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   "Judith"  wrote in message   
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   > "George Johnson"  wrote:   
      
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   >>     Still have not gotten the hang of frosting cakes.  I can do a drip   
   >> glaze   
   >> cake fine, but whenever I do the dot-frosting, it never sticks and ends   
   >> up   
   >> as a mess.   
   >   
   > You are very ambitious (and possibly on the way to a nervous   
   > breakdown.:-)!  I used to make animal cakes for my kids but settled for   
   > a large sheet cake that I simply carved into dinosaurs or whatever they   
   > requested (within reason) rather than a standing cake.  It wasn't hard   
   > to frost and decorate and I could use a decent cake recipe.  What do you   
   > mean by dot-frosting?  For your bear, you might want to use a   
   > boiled-frosting recipe, made with whipped egg whites and some kind of   
   > sweetening.  It's fluffy and easy to spread.  It would look furry, too.   
   >   
   > Judith   
   >   
   > I must go now - my wife's falling over.   
   > -Jim Pills   
      
       By "dot frosting", I mean pressing a dot of frosting on the surface of   
   the cake (usually in a shape of a border or flower), but when I do this the   
   frosting never sticks to the surface properly or pulls away from the   
   frosting tip correctly.   
       The egg white frosting is a "Royal Frosting", supposed to harden up   
   nicely when it dries.   
      
       I just wanted to make so nice looking and decent tasting cakes.   
      
       I still have a cake to make for work, but I'm thinking of just making   
   mini Bundt cakes with a cupcake pan I've got.   
      
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