I am so stinking excited to get my hair done today! I am getting highlights and lowlights I think. I don't really know. I just know I need a hair update!
Started baking the cake layers yesterday. I had to go out last night and buy a 12 inch round pan since I had a 10. Opps. Gotta love the 40% off Michaels coupons. Got it for less than $8! But I figure I can start baking then freezing and I won't get so overwhelmed. I am going to start making the frosting too. I have some huge buckets I brought home from work so I can store it.
Was looking on my school portal... looks like school might owe me $3500! I called and they will do an audit on it since I just graduated and it will take a couple weeks but I might be getting a check! It would allow me to pay off my credit cards and save the rest for loan payments as those will start in 6 months!
OH Erica! I found the modeling chocolate recipe in my book. It says 1 lb of chocolate to 8 oz of glucose or a 2:1 ratio. Melt chocolate and heat up the glucose to the same temp as the chocolate. Mix well and then seal in an airtight container for at least 1 hour then knead it to a workable consistancy. Is that the same recipe you have? I remember it being very oily too! And maybe sticky after it warmed up from handling it.
Oh man. It is really hard for me to want to get out of bed when I have 3 sleeping kitties either on me or laying on the bed. Plus a big dog laying right next to the bed. I don't want to disturb them. But I want to start getting ready for the day. : )
Have a wonderful day today ladies! I hear the end of the world is tomorrow so we better party it up tonight and go out with a bang! Lol.
No, my recipe used corn syrup instead of glucose......maybe i should give modeling chocolate another shot. Hey do you know if you can color it w/ gel colors or do you need to use powdered color? I tried coloring melted white chocolate w/ gel color and it completely seized up on me. After researching it, I realized I should've used powdered color (which i do not have at this time). You'll have to post pics after you get your hair done! I need to dye mine again. My cruella devil silver streak is growing back. Booo!!!! I definitely think making buttercream and cake layers ahead of time really helps lower the stress of making cakes.
ReplyDeleteIt's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiiiiiiine.................♫♪♫♪
At school we just used food coloring like you can get in the grocery store. I will make sure to color alittle bit to make sure it doesn't seize on me. And glucose is corn syrup its just a fancier name for it I guess. Lol. : )
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