On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:36:13 -0700, "Mitch Scherer" >
wrote:

>"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> I didn't think it was as easy as it looked. (laugh) I didn't
>>> think it would be so difficult. Nothing like smearing
>>> indeciferable squiggles all over a perfectly nice cake.
>>>
>>> Note to self: Leave it to the professionals at the bakery.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> Practice, practice, practice. Another thing that might help would be to
>> erect a scaffold of sorts over the cake to provide a rest for your hand.
>> Something like two stacks of books, bricks, etc. with a shelf board
>> across them a half inch above the cake.
>
>Yes. Practice.
>
>Many, many years ago my mother had a kit for this kind of stuff, the fabric
>cone and various size and shaped nozzles for the end. But what she and her
>friends used them for mostly was making very tiny flowers on sugar cubes. I
>can't imagine the labor cost for these decorated sugar cubes. It must have
>been some kind of cult. I don't know what kind of parties required such
>sugar cubes.
>
>Mitch
>

it might be worthwhile if the sugar cubes also had l.s.d. on them.

your pal,
blake