cake making and baking - ALL WELCOME

[lj2245]

The RFC cake

 

[CakeCottage]

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[jenkins]

Hi girls stumbled upon this entirely by accident when my thumb hit this forum instead of the pregnancy groups one above it. Glad it happened now though I've recently started making cakes and I'm hoping to get a business going. I made my first cake for my sons 8th birthday last month and have made loads since. I'm pretty surprised at how much I enjoy it. I've enrolled on a sugarcraft course starting next month too

Jenkins, how did you do the Everton badge. I did a rangers cake for my uncle and hand carved the RFC from fondant but someone wants a Celtic cake and there's no way I'm carving that lol!

Hi welcome !

I did the badge in pastilliage as I wanted it nice and hard as originally I was going to stand it on top of the cake but I had a change of plan lol!

Then I flooded with royal icing, so firstly I used a stiff royal icing for the border then let it dry a bit, then flooded the inside with runny royal icing to give an even finish. Then when completely dry I painted the badge on using sugar flair super white mixed with vanilla, I'd normally use vodka but didn't have any in. It took a couple of coats to get it white. I was originally going to pipe over it with white royal icing but I liked the super white effect, hooe that helps

 

[jenkins]

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[jenkins]

My latest cake, please excuse the mess in the background we've just moved house lol!
Xx

 

[FlowerFairy]

Hi, I have a quick question.
I have someone wanting a cake like this and I'm wondering how to get the blue fondant and the red and white blocks level. Meaning I dont want to cover the cake in blue and add the red and white as then the red and white will stand out. Any brilliant ideas??
https://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee282/xxnicxxjd/xxnicxxjd001/cake2.jpg

 

[FlowerFairy]

Actually doesnt matter, I just found a tutuorial xx

 

[jenkins]

Actually doesnt matter, I just found a tutuorial xx

Yay glad you found a tutorial. That is definitely one of those cakes that looks easy peasy and then has you sobbing into your apron at 3 in the morning lol

Or maybe that's just me lol

 

[CakeCottage]

Here's my latest...

 

[CakeCottage]

And another...

 

[FlowerFairy]

Actually doesnt matter, I just found a tutuorial xx

Yay glad you found a tutorial. That is definitely one of those cakes that looks easy peasy and then has you sobbing into your apron at 3 in the morning lol

Or maybe that's just me lol

No that's me exactly haha X

 

[jenkins]

Brilliant cake cottage! I love the Vegas one in particular

 

[Jaysmummy]

Can I join ladies??

I'm thinking about starting off basics, and doing just cupcakes to start off.

Any tips or advice?

 

[jenkins]

Can I join ladies??

I'm thinking about starting off basics, and doing just cupcakes to start off.

Any tips or advice?

Hi welcome

Was there anything in particular you were wanting to know?

I can honestly say cupcakes aren't really my forte but just because I prefer to do big cakes but I'll help if I can

Emma xx

 

[CakeCottage]

Same here, I get a bit bored doing cupcakes xx

 

[Jaysmummy]

I'm just starting out so anything that would help me?

From baking the cupcake to piping the topping, anything in particular I should make sure I do or don't do?

Xx

 

[lj2245]

I love making cupcakes. I like to get as many different piping nozzles as I can get my hands on and just experiment with piping techniques.

Here's some I did in a rose design with a Wilton 2D nozzle for a customer order

 

[lj2245]

And a giant cupcake...

 

[lj2245]

And here's a giant minion

 

[daneuse27]

I am no professional at all, but would love to be one day.
I made a simple giant cupcake a few weeks ago for my daughter's cakesmash, and made a 3-tier fondant birthday cake for her party a few days ago.

The cake is a bit sloppy, but I was working on a wooden table and it seemed no matter how much flour I used, the fondant never wanted to come off. Wax tablecloth seems much better to work on..