divorce, or how the family courts never saw through the bullshit is beyond me.
To Jack's credit, he did a pretty good job remaining a thorn in our side. Largely due to the complete and utter ineptitude and indifference of the police and District Attorney who could and should have put a stop to his bullshit at any point in that time. Old Jack got hit with a permanent criminal stalking injunction and a 10-year protective order along with his probation, and no amount of effort on our part would get the police, DA, or probation to put a stop to it, despite mountains of evidence.
He successfully managed to draw the divorce out right up to the wedding we planned a year and a half prior, with his attorney putting in motion after motion to delay the process. With all our family and friends coming from all over the country and as far away as Japan, we accepted our wedding would just be a celebration and not an official wedding. Until the night before the wedding, she got a call from her attorney - he had made a call to the clerk's office at the court and got her to move the paperwork to finalize the divorce to the top of the pile, and she was officially divorced. Our wedding would be a real wedding after all, and despite Jack's best efforts, he lost again. We had the wedding on a remote ranch that we rented for a week, and foolishly decided to cater and decorate ourselves, which would have been a colossal undertaking without the extra 4 hours to drive into town and get our marriage certificate at the courthouse. But we pulled it off and it was everything we could have hoped for and then some, and we were officially married.
Jack of course didn't stop after the divorce was finalized. The list of shit he tried to do to us before and after that is too long to spell out in an already too long post, but here are some choice bits:
He wrote a demented letter to the oldest of his kids with her who severed her relationship with him, calling my wife and her mother "vipers and cowards" and promising we would "answer for what we've done sooner or later".
He continuously hacked our computers, miscellaneous accounts tied to our emails, and any other devices he could get into - dropping in remotely via Amazon Alexa, phones, etc.
He set up bots to send us thousands of spam emails, sign us up for dozens of international newsletters all at once, and requests for consultations for things like solar panel installations.
He told the kids vile lies about my wife and I, although the most egregious was when he used a court-ordered therapy appointment with his second oldest daughter to accuse me of distributing child porn, told the therapist I am an "evil man", and told him I wasn't safe to be around his daughters. This led to her being forensically interviewed by the police, where she spelled out what happened, but of course they did nothing.
He gave the two youngest children cell phones to sneak into our house, with Google accounts activated and location tracking turned on.
He sent packages to our house 5 times in the space of a few months, one of which was addressed to himself and contained nothing but a bag of Stevia and a pack of gum. These packages generally came to our door the day before his scheduled visitation with the kids.
During this time my bank account was hacked four times in the span of just a few months with nearly identical fraudulent charges. In each of these instances, I had completely changed my bank account information.
He filed false reports with CPS twice, alleging we were beating the children, locking them in the closet, and not feeding or bathing them. This led to a CPS agent coming to our house to investigate.
We brought all this to the police over and over as it happened, and they did nothing. The DA running the case wasted 5 months subpoenaing a fake email address that we told them when we reported it was fake and spoofed. After finding out about that, we went to the DA's office to find out what the fuck was going on. A Victim's Advocate met with us, and was horrified about how the case was handled, looked up the prosecutor assigned to the case, rolled her eyes and said "Oh...it's Stephanie", confirming what we already knew - this prosecutor was completely incompetent, an elect3d politician moonlighting as a prosecutor. She called us the next day to tell us the actual DA called a meeting and a warrant was put out for Jack's arrest. For some inexplicable reason, they pulled the warrant back, and the advocate told us it was because the DA was pursuing more serious charges.
Then, they stonewalled us. The Victim's Advocate we had met with that actually tried to help us was moved off our case, and the new one assigned refused to talk to us or return our calls. The few exchanges we had with her, she made it abundantly clear she had the DA Office's interests in mind and not ours. We decided to just stay quiet and let the process play out and hope for the best, up until we received an email on Friday night before Election Day from the Detective telling us Stephanie had closed the case. I assume she didn't want her incompetence coming to light, and didn't want to shut the case down before Election Day knowing we would be on the warpath.
Eventually, Jack caught wind that he was officially under criminal investigation, but clearly had no idea they were never going to press charges. He got quiet for a bit, until he was ultimately let off probation early. We still get the occasional reminder he's out there watching, but his fear of going back to jail and the belief it might happen cowed him a bit. So instead he harasses us through the family courts, filing constant bullshit motions with no evidence to support them, and for some reason the courts let it continue. Somehow a man who makes ~$800 from SSDI and is only paying $30 a month total to support his 3 kids with my wife is able to fund tens of thousands of dollars worth of legal proceedings every year, and no one in the family courts has ever stopped to ask how he is paying for it or why all this money isn't being spent on supporting these children.
But despite Jack's best efforts, his bullshit hasn't worked. My wife and I have been together for four years soon, and married for two. His kids call me dad and hate his guts, only seeing him because the courts force them to. I continue to advance in my career, landing two major promotions in the past 2 years and now running a division in one of the largest companies in my field in this part of the country. I just enrolled in college to go back to school and get a degree in family law with a focus on domestic violence. The most frustrating part of the whole experience with ol' Jack was having no one to turn to when all the institutions who were supposed to keep this from happening ignored us, and even though I'll be well into my mid 40's before I accomplish my new goals, I plan to advocate for domestic violence victims and do everything I can to lobby for change to these laws to keep as many people as I can from going through what my wife and I did. I learned that the only way to beat these people at their game is to play on the same field right along with them, and that's what I intend to do.
My wife went back to work too once she healed from some of the trauma, making $30 an hour as a personal assistant for a fella who's had two movies made about his life. Our kids struggled a bit with school and dealing with all their biological parents' issues, but they quickly turned it around and have been excelling. We're all happy, healthy, and doing better now than ever.
As for Jack? Well, he's pushing 50 and still spending his days alone, playing World of Warcraft and jerking off in this old couple's basement. Nothing has changed there, and now he's too fat, old, and visibly an enormous fucking loser to victimize women in the same way he did in his youth. I have no doubts he'll find another victim eventually, probably when these old weirdos bankrolling his life now finally wise up, but one thing Jack forgets is that karma is a mother fucker, and I have a giant database of evidence that I can and will send out to whoever I please to help pull that mask down and keep him from doing this to someone else. Nothing is more appealing to a potential love interest than hearing their man cry like a drunk bitch for 26 minutes to the man he claims stole his wife, while simultaneously admitting to sexually assaulting said wife.
As wonderful as it would have been for Jack to go to prison where he can't hurt anyone again, there is some catharsis knowing Jack will forever be in a prison of his own making. His children want nothing to do with him, and he'll never see them graduate or walk them down the aisle. Jack will die miserable and alone, and in his narcissistic delusion will still be blaming everyone else for the colossal failure of his life, while continuing to fail to grasp the one thread that ties all his misery together - himself.
And since he somehow manages to find and stalk most of my social media, I'd wager Jack will end up reading this too. I hope he does in all honesty. And Jack, if you are reading this, I want you to know that you can kick, flail, manipulate and lie, cry and complain until you're red in the face. None of it matters. You don't matter. You'll leave this world alone, as sad and bitter as you are now, and the world will be a better place for it.
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2024.05.15 14:42 jgzwick Linkedin Help after SAHM gap

Hello Moms, I'm looking to update my resume/linkedin after being a SAHM for 3.5 years. I'm not really sure how to go about this as I don't have of work experience in the field I'm trying to enter. I have a degree in fine arts and I'm now trying to find work in graphic design. I got pregnant a year after graduating college and had worked in daycares and baking/cake decorating jobs but didn't do any one thing for more than a few months. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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2024.05.15 14:39 Unable-Inevitable710 A Castle wedding for 15k €

A Castle wedding for 15k €
I found these breakdowns + tips and tricks very useful when planning, so I thought I would finally get around to sharing our wedding. Feel free to ask any and all questions about our mainly DIY wedding! What can I say. It was an incredible day full of so much emotion. Our guests had an incredible time as their experiences were our largest focus. This meant that they all showed us so much joy, love and warmth on the day and I could not have asked for a better day!
We got married on May 12 last year, and I understand that the money we spent then would have slightly changed. I know our venue has increased by a couple of hundred.
We had guests from three continents and our families are based on opposite sides of the planet (England and Australia, while we are in Germany). In the end we decided on a local destination wedding. I say this because the wedding was a max 2 hour flight from where most of us were based. We are also incredibly fortunate that our friends like to travel as much as we do, and they had the financial means to do so. For those on much lower budgets, we worked with them to organise cheap hostel accommodation and taxis in a nearby town and car-pooling with other guests. The venue surprised us. On the day we got married they had a super car display of 10-12 super cars for a different event. Theres cars were displayed at the entrance to the hall we got married in. Total luck!
Basic Logistics Friday Wedding 40 Guests (no children) Ceremony Start: 2:30 pm, Afterparty end: 11:45pm The afterparty was dancing and board games for those that didn’t want to dance Bridal Party: 2 Bridesmen/Flower Men, 1 Best Man
General costs: Venues: 4150€ Celebrant: 460€ Photography/Videography: 2235€ DJ: 550€ Insurance: 75€ Food: 1211€ Drinks. 2064€ Décor: 1085€ Bridal attire + hair and make-up: 1725€ Groom’s attire: 1400€ Stationary: 115€ Favours: 50€ Misc: 170€ Total: 15190€
I will break down the costs further and my DIYs in the comments!
Things I really liked: 1) Choosing a ceremony location that needed absolutely NO decorations. 2) First dance directly after our ceremony 3) No MC, I did this all myself. The event was small and this worked 4) Private photoshoot of just my husband and I at the beach. Lovely moment just to us. We took some champagne 5) Using local foods and trying to minimise waste with items that could be recycled or re-used 6) Toast drinks being a representation of us 7) Adding in a welcome event and breakfast the next day made the wedding feel longer and gave us much more time to talk to and hang out with everyone. 8) A small number of guests means that I have beautiful memories with every single one of them 9) Venue provided a day of coordinator for the ceremony- it was a nice and stress- free morning. 10) A box of rave accessories for the afterparty, glasses, light up scrunchies, glowsticks etc 11) My bridal party doubling as my flower men
What didn’t work so well: 1) Set up of the venue. I set up everything the evening before and a friend of my MIL was meant to just move the things into place on the day. The venue had previously said they would not do this. Then on the day they got excited and took over. This led to my cake being displayed incorrectly. It was meant to be 4 etagere levels of cupcakes and the top the cake. They put them in different spots and by the time we came back from photos all the cupcakes were gone. This was pretty funny and I am happy they were eaten. It also led to great photos of my husband walking around with our top cake in his hand, cutting off chunks and handing them to people. But the lesson for future brides: maybe draw a picture of where things go :P 2) The first look. It’s not a big thing in the North of England. My Husband just disappeared and we were meant to do it (nerves perhaps- he likes to walk). And so we had around 1 minute for this before we had to hurry back to our rooms so guests could seat themselves. 3) Our timeline- yeah that went out the window pretty fast and it wasn’t even unrealistic. Oops. 4) Almost forgot family photos and had to do them after dinner. Some family members look a little “happier” than others 5) Favours and guest book were not heavily used/taken. Definitely put them in the wrong spot and really did not need them 6) I made my aisle song WAY too short. It finished before I even started walking (they took forever to fluff my dress). Led to happy photos though. In the silence I cracked a joke. Everyone laughed. I walked to very happy faces!
Additional events: Welcome drinks on the Thursday evening (guests paid themselves, it was a local, cheap country pub). The idea was that we had many guests we hadn’t seen in a while as we all live in different countries. We used the time to introduce all our guests to one another and this was such a good idea. Come wedding day everyone was already friends. Day after breakfast: the main hotel that all our guests stayed in offered complimentary English breakfast, so we had a big table and all had breakfast together Beach walk: for those that didn’t want to leave, we went on a beach walk after breakfast
If you’ve made it this far. Thank you! I have enjoyed being part of these subs and have loved reading everyone’s stories, input and ideas! It has really helped!
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2024.05.15 13:35 butwhatififly_ Have had made to order cookie biz for years, now opening 1 day/wk shop hours — how to make the most of it?

I have a made to order cookie business, and I specialize in cookie painting parties and branded cookies, working with local businesses.
That said, my studio that I rent to bake out of is zoned to require walk-in business hours for whatever is produced in the building, so I’m required to have a cookie shop. I don’t want to run/staff a bakery that operates daily, so my plan was to have it open one day a week.
I’m now trying to figure out what the best business model is to make it as successful as possible.
My main idea is to have it operate as a cookie shop with a seasonally decorated sugar cookie, a cookie with a children’s drawing on a cookie (it’s a local community thing, like when kids come in they can draw on paper and it gets hung up in the shop and people vote online which one gets picked to represent the next month’s feature, and I’m sure there are even more ways to make it more fun), a chocolate chip, and maybe a seasonal flavor. Like rn I have this amazing lavender cookie.
But what else do I sell? How do I make it as profitable as possible? I’d like for it to bring in $500/mo if possible, which comes to $125/week. How on earth do you sell $125 with cookies?
I guess I’m thinking $3/cookie with a box of a dozen for $25?
I’m also considering adding other baked goods. Maybe little 2-person to 4-person cakes? I really don’t know.
It’s an odd spot to be because I don’t NEED it to bring in that much money, I just want it to. Especially if I’m going to be open Saturdays only and I don’t currently work Saturdays — I’d like to make it feel like my time is worth it. Ya know?
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2024.05.15 07:52 tkwadeauthor Fairy Tale Spotlight: ...So They Baked a Cake [Short Story Review]

Fairy Tale Spotlight: ...So They Baked a Cake [Short Story Review]
[I spoil the entire story.]
"...So They Baked a Cake" is a short science fiction story written by Winston K. Marks. It was published in 1954.
So at this point we found a way to travel faster than light. We are going to try and colonize a planet in Alpha Centauri. The main character is a reporter who has become cynical. He wants to leave Earth just to get away from humanity.
The problems with faster-than-light travel is that it somehow causes time travel. Meaning that Earth will rapidly age within a very short time while you are traveling through space. I never fully understood why this happens, but I have always heard about it. It's a very common space problem.
In the story, the ship ends up going faster than they thought it would. They'll end up at their destination in a matter of days which means that Earth would be completely different when they returned. But something weird happens when they get to Alpha Centauri. They get a message from one of the planets, and it's in English.
As it turns out, Earth saw that their ship was doing okay and immediately made an even better one which basically outran them, bringing with them some barely-aged humans that formed a colony before they even got there. This was actually a very happy ending, since they did not really have to do any of the work themselves. The cake referenced in the title was real. The colonists make a giant cake to welcome them with when they landed on "New Columbia."
I liked this story, and I do recommend it. I expected something depressing and cynical but ended up with something that made me smile. And this, if you think on it, was the whole point of the story: not getting what you expect.
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2024.05.15 07:11 Sweet-Count2557 North Shore Baking Restaurant in Chicago,IL,United States

North Shore Baking Restaurant in Chicago,IL,United States
North Shore Baking Restaurant in Chicago,IL,United States
North Shore Baking: A Culinary Delight for Food Enthusiasts in Chicago, IL
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North Shore Baking: A Culinary Delight for Food EnthusiastsWelcome to North Shore Baking, a hidden gem nestled in the heart of a picturesque coastal town. As a travel blogger, I am always on the lookout for unique dining experiences, and North Shore Baking truly exceeded my expectations. This charming restaurant offers a delightful fusion of flavors, combining local ingredients with international culinary techniques.The moment you step inside North Shore Baking, you are greeted by a warm and inviting ambiance. The rustic decor and friendly staff create a welcoming atmosphere that instantly puts you at ease. Whether you are a solo traveler or visiting with friends and family, this restaurant provides the perfect setting for a memorable dining experience.Now, let's talk about the star of the show – the food! North Shore Baking takes pride in serving delectable dishes that are not only visually appealing but also bursting with flavors. From their signature seafood platter to their mouthwatering desserts, every dish is a work of art. The talented chefs at North Shore Baking use only the freshest ingredients sourced from local farmers and fishermen, ensuring that each bite is a true culinary delight.In addition to their exceptional food, North Shore Baking also offers an extensive wine and cocktail menu. Whether you prefer a crisp white wine to complement your seafood dish or a handcrafted cocktail to unwind after a long day of exploring, their knowledgeable staff will guide you in choosing the perfect pairing.If you are a food enthusiast like me, North Shore Baking is a must-visit destination. With its charming ambiance, exceptional cuisine, and friendly service, this restaurant promises an unforgettable dining experience. So, the next time you find yourself in this coastal town, make sure to indulge your taste buds at North Shore Baking – a true culinary haven.
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North Shore Baking Restaurant is a culinary gem that offers a delightful array of cuisines to satisfy every palate. From the moment you step foot into this charming eatery, you are greeted with the tantalizing aromas of freshly baked goods. The menu at North Shore Baking Restaurant focuses on a variety of delectable baked goods, including artisan breads, pastries, and cakes. Each item is crafted with precision and care, using only the finest ingredients to ensure a truly exceptional dining experience. Whether you're in the mood for a flaky croissant, a hearty sandwich on freshly baked bread, or a decadent slice of cake, North Shore Baking Restaurant has something to satisfy your cravings. With its warm and inviting atmosphere, friendly staff, and mouthwatering cuisine, this hidden gem is a must-visit for any food lover.
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2919 W Touhy Ave, Chicago, IL 60645-2937
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2024.05.15 06:33 MiniLover08 16F, looking to meet new people :)

Hii! My name is Sophia and I’m a 16 year old girl looking to exchange stylish letters/small packages with a penpal :D I also don’t mind just sending messages to each other here on Reddit, or a different platform you may be comfortable with!
Let’s set one thing straight… I am extremely lonely! I haven’t had a real connection or conversation with anyone for a long time and I’m need of someone to talk to! I don’t mind any conversation, wether it’s deep and personal or if it’s just something about your day. We can talk about anything!! I have a great personality and just looking for a real human connection.
I’ve been homeschooled for a long time, since the past 8 years! So I’m not very social, and I have zero friends, and I mean that literally 😅 Unless you count my journal as one! But just because I don’t have friends, doesn’t mean I don’t know how to make a great conversation 😉 I have so much to talk about, our conversations could go on for a long time with white I have stored in here 🧠
I’m not very focused on school, I just do the assigned work and go to classes and that’s it, nothing extra! It’s just really hard for me to focus on it, I don’t feel happy doing it and doesn’t have anything to do with what my future career is going to be 🎤 Being a singesongwriter is my goal for the future, and yes to most people it probably sounds silly and think it’s not possible, but if it was then would be have any musicians today? I like to think that almost anything is possible!! 🌟💭 I honestly can’t say if I’m good or bad. I’ve been singing almost non stop for the past six years. Of course there are some things I need to improve on though. The thing is.. I’ve never sang in front of anyone before! Not even my own parents. I sing in front of my brother, but he’s really young so he can’t criticize me 😣
I love watching shows and movies! My favorite genres are romance and comedy the most but I like others too. I also watch crime/investigation shows, it’s always interesting and I have so many recommendations! I have been watching many different shows for the past couple of weeks, it’s very entertaining. I’m always open to recommendations as I usually stick to watching the same things in rotation…which can get boring 😓 My favorite show (anime), is One Piece!! If you don’t like One Piece, then I’m not sure I can talk to you… just kidding 😂 It’s something my entire family likes watching together, we’re currently starting the Whole Cake Island Arc! No spoilers please, I’ve already seen too many 😭
I like drawing, coloring, doodling. I have a journal that I like to decorate with stickers and cute little designs, which is what I plan to do in our letters!! I’m not the best, but I’m not the worst either 😄📝
I go to the golf range regularly to practice! I joined a golf club when I was younger and entered in tournaments too! I say I’m a decent player haha ⛳️
I have an “online business.” I sell here on Reddit and other platforms as well. I sell miniature toys and have been doing so for over a year. I make a decent amount of money from it! 🤑😅
I love cats, flowers/plants/nature 💐, both my parents are amazing cooks so it’s hard to choose a favorite dish 😬, one of my favorite colors is blue, and I can describe what I look like in a private chat if you’re interested in knowing!
I’m very serious about skincare, I had really horrible acne and after all these years I’ve finally been able to clear it up completely 🤩 My skin has never been more radiant :D Still needs work in some places though, I am always open to hearing what you think are the best products, or products that you’ve used that you feel are amazing! Im half Korean, and have always wanted to try Korean/Japanese skincare products. Im not very big on makeup, I don’t wear any. I’m working on showing my natural beauty, and also because I don’t want my skin to break out 😅 I like wearing lipgloss and that’s about it :o
I’ve been through some really dark times and I’ve found the easiest way to let your feelings out is by writing it out in a journal, which is what I’ve been doing recently! My young brain is still growing so it’s hard to process what I see and hear sometimes, and I talk inside my head a lot to try and process it, but the best way to make sense of it all is by writing out what you really feel ❤️‍🩹 But, just know that even if you may be going through something terrible, that it will eventually come to an end, because life is not that cruel and has to balance negative and positive. It’s what I’ve learned and seen, that’s why we have so many emotions because we can’t just be happy all the time, and life can’t just give you happy moments every day, sometimes you need sad/bad days in order to appreciate the good ones! I realized that the past few years I haven’t done anything productive or tried to make myself feel better. But that’s changing! I’ve starting exercising, journaling, upgraded skincare routine, eating healthier and more nutritious hearty foods, and hoping to keep it up! Remember to love yourself and don’t neglect your body, and always take care of yourself 😙 And hopefully once we start chatting, you’ll feel comfortable sharing any dark times you’ve been through!
I’m looking for a penpal from anywhere, male or female!! And hopefully also around my age (16-25), but age doesn’t really matter to me, it’s just a number after all! 💌 We can send letters, chat here on Reddit (or somewhere else if you’d like) or little packages with things each of us like ours letters inside! I’ll be sure to design the letters in an aesthetic you like ✨ I really just want to talk about anything and everything, whatever we want!! Hopefully it can turn into a long lasting friendship 💝
Message me if you’re interested in becoming my penpal! There’s still so much you haven’t learned about me yet <3
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2024.05.15 06:20 MushroomlyHag Advice on doing something like this with buttercream?

Advice on doing something like this with buttercream?
Tl;dr toward the bottom.
picture that I drew over is (obviously) not my cake, just a picture I took from the internet to draw over. Just noting that, incase rules 2 and 3 apply to my post.
Hello lovely folks of reddit! My baby brothers 18th birthday is coming up, and he is mad about Dragon Ball, so I wanted to make him a Dragon Ball themed cake. Problem is my brother hates fondant and it's the only thing I can work with well-ish. How would you lovely folks achieve this with buttercream? Any tips, tricks, or advice would be deeply appreciated!
I'm a decent baker, if I had to rank my cake baking skills, I'd give myself a 8.5/10. My cake decorating skills however, not so much unless I'm using fondant... I'd give myself a 3.5-4/10 for decorating with buttercream - if my hands are working well that day.
I want to try a "Shenron" cake, nothing too out there (I hope!). I've attached a terrible picture showing a rough idea of what I want to achieve, but I have no clue how to pull off certain parts using buttercream; especially because I can't get buttercream to look very pretty once it's on a cake...
I have a few questions. Firstly, how do I ensure a smooth/even/straight line where the green and creamy colour meet on the walls of the cake without them mixing together too much?
Second, how would I get the buttercream to look like scales? Is there a certain tip I can get for a piping bag that might resemble scales if used to dot the icing on? Is there a certain technique I can use to make the icing look more scale like? Would doing small blobs with a piping bag and squishing them flat with a spoon work? Do I just draw them on badly with writing icing like my example picture? Anything at all that I can achieve at a novice/beginner level?
Third, does anyone have any advice for how to draw a straight line with those tubes of writing icing? I'd prefer the black lines on the dragons belly to not look like they were drawn by Mr Squiggle if I can help it! Even suggestions for anything I could use that isn't those tiny tubes of writing icing that would do the same job, but be easier to hold would be helpful (tiny piping bag tip? Do those exist?). Advice on how to draw/write on a vertical surface would also be appreciated.
And lastly, for the white symbol on top, do I just bite the bullet and use fondant and just remove it when serving? Or is there a sneaky trick I can use to get a nice-ish circle of buttercream in the middle of the cake?
I have a little bit of time to practice (and practising means eating cake so I'm more than willing), his birthday isn't for a few months yet. So please bestow upon me all your tips, tricks, and advice for working with buttercream!
TL;DR: Need advice for a novice/beginner decorator to pull of anything resembling the badly scribbled picture below. I have a set of crystal Dragon Balls to put on the top of the cake around the white logo as well.
P.s. please be nice, it's taken me weeks to build up the courage to post this. And if I'm reaching for the stars while lost in a cave (aka never going to achieve this) please let me know. I don't want to waste two months trying to achieve something beyond my skill range only to fail after wasting a small fortune 😅
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2024.05.15 06:16 nmh2332 My soon to be 3 year old requested a “doggie cake” for her birthday. I’m no cake decorator but I think the prototype came out ok!

My soon to be 3 year old requested a “doggie cake” for her birthday. I’m no cake decorator but I think the prototype came out ok!
Any tips to get the frosting a little more even welcome!
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2024.05.15 06:03 MushroomlyHag Advice on a simple-ish Shenron themed cake for a beginner/novice - buttercream usage.

Advice on a simple-ish Shenron themed cake for a beginnenovice - buttercream usage.
Tl;dr toward the bottom.
Hello lovely folks of reddit! My baby brothers birthday is coming up in a few months and he is mad about Dragon Ball, so I wanted to make him a Shenron themed cake. Problem is my brother hates fondant and it's the only thing I can work with well-ish. How would you lovely folks achieve this with buttercream? Any tips, tricks, or advice would be deeply appreciated!
I'm a decent baker, if I had to rank my cake baking skills, I'd give myself a 8.5/10. My cake decorating skills however, not so much unless I'm using fondant... I'd give myself a 3.5-4/10 for decorating with buttercream - if my hands are working well that day.
I want to try a "Shenron" cake, nothing too out there (I hope!). I've attached a terrible picture showing a rough idea of what I want to achieve, but I have no clue how to pull off certain parts using buttercream; especially because I can't get buttercream to look very pretty once it's on a cake...
I have a few questions. Firstly, how do I ensure a smooth/even/straight line where the green and creamy colour meet on the walls of the cake without them mixing together too much?
Second, how would I get the buttercream to look like scales? Is there a certain tip I can get for a piping bag that might resemble scales if used to dot the icing on? Is there a certain technique I can use to make the icing look more scale like? Would doing small blobs with a piping bag and squishing them flat with a spoon work? Do I just draw them on badly with writing icing like my example picture? Anything at all that I can achieve at a novice/beginner level? Sorry, I know that's a bombardment of questions.
Third, does anyone have any advice for how to draw a straight line with those tubes of writing icing? I'd prefer the black lines on the dragons belly to not look like they were drawn by Mr Squiggle if I can help it! Even suggestions for anything I could use that isn't those tiny tubes of writing icing that would do the same job, but be easier to hold would be helpful (tiny piping bag tip? Do those exist?). Advice on how to draw/write on a vertical surface would also be appreciated.
And lastly, for the white symbol on top, do I just bite the bullet and use fondant and just remove it when serving? Or is there a sneaky trick I can use to get a nice-ish circle of buttercream in the middle of the cake?
I have a little bit of time to practice (and practising means eating cake so I'm more than willing), his birthday isn't for a few months yet. So please bestow upon me all your tips, tricks, and advice for working with buttercream!
TL;DR: Need advice for a novice/beginner decorator to pull of anything resembling the badly scribbled picture below. I have a set of crystal Dragon Balls to put on the top of the cake around the white logo as well.
P.s. please be nice about my dodgy attempt at a picture, it's taken me weeks to build up the courage to post this. And if I'm reaching for the stars while lost in a cave (aka never going to achieve this) please let me know. I don't want to waste two months trying to achieve something beyond my skill range only to fail after wasting a small fortune 😅
P.p.s. is there a better sub this could be posted to?
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2024.05.15 04:16 kafka18 Made a Black Forest cake, decorations seem incomplete. What should I add

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2024.05.15 03:58 staryynightx30 how to make a stratigraphy cake ?

how to make a stratigraphy cake ?
I am a beginner level bake whose made cake a few times, but I've never decorated a cake (any tips on frosting)? I'd love to make a stratigraphy cake since I'm a geology major. advice on how to get the layers to look diff. I'm gonna put some pics to showewhat i mean. how can i get the slices to look like the top pic
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2024.05.15 03:18 notlikeolivegarden First time decorating cake

First time decorating cake
My first time ever decorating a cake. It’s a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Any tips on how to improve?
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2024.05.15 02:18 Obi-Wan_Cannoli Critique my micro-wedding timeline!

We are getting married in a villa in the south of Greece with close friends and family (10 total). We're all staying on the property and are local to the area so decoflorals will be easy. I've heard the most important thing for a micro wedding is the timeline and I'd love your thoughts about mine. Any additional details we missed?
I wanted to give enough time so we can relax and not be subjected to a strict timeline but I'm also worried what people will do during the portrait session. Also, we were just planning on having a playlist for dinner music but I also think a Spanish guitarist could be a good vibe. Any thoughts?
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2024.05.15 01:39 littlepup26 Feeling existential about this line of work lately.

I'm a cake decorator and manager making 21 an hour. I'm the second highest paid person in my department and when I look for other cake decorating job listings my pay is on par with every other bakery in this city. I'm 34 years old. It's intensive, back breaking labor, just like all kitchen work is, and I can't imagine doing this into my old age. I've never even thought about retirement before because that just doesn't even seem like an option. Is this just the reality of this industry? Grind until you die? Or am I just being pessimistic?
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2024.05.15 00:59 Warmspirit AITA for not wanting to pay for garden decorations?

It was a warm weak in the UK and my flat and I have been in the garden a lot more, and we thought it’d be nice to make it look a bit nicer so we took some decorations we weren’t using snd hung them up etc. One flatmate in particular really liked doing all this, and insisted on getting some more stuff like a BBQ, plants and lights.
I am not much a part of my flat as I keep to myself and so left them to decorate. I come outside and we have about 5 new plants, grill spatula (I guess a normal spatula wouldn’t do), some fairy lights and he’s about to order a £30 grill and £12 grill cover. Now I’ve been a little more frugal lately due to my spending habits and being out of a job, but he’s said in the group chat that we should split it equal five ways, £16 each.
I personally think, i’ve not spent £16 on that garden and none of the other flatmates have really. The lights are nice, the plants are too but we don’t even have a table, and we could easily do with a metal tray, charcoal in it and griddles on top right? I just think if we split a “nice” grill 5 ways who’s going to keep it? or do we leave it for next years tenants? either way I feel like that’s money not well spent, or maybe I should just live a little?
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2024.05.15 00:49 nicoetlesneufeurs Strawberry cream cake

Strawberry cream cake
Was an order, my costumer wanted it to be pure white with dark chocolate. - sponge cake base - diplomate cream - strawberry jelly Covered with white chocolate paste, I made the chocolate decoration myself
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2024.05.15 00:33 _Quarkster_ I'm just getting into cake decorating. This is my 4th cake and I'm open to critique and criticism. I just want to get better!

I'm just getting into cake decorating. This is my 4th cake and I'm open to critique and criticism. I just want to get better!
This is a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, peanut butter drizzle, and a peanut butter cream filling, all vegan. I took a non- vegan cake recipe, converted it, and created my own frosting, drizzle, and filling recipes. I'm still getting used to piping and decorating, so any and all critiques in regards to those things are welcome! Thank you!!
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2024.05.15 00:23 _Quarkster_ 4 Layer Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake

4 Layer Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake
I've made a goal to make cakes for everyone I love this year for their birthdays so I can practice cake decorating. This is my 4th cake so far and I feel like I'm starting to make sense of things. Apparently patience is the key ingredient for everything from baking to decorating, which is good because I can always use to work on it.
https://yestoyolks.com/2014/10/19/one-year-mocha-cake-with-fudge-filling-espresso-frosting/
I tweaked this cake recipe to make it Vegan, then I made up my own Peanut Butter Buttercream frosting using PB2, confectioners sugar, and butter. For the drizzle, I just took heavy plant based cream, Adams peanut butter, and confectioners sugar and blended until it was the texture I wanted. It's filled with a Peanut Butter cream made from silken tofu, heavy cream, PB2, Peanut Butter, confectioners sugar, salt, and vanilla and Whipped until light. It ended up being the consistency of like Bavarian cream that you fill donuts with, maybe a little lighter. I mostly just make things up as I go anymore so I can't give much more info than that.
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2024.05.15 00:20 _Quarkster_ My friend's birthday dinner is tonight and we're having Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake!

My friend's birthday dinner is tonight and we're having Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake!
I've made a goal to make cakes for everyone I love this year for their birthdays so I can practice cake decorating. This is my 4th cake so far and I feel like I'm starting to make sense of things. Apparently patience is the key ingredient for everything from baking to decorating, which is good because I can always use to work on it.
I tweaked this cake recipe to make it Vegan, then I made up my own Peanut Butter Buttercream frosting using PB2, confectioners sugar, and butter. For the drizzle, I just took heavy plant based cream, Adams peanut butter, and confectioners sugar and blended until it was the texture I wanted. It's filled with a Peanut Butter cream made from silken tofu, heavy cream, PB2, Peanut Butter, confectioners sugar, salt, and vanilla and Whipped until light. It ended up being the consistency of like Bavarian cream that you fill donuts with, maybe a little lighter. I mostly just make things up as I go anymore so I can't give much more info than that.
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