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    "George Johnson"  wrote:   
      
   > "Judith"  wrote in message   
   > news:JUJU-592239.17251702052010@free.teranews.com...   
   > > In article ,   
   > > "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.   
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   > > 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.   
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   > > Judith   
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   > > 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.   
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   >     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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   There you go!  Just for fun, you might enjoy taking a cake-decorating   
   class at the YMCA or some such place.  I can just see your graduation   
   project:  a Tom Servo cake!   
      
   Judith   
      
   I must go now - my wife's falling over.   
   -Jim Pills   
      
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