[Jamestown1630]

My girlfriend from High School used to call those fancy cakes from the grocery store ‘Crisco Cakes’ - because the icing was usually made from that.

She laughed at them - but I think her wedding cake was probably iced with the same, because that’s how they did things back then ;-)

https://www.crisco.com/recipes/buttery-cream-frosting-1329

[Aliska]

That's true. The first fancy cake I made with flowers I learned how to make on it (yellow roses, my fav) then donated to the cake walk at my kids' school, it had Crisco frosting. A friend taught me from a demo she saw at church. I still have a recipe I have used within the last few years with half Crisco and half butter. Think it is called Kittencal's Bakery frosting.

I didn't know how to pipe with bags and tips back then. Just how to make roses with one tip and a flower nail.

I hope I don't screw up the cherry tapioca. Put in the sugar last and I want the pearls translucent but not to cook away. Might have used too much sugar. Sour cherries and that tart juice are super sour and hard to taste when it is so hot.

I made the milk and egg tapioca with my other box of large pearls, used the whole box. When it takes a long time to cook and involves a lot, no point in just making a little. It keeps for several days. Wasn't bad.

My daughter left and said I have a baby possum under my porch. I will have to put out more treats at night.

[Yaelle]

My second wedding cake had as frosting - whipped cream,
covered with big white chocolate curls. Better than the entire marriage. I’m just sayin.