You are very hard on yourself you are an excellent teacher. I love your work. Your neat, precise n explain things so clear. I look at so many tutorials n always get the best teaching from you.
Margeeeeeee! Thank you! I do get in my head sometimes because I don't have the perfect setting or equipment (yet), but the information is good so I have to remember that! 🥰
I use to watch Global Sugar Art videos and learned a lot. But they have all the fancy expensive tools, and a kitchen set up just for videos, and a cleaning crew and camera man lol. So for a woman concerning the world from her kitchen I think Karolyns Kakes is the best lol
Karolyn!.....you are so AMAZING at what you do! That cake is super dope! A beautiful creation by a beautiful person! Thanks for the great and informative videos and for dropping all these gems 💎! Love you cake bestie! Blessings to you!
This cake is amazing. I've loved it since the first moment I saw it on yourvwebsite. Thanks so much for showing us how you did the reverse lettering & the stencil. You make everything look so easy. And I know how difficult it really Is. As I've tried your lettering techniques myself. You ARE the Michael Angelo of cakes! Thank you Karolyn.
Wow!!!! That is so cool looking. I've never seen that before. The whole cake is gorgeous in fact. So many different techniques on one cake that's why you are amazing. Thank you for sharing and keep on caking 💜
To keep paper on fondant while cutting if you add little Cristobal to corners it helps it stop moving and you don’t need to hold down so much,hope you don’t mind me saying ,love your tutorials,I’m watching from the uk x
I love all your videos and I am learning so much! But my favorite videos that you do are the ones where you talk about real life cake stories and share tips on how you handle customers, pricing, etc. I would love to hear about how you manage your decorating schedule, how many orders you take per week, when do you consider yourself “booked”, how far in advance you make cakes, fondant decorations, and what day you start decorating to ensure freshness, etc…stuff like that! Thanks for all you do to help other cake decorators!
A big thank you Karolyn for another great tutorial you are so fantastic sharing all the tips us beginner need all the help we can get so thank again from Australia 🇦🇺 with love
Such an awesome technique! ❤️❤️❤️Now that you mentioned it, I don’t think I’ve seen this done on any cakes! Also, love how you always make references to Friends 😆
@@KarolynsKakes I forgot which video it was because I’ve just been having a marathon of your tutorial videos but in one of them you said “PREPARED” like how Rachel did in the Unagi episode and I had my headphones on while watching, when it got to that part, I busted up laughing so loud 😆 Good thing no one really heard me coz I was on break at work. But then I kept laughing at myself for cracking up LOL
Hey Karolyn. This tutorial was wicked! Thankyou so much! Would you consider doing a video on how you did the stripes n the ganache on top of the bottom tier pretty plz?? Anyway, thankyou, awesome as always! You rock! xoxo
Hi Karolyn, so stunning!! Question; when you say put into the refrigerator, is it a low moisture/condensation fridge? Aren’t regular fridges not good for fondant work? Do you have a specific fridge you’re using? Thanks, Kim
I just have fridges from a scratch and dent store, nothing special. I didn't even know they had low moisture fridges! LOL There is a dial in my fridges and I keep it in the middle. I explain in this video! th-cam.com/video/vBKi-O7v98w/w-d-xo.html
SORRY TO KEEP BOTHERING YOU!! but i have my first 3 tier and im literally shaking in my boots! lol I so appreciate your responses! I want to do a 5",7",9" and have been looking for those diameters in cake boards.... apparently they dont exist lol. so when you do those sizes are you just using the next size up cake boards?? do you cut them down to fit or just use ask is? Thank you so much!
I can't remember the brand of that one I used to use. It required the use of an app with it and it stopped working so I got rid of it. Here's the one I use now: amzn.to/3Lk4JdD
I get some people who ask the same questions so I'm trying to make sure I'm covering all bases! I don't mean to make you guys feel dumb! I can dial it back a bit. 💜
Ok, so I also watched the stencil video as well. But question??? The gold Bow? Did you use Rice Paper? Or is that actual Ribbon? I have been watching videos on working with rice paper, and Amazon said it would arrive yesterday, but then said not til next week... My cake is due Friday afternoon. So it looks like I am going to try using Fondant to make the roses for the cake. Lol wish me luck
You are AMAZING! Thank you so much for this thorough tutorial!! There are so many things that you do that I want to try! But I’m still trying to get smooth icing 🥴 thank you so much for access to all this. You’re my cake idol ☺️
Hi Karolyn! Your kakes are absolutely amazing! Thanks for your videos. This question has nothing to do with the video, but what tools do you use to calculate your cake costs? Ingredient cost, cost per hr, utilities, etc?
Thank you! This is going to sound horrible, but I don't break everything down like that, it would drive me insane. I use an Excel Spreadsheet to keep track of expenses for tax purposes though!
@@KarolynsKakes you're welcome! I'm new to this and trying to find the easiest way to price my products. Thank you for sharing your videos and for answering back. 😊 I look forward to watching more of your content.
I am not sure if Karolyns Kakes knows this or not but.... You can use a portion of your utilities as a deduction for taxes. We do that at the family farm. They deduct half of the electric bill as a farm expense, because of the electric fence to keep cows in, the well runs on it and waters the cows and pecan trees. Got to find a good tax person to help you find all your deductions. Even miles driven for Deliveries and supplies. If using your personal vehicle to deliver cakes, the repairs and I believe even oil change and up keep are deductable. She has videos and print outs that you can use as a guide for pricing your cakes and explains how she charges.
@@pmc9927 I bake for fun family and friends, not a business... But I have learned a lot watching these videos. I also tried doing an online course on doing other people book keeping... I tell you what, find a good one that can help you not pick everything, you can use a bunch of stuff you probably haven't thought about yet. Even cakes you do as donations or give deduction on for charity. And Karolyns Kakes also explained in her videos on pricing, be sure to check with local bakeries and home bakers for what they would charge. You don't want to under price your cakes, but over pricing too much could cost you a sale as well. Her prices, are way to high for where I live, but I would imagine it would be much higher say in NYC or LA. I watch these videos as a relaxing Technic lol.... Watching the frosting smoothed, and the pipping, and fondant creations is relaxing to me. Lol so I go on TH-cam binge watching of cooking videos lol.
Yes you can! Crisco is thinner and greasier than the Sweetex Golden Flex high ratio shortening that I prefer. Here's a video where I compare them: th-cam.com/video/rqtPIMoyc5A/w-d-xo.html
@@KarolynsKakes I basically use it for dummy/display cakes and decorations, but I’m gonna start using tylose with it so I can work with it better. Basically my orders are buttercream.
Over the years, what have you learned to do to safely have a fondant cake in fridge until delivery without it sweating ? With the change of temperatures. ?
I believe this cake was 5" / 7" / 9" (feeds 50-60) Baked in 2" high pans. 2 layers per tier, torted into 4 thinner layers with 3 layers of filling in between. I hope that helps!
I love Weezer, but no, it's a weightlifting group that I actually don't belong to, but the shirt was on sale and I love this style (I have it in 5 other colors LOL) so I got it 🤷♀🤣🤣
@karollyns kakes do you ever use the wafer paper included with the printer? If so will you please do a video on what you use it for? Also you are sooo Monica! Organized and anal. I mean that in the best possible way. And yes i end up with stuff all over when i decorate too. Those cleaning breaks make me feel so much better.
If you enjoy my tutorials, I'd be so grateful if you'd Buy Me A Coffee! ☕🙏
www.buymeacoffee.com/KarolynsKakes
Thank you so much for sharing!! I find myself binge watching all your videos LOL
Yay! Thank you gorgeous! I'm so glad you like them 😊
That is a STUNNING piece of ART, my friend! Absolutely GORGEOUS!
Heidiiiiiii!! Thank you love, I appreciate you!!
You are very hard on yourself you are an excellent teacher. I love your work. Your neat, precise n explain things so clear. I look at so many tutorials n always get the best teaching from you.
Margeeeeeee! Thank you! I do get in my head sometimes because I don't have the perfect setting or equipment (yet), but the information is good so I have to remember that! 🥰
👍🏼👍🏼🌟🌟👏🏼👏🏼
I use to watch Global Sugar Art videos and learned a lot. But they have all the fancy expensive tools, and a kitchen set up just for videos, and a cleaning crew and camera man lol.
So for a woman concerning the world from her kitchen I think Karolyns Kakes is the best lol
Karolyn!.....you are so AMAZING at what you do! That cake is super dope! A beautiful creation by a beautiful person! Thanks for the great and informative videos and for dropping all these gems 💎! Love you cake bestie! Blessings to you!
Awwwww thanks boo! I love you!! 🥰🥰
This cake is amazing. I've loved it since the first moment I saw it on yourvwebsite. Thanks so much for showing us how you did the reverse lettering & the stencil. You make everything look so easy. And I know how difficult it really Is. As I've tried your lettering techniques myself. You ARE the Michael Angelo of cakes! Thank you Karolyn.
Cindy! You're the sweetest, thank you love!! And I promise it gets easier with practice 🙏
Absolutely Gorgeous 🤩
Thank you fpr sharing this new way of adding the name to a cake. That cake looks gorgeous. I am going to check your bow tutorial. 😍
Thank you Karolyn , i learned a lot from you
So beautiful!! You have so much patience!!
Thank you! 😊
Looking great! Love it. 👍🇦🇺
Thank you for all !!!
Oh my gosh, it's gorgeous!!! Thanks so much🤗
You are so welcome!😊💜🙌
Wow!!!! That is so cool looking. I've never seen that before. The whole cake is gorgeous in fact. So many different techniques on one cake that's why you are amazing. Thank you for sharing and keep on caking 💜
Thanks so much 😊
Beautiful 💕👍
Amazing cake 🎉
I can’t thank u enough , you are amazing
You are Awesome and everything you share with us is super helpful, I enjoy watching your videos ❤️ Thank u
You made me smile, thank you!!☺
That is a beautiful cake.
another amazing cake
Thank you love! 🥰
Wow!! Just awesome!!! I’ll be trying it. You are the best. Thank you so much!!
Let me know how it turns out!
You make me want to decorate a cake! Love this!!
You should! Thank you😊
You make it look so easy. Your great
Thanks so much 😊
AMAZING!!!
So lovely!❤️
Amazing cake 👏
Thank you!🙌
Oh my Goodness!!!! I was wondering what you were going to do with the extra letter pieces. You did that!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾💞💯
Love this!!
Omg beautiful cake 😮 WOW, amazing work. Thank you for sharing, ❤ love your videos 🎉
Thank you love! 🥰
Wow! This tutorial is so AMAZING! I love it. Thank you so much Karolyn for sharing your talents to us! God bless you more!❤💕
Awww I'm glad you like it! I love doing this technique!
Amazing!!
So love your tutorials because you and your process are real AND your cakes look fabulous. Thank you so much for a new technique 🥰
Denise! Thanks girl, you're so sweet! 🥰🙏
Great tutorial Karolyn. Thanks for sharing. Can you please do a denim cake that has thighs??? Thank you.
You are AWESOME
Thank youuuuu!!😊
I like the technique. The cake is beautiful.
🥰🥰💜🙏🏼
Love it!! Thank you so much!!!
You’re welcome, I’m glad you like it!😊
So cool thank you so much your amazing
Love it. ❤️
Wow!
Beautiful cake!! Love, love, love, your techniques, you’re amazing and fun 🤩
Thank you Debra!! 🥰🥰
Wow Karolyn! Just beautiful ❤️ you cover so much thank you so much
To keep paper on fondant while cutting if you add little Cristobal to corners it helps it stop moving and you don’t need to hold down so much,hope you don’t mind me saying ,love your tutorials,I’m watching from the uk x
OMG Thank you!!
I love all your videos and I am learning so much! But my favorite videos that you do are the ones where you talk about real life cake stories and share tips on how you handle customers, pricing, etc. I would love to hear about how you manage your decorating schedule, how many orders you take per week, when do you consider yourself “booked”, how far in advance you make cakes, fondant decorations, and what day you start decorating to ensure freshness, etc…stuff like that! Thanks for all you do to help other cake decorators!
Thank you Pamela! I’m making a note of this ☺️
A big thank you Karolyn for another great tutorial you are so fantastic sharing all the tips us beginner need all the help we can get so thank again from Australia 🇦🇺 with love
You’re welcome Deb! Sending love back from USA 🇺🇸 🙏🏼
Thanks!
Granny!!!! Thank you SO much! I really appreciate you! 💜🙌
Absolutely beautiful!!!
What a beautiful cake!
Absolutely beautiful cake as always! Love from NJ 💜
Thanks girl! Love back from PA 💜🙏
Amazing work. Beautiful cake 😍
Great job Karolyn.I love this cake
Thank you Roseline!
This cake is stunning!!♥️♥️
Thank you Norma! 😊
Such an awesome technique! ❤️❤️❤️Now that you mentioned it, I don’t think I’ve seen this done on any cakes! Also, love how you always make references to Friends 😆
(Ross voice) Thhhhhhankkkk Youuuuuu!! 😂😂
@@KarolynsKakes I forgot which video it was because I’ve just been having a marathon of your tutorial videos but in one of them you said “PREPARED” like how Rachel did in the Unagi episode and I had my headphones on while watching, when it got to that part, I busted up laughing so loud 😆 Good thing no one really heard me coz I was on break at work. But then I kept laughing at myself for cracking up LOL
Love your tutorials. Amazing work as always.
Thank you Lisa!
Super talented,, thank you for sharing 🥰
You’re welcome Mona! ☺️🎂
Love your videos!! That is a beautiful cake!!
Thank you love! I appreciate you! 🥰
Great tutorial thankyou! You give me so many good ideas 💡 👌🏼 Also that cake is beautiful!!
Thank you Chenise! 🥰
Once again another great vid!! I really hope you're monetized, because you give out so much info❤. Thank you!!!
Thank you! I am monetized, but I try not to bombard everyone with ads!
Hey Karolyn. This tutorial was wicked! Thankyou so much! Would you consider doing a video on how you did the stripes n the ganache on top of the bottom tier pretty plz?? Anyway, thankyou, awesome as always! You rock! xoxo
Figures people want to see the only thing that I don't have a tutorial on! 🤣🤣🤣
I'll film it the next time I do it!
Amazing, I love this idea!
Thanks girl! ☺️
Clever ehhhh.meny tnx
SO helpful :) Thank you! Such a cool cake, too
You're welcome! I hope you try it!
Hi Karolyn, so stunning!! Question; when you say put into the refrigerator, is it a low moisture/condensation fridge? Aren’t regular fridges not good for fondant work? Do you have a specific fridge you’re using? Thanks, Kim
I just have fridges from a scratch and dent store, nothing special. I didn't even know they had low moisture fridges! LOL There is a dial in my fridges and I keep it in the middle. I explain in this video!
th-cam.com/video/vBKi-O7v98w/w-d-xo.html
SORRY TO KEEP BOTHERING YOU!! but i have my first 3 tier and im literally shaking in my boots! lol I so appreciate your responses! I want to do a 5",7",9" and have been looking for those diameters in cake boards.... apparently they dont exist lol. so when you do those sizes are you just using the next size up cake boards?? do you cut them down to fit or just use ask is? Thank you so much!
I cut them all the time. So if I need a 5" board, I take a 6" board and trace a 5" cake pan onto it and cut it out!
Karolyn I love every video ive watched. And learning much. But I want to ask, if you have link to your microphone piece. Thank you!
I can't remember the brand of that one I used to use. It required the use of an app with it and it stopped working so I got rid of it. Here's the one I use now:
amzn.to/3Lk4JdD
I love how she talks to us like we’re 5 lol. I mean, there are some dumb people out there so she’s a great teacher.
I get some people who ask the same questions so I'm trying to make sure I'm covering all bases! I don't mean to make you guys feel dumb! I can dial it back a bit. 💜
Beautiful work. Do you have a stripe tutorial?
Thank you! That's the only part of this cake that I don't have a tutorial for LOL
I'll film it if I do it again!
Love ur cakes. How much do u charged on this one, please
Do you have a video on how to cut cakes and if not could you do a video on that? How many does that cake feed? Is it a 4,6 and 8?
Here ya go! And they are 5 / 7 / 9 tiers, feeds 50-60 ☺
th-cam.com/video/TdhPZ4C73gU/w-d-xo.html
Ok, so I also watched the stencil video as well. But question???
The gold Bow? Did you use Rice Paper? Or is that actual Ribbon?
I have been watching videos on working with rice paper, and Amazon said it would arrive yesterday, but then said not til next week... My cake is due Friday afternoon. So it looks like I am going to try using Fondant to make the roses for the cake. Lol wish me luck
The bow is light yellow fondant! Here’s the tutorial for it. Then I painted it gold the way I did in this video. You got this!
@@KarolynsKakes awe ok duh... I don't know why I didn't think of that lol. Have you ever done roses in fondant
You are AMAZING! Thank you so much for this thorough tutorial!! There are so many things that you do that I want to try! But I’m still trying to get smooth icing 🥴 thank you so much for access to all this. You’re my cake idol ☺️
Awwww you're welcome honey! Smooth icing took me a while to get, just keep at it and you'll find your flow!
Hi Karolyn! Your kakes are absolutely amazing! Thanks for your videos. This question has nothing to do with the video, but what tools do you use to calculate your cake costs? Ingredient cost, cost per hr, utilities, etc?
Thank you! This is going to sound horrible, but I don't break everything down like that, it would drive me insane.
I use an Excel Spreadsheet to keep track of expenses for tax purposes though!
@@KarolynsKakes you're welcome! I'm new to this and trying to find the easiest way to price my products. Thank you for sharing your videos and for answering back. 😊 I look forward to watching more of your content.
I am not sure if Karolyns Kakes knows this or not but....
You can use a portion of your utilities as a deduction for taxes.
We do that at the family farm. They deduct half of the electric bill as a farm expense, because of the electric fence to keep cows in, the well runs on it and waters the cows and pecan trees.
Got to find a good tax person to help you find all your deductions. Even miles driven for Deliveries and supplies. If using your personal vehicle to deliver cakes, the repairs and I believe even oil change and up keep are deductable.
She has videos and print outs that you can use as a guide for pricing your cakes and explains how she charges.
@@littlelady3895 Thank you. This is very helpful.
@@pmc9927 I bake for fun family and friends, not a business... But I have learned a lot watching these videos. I also tried doing an online course on doing other people book keeping... I tell you what, find a good one that can help you not pick everything, you can use a bunch of stuff you probably haven't thought about yet. Even cakes you do as donations or give deduction on for charity.
And Karolyns Kakes also explained in her videos on pricing, be sure to check with local bakeries and home bakers for what they would charge. You don't want to under price your cakes, but over pricing too much could cost you a sale as well. Her prices, are way to high for where I live, but I would imagine it would be much higher say in NYC or LA.
I watch these videos as a relaxing Technic lol.... Watching the frosting smoothed, and the pipping, and fondant creations is relaxing to me. Lol so I go on TH-cam binge watching of cooking videos lol.
I know you have mentioned it before but where do you get your icing sheets from for your printer?
Icing Images!
Can we use crisco shortening in making buttercream
Yes you can! Crisco is thinner and greasier than the Sweetex Golden Flex high ratio shortening that I prefer.
Here's a video where I compare them:
th-cam.com/video/rqtPIMoyc5A/w-d-xo.html
Gonna have to get some tylose because this Wilton fondant is soft as heck!!! 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️😩
Yeah Wilton fondant is super soft, that's why I make my own!
@@KarolynsKakes I basically use it for dummy/display cakes and decorations, but I’m gonna start using tylose with it so I can work with it better. Basically my orders are buttercream.
Can you paint the gold color onto buttercream?
I’ve done it before but I think it looks better on fondant.
Do you ever have trouble with your paper ripping? I also used regular fondant and found it didn't really trace very well.
If the fondant is too soft, I will have issues. What was the consistency of your fondant?
😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰
Over the years, what have you learned to do to safely have a fondant cake in fridge until delivery without it sweating ? With the change of temperatures. ?
Here's a video where I talk about it! th-cam.com/video/vBKi-O7v98w/w-d-xo.html
What sizes are the tiers and how much layers of cake are in each ?
I believe this cake was 5" / 7" / 9" (feeds 50-60)
Baked in 2" high pans.
2 layers per tier, torted into 4 thinner layers with 3 layers of filling in between.
I hope that helps!
is this a 6",8",10"?
is the biggest tier just one layer torted??
This is 5 / 7 / 9 tiers, all 3 are 2 layers torted. ☺
@karoline where do you purchase sprinkles?
You mean jimmies?! (It's a Philly thing 🤣🤣)
I usually get them at the local grocery store. They are on Amazon too. (Shocker LOL)
@@KarolynsKakes my family calls me the Amazon queen. Lol
Is tylose the same as CMC
Yes. Tylose / Wilton Gum Tex / CMC is the same.
where did u get ur extruder
It’s linked in the description (Clay Gun)
Okay, totally off topic.. but is that a Weezer shirt?!
I love Weezer, but no, it's a weightlifting group that I actually don't belong to, but the shirt was on sale and I love this style (I have it in 5 other colors LOL) so I got it 🤷♀🤣🤣
@@KarolynsKakes I love you even more now. 🤣
Karolyn why don't you use alphabet letters to cut the letters out? Is that a stupid question? Perhaps you don't have that font of alphabet?
I want the font to be a certain size and style. When you use cutters, you’re limited to whatever size and style they are.
@@KarolynsKakes yeah that was my thought!
@karollyns kakes do you ever use the wafer paper included with the printer? If so will you please do a video on what you use it for? Also you are sooo Monica! Organized and anal. I mean that in the best possible way. And yes i end up with stuff all over when i decorate too. Those cleaning breaks make me feel so much better.
Yes!! I rarely use the wafer paper. I really should try using that more!
@@KarolynsKakes I'm going to use it for edible fabric.