Cake Making & Baking Group

[pinkmummy]

I just bought £30 worth of stash off eBay OH is gonna kill me!

Can't pay for them until Wednesday really either xx

 

[Jo]

i know yeah...who actually buys them from her at that price!!!! sheesh thats alot! LOL

i just take pics of cakes in my front room LOL im limited to take them anywhere else really....though i love it when people send me pics back from a wedding.....i could kiss the photographer who took this pic:
it makes my cake look quite professional LOL
https://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs095.snc3/16270_188195491925_188177171925_2980204_1342948_n.jpg

ive got a SLR though n currently learning how to use it, so ill hopefully get better pictures myself!!

Oh that is just amazing!!!

i tried taking my own once (maisie fantaisie) style...with a patterned background:
https://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs115.snc3/16270_188222896925_188177171925_2980449_4688882_n.jpg

the wallpaper behind is my front room wallpaper!! LOL

That is brilliant, I love it

and here is my birthday cake, if youve not seen it on FB

https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/14100_10150163152915651_559095650_1.jpg
https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/jakscooby/14100_10150163152920651_559095650_1.jpg

Nice and simple to start!

Jacs I am in awe

 

[Jo]

Well I have just got back from Costco with some supplies
https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/jodielou/a40f480a.jpg
The Icing is 3kg and Caster sugar 5kg just in case you can't see the sizes right

I've just put some in and am still with the Orange choc theme until I get some more flavours and colours etc... and have a look through my book.

I'm doing plain sponge with choc chips and Orange extract, I'm swaying on what icing to do though

 

[pinkmummy]

I think I need a trip to makro when I get paid on friday lol. I would do a chocolate buttercrean jo xx

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

ooooh i love going to macro!!

 

[Jo]

I need to get OH to ask work for a Macro card I think, OH was pointing out these HUGE tubs of coloured icing to me, even if i was professional cake maker extrodinaire I would never get through that lot!!!

I think I will do Chocolate, I'm dying to do a 2 tone icing, I kknow you all swear by Sugar flair but which is the best, the liquid or the paste?
I keep looking longingly at the craft company website

Is that where you all get your bits and bobs from?

 

[helz81]

I just done an Asda order and dunno if you know but the betty crocker tubs of frostings are just £1 each! I'm sure there usually about £1.80? xx

 

[xxxjacxxx]

I need to get OH to ask work for a Macro card I think, OH was pointing out these HUGE tubs of coloured icing to me, even if i was professional cake maker extrodinaire I would never get through that lot!!!

I think I will do Chocolate, I'm dying to do a 2 tone icing, I kknow you all swear by Sugar flair but which is the best, the liquid or the paste?
I keep looking longingly at the craft company website

Is that where you all get your bits and bobs from?

I did orange flavour buttercream, just added a few drops of orange essence and turned it a light orange colour was yummy.

I have a macro card...you shouldnt have told me that Jo....Im gonna be itching to get there now! I have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much stuff now...have the two bottom shelves of a double cupboard full of ingredients, 3 tins full of stuff on my worktop and a cupboard full of bowls/pans/trays anybody would swear I was a pro, the amount of stuff I have.

 

[Whoppy-pop]

Jac I love that cake, so pretty and girly!

I can't believe the price of those Maisie whoever cakes! I almost died on the spot! Not being funny but even I could make this one with organic bits for less than £40!
https://www.maisiefantaisie.co.uk/chocolate-trio-birthday-cake.html

Would it be ok for me to join that FB group? I'd love to see more pics? I'll request to join so you know who I am.

 

[taperjeangirl]

LOL! I am going to choose a Maisie Fantasie cake and try to replicate it, organic etc and see how much it costs in comparison to hers!

Whats your 1st name whoppy and I'll see if I can find you on the list waiting to be accepted!
Theres a few there and I dont recognise any of them so am leaving them for one of the other girls to accept!

 

[Whoppy-pop]

I'm Lisa and my Profile pic is of my DD Amelia wearing a monsoon dress (pinky purple, white and blue) peeking out from behind a garish walker!

 

[taperjeangirl]

found you

 

[nuttymummy]

jac....your cake is AMAZING u did so so well!!!! youve put alot of work into that and u matched the candle perfectly!!! it looks ace! well done!

granny Jo.....i have that cupcake book!! i dont use the recipes though...just the flavour ideas!! LOL

o yes i forgot to say your right....betty crocker stuff is on offer at £1 a tub at asda...its usually £1.80+ go stock up girls

expensive hobby isnt it!!

snowball....i wanted a camera lens that was £350...i opted for 2 cheaper ones though LOL

also im scared of buying those softboxes...i never know if my cakes are guna fit in there!! LOL

 

[Georgie90]

Morning Everyone

I was up till 12.45 making chocolate cupcakes for my friends 19th Birthday on Thursday last night! I didn’t get in from work till 8.30 so by the time I had dinner and got started! I done chocolate cupcakes with chocolate butter cream, topped with Rolos, Smarties, Malteasers and Minstrels. Shes a bit of a choccie monster! I didn’t take a picture as I couldn’t locate my camera but I will do it tonight!

I also keep forgetting to upload all my pictures! I really need to bring the memory card into work and ill do it from here as our home ones so slow!

Annnnyway! Jaq…your cakes amazing! Well Done!! Im crapping myself about doing the cookie monster ones, hoping to do them this weekend though, as I need to go and buy the stuff first!

So I need to buy stuff for and bake:

1. Cookie Monster Muffins – friends 20th
2. Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing and Pink Polka Dots – Mums Birthday
3. Blue Iced cupcakes with a pink sugar flower – Friends 20th

I asked a few questions a few pages back but think they got missed :donno:

1. Do you use glace icing or royal icing on your cupcakes?
2. Does anyone know how to make a bow out of fondant?


xxxx

 

[xxxjacxxx]

uhmm...girls..Ive not had a request for the FB page

 

[pinkmummy]

uhmm...girls..Ive not had a request for the FB page

I sent you one didn't I Jac? If not I will send one now I'm sure I sent you one!! xx

 

[pinkmummy]

It won't let me send you one Jac as I've already sent you one! x

 

[Jo]

I did orange flavour buttercream, just added a few drops of orange essence and turned it a light orange colour was yummy.

I have a macro card...you shouldnt have told me that Jo....Im gonna be itching to get there now!

Yeah Think I am gonna do 1/2 orange and 1/2 Chocolate, see how I get on, I wasn't sure if the extract would turn it coloured.

Get to Macro

granny Jo.....i have that cupcake book!! i dont use the recipes though...just the flavour ideas!! LOL

I was reading it last night ( with OH chuckling next to me talking about some obsession or other )

I think I will just adapt the recipes with what I already know, I can't be putting 70% chocolate and stuff in all the time and would just get confused using SR Plain and bicarb etc...

Oh and just weighing the stuff for my buttercream and my battery has died on my scales!!!! So not happy, they are so hard to get hold of!! so having to guesstimate a bit

 

[pinkmummy]

I ordered this amogst my other things yesterday

https://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=2A9AFACA-423B-522D-F5C6F759E9566956

 

[Jo]

I ordered this amogst my other things yesterday

https://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=2A9AFACA-423B-522D-F5C6F759E9566956

Thats the one I have my eye on, think I may place an order when I get paid tomorrow