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« Reply #30 on: September 27, 2008, 08:08:29 PM » |
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These cakes are astonishing! The petals on the hibiscus look real!
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« Reply #31 on: September 27, 2008, 08:33:07 PM » |
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Those cakes are indeed works of art! You are very talented, Alek0.  |
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« Reply #32 on: September 27, 2008, 08:57:17 PM » |
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alek0 found this on one of the sites about the chocolate that was found to have melamine in it - Meiji Umakabo chocolate. Do not know if this is the chocolate your not using til evidence is in that it does not contain melamine. Just thought I'd let you know. Found it on rumor mill news reading room today, 9/27/08.
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But how to dance in the rain.'
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« Reply #33 on: September 27, 2008, 09:09:44 PM » |
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Thanks, Meiji chocolate is sitting in the fridge until this spreading of contamination stops. I used Lindt, product of Switzerlandt for the cakes.
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« Reply #34 on: September 27, 2008, 10:07:00 PM » |
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AlekO, those cakes are just astonishing! I have to agree with Poco, I wouldn't want to see anyone eating them up!
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« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2008, 10:42:12 PM » |
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All the new photos are fabulous!!! If Jim Warren knew about the cakes inspired by his artwork, I know he'd be ordering one for himself. Or one of his friends would for a surprise. Maybe the two you just made weren't what you had in mind, but they are just gorgeous. Really artistic and creative. They look perfect to me and I'd really appreciate the natural orange flavor. That cake is lovely. I was thinking they belong in a cake museum and was wondering if they would have to be kept sealed under a nitrogen atmosphere (or whatever) to preserve them and I found this article about a cake museum in California here in the U.S. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CAKE+LADY'S+JUST+DESSERTS+:+FOR+THE+ARTWORK+IN+FRANCES+KUYPER'S...-a083865255It's an interesting article about that woman's career. And they seem to just keep the cakes under glass and though they get really hard, they don't lose their looks. |
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« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2008, 11:58:06 PM » |
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Thank you! Funny, I didn't know there was a cake museum. I knew about marzipan museum, August, that's a must see for you if you go to Hungary: http://www.marcipanmuzeum.hu/index-gb.htmlFrom my point of view, cakes should be eaten. Gumpaste toppers I have those which I make just for fun and then keep, not under nitrogen atmosphere but in a chemical storage box, ~20% humidity, like this:  |
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« Reply #37 on: October 03, 2008, 08:54:56 PM » |
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I made another cake, this time no chocolate, just cocoa powder from EU purchased quite some time ago and Australian liquid milk. This mess is really starting to get on my nerves, I love baking but how to know what is safe ?!?!?   Rose is made of gumpaste, and on the sides is ladyfingers sponge with chocolate tuille stripes. Same sponge layers are inside, soaked with milk+Bailey's mixture, with chocolate cream and mango cream. |
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« Reply #39 on: October 03, 2008, 11:35:27 PM » |
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Mmmmm. First you feast your eyes, and then you just feast....
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« Reply #40 on: October 04, 2008, 06:57:37 AM » |
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I thinkwe need alec to start shipping cakes to all of us !
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« Reply #41 on: October 04, 2008, 07:26:12 AM » |
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alek0,
Your cakes are amazing! Very beautiful.
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« Reply #42 on: October 04, 2008, 10:35:50 PM » |
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Those are gorgeous and I love chocolate! I love your collection of gumpaste toppers, too. That is really smart to use the humidity controlled storage boxes. Sounds like a business idea right there selling those boxes for that purpose.
I'm sorry you have to be concerned about contamination. None of this is right and the result of coverups for years, I believe. If the deaths and illnesses of those poor babies does not fix this, nothing will.
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