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"-L." > wrote in message
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> Thanks! You did a *super* job! I could not have done that. I can bake
>> a
>> great cake and do a beautiful frosting job, but decorating? It would be
>> horrible. :-)

>
> Thanks, Wayne. Next time I would make the sea life more delicate and
> intricate - I was sort of hurrying between nap time and dinner to get
> it done so it would be dried and ready for Friday when I finished the
> cake. I used to be a potter so working with marzipan isn't a lot
> different from clay.
>
> I have so many "creative" things I'd like to do if I had more time.
> Cake decorarting is one of them.


Have you considered using rolled fondant? It would be less expensive than
marzipan.