Cake Making & Baking Group

[FlowerFairy]

Hello!

Please could I join your group. I make cakes a lot, alothiugh nowhere near as good as you lot .
This is my latest for my cousins Birthday
https://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee282/xxnicxxjd/019-1.jpg

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

that looks great! love the colour of the blue

 

[FlowerFairy]

Here is another shot, plus the cupcakes I did!
https://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee282/xxnicxxjd/020-1.jpg
https://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee282/xxnicxxjd/021.jpg
https://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee282/xxnicxxjd/023.jpg

 

[FlowerFairy]

The thing i Struggle with the most is the fondant down the sides as it always creases as you can see in that pic!
I am better at Buttercream
https://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee282/xxnicxxjd/winnie.jpg

 

[Jo]

They are Brill FlowerFairy

Righto I'm doing it, placing an order with craft company

for colouring is paste or liquid better for the buttercream?

 

[FlowerFairy]

They are Brill FlowerFairy

Righto I'm doing it, placing an order with craft company

for colouring is paste or liquid better for the buttercream?

I use paste to colour buttercream and always need to add more Icing Sugar, but there might be better ideas!

 

[Georgie90]

finally...my pictures...

https://i42.tinypic.com/21aa7ut.jpg
https://i39.tinypic.com/2nvsbbp.jpg

and i requested to join!

xx

 

[Jo]

They look great Georgie

 

[polo_princess]

Lovely cakes Flowerfairy and Georgie

Georgie did you use frosting to cover the rose ones?

 

[Georgie90]

Royal Icing PP..xx

 

[katycam]

Anyone got a good choc frosting recipe or is it better to buy Betty Crocker ready made?
I made some more cupcakes yesterday with bright blue frosting, my fave ones so far

 

[nuttymummy]

hi guys! great cakes n cupcakes!!!

well done,

granny jo, i use paste colour x

n katycam...depend son personal preference a few people dont like butercream so sometimes i decorate with chocolate fudge YYYUUUUMMM or betty crocker vanilla icing (not the buttercream one) but there isnt too many people who dont like buttercream

 

[pinkmummy]

Just a question Tracey, do you pipe the choc fudge frosting on? I find it very thick and gloopy and haven't tried that yet but would love to with my chocolate cupcakes.

Is anyone here called Emma Thorn? Had a request for the group but don't know who it is off here xx

 

[xxxjacxxx]

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

I sent you a request lastnight Jac!

Sorry Kel. I forget about the 'requests' bit on my homepage Thanks for letting my mate join, dont worry shes just a nosey cow and I make her alot of my cakes...

https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/jodielou/b09d0d71.jpg

I'm getting there I think with my TTTE Icing bag
I've actually only got 5 left for us to eat as I have decided to take some in to work today, wish me luck

Gorgeous Jo!!
I need a new icing bag....I cant do the ones u make yourself and the big one I bought, my nozzle falls straight through!

Hiya
Iv requested to join the FB group...hope you dont mind
My names Kristina and my pic is the same as my avater on here...the 2 usually correspond lol
Any1 feel free to add me if you like as well
Well i did my carrot cake last night and all went well apart from the piping and cutting out letters!
Omg italics are a pain in the backside to get out o the cutter!!
And Tommy started screaming half way through doing th piping but as its glaze i had to finish then or it woulda been too late, which led to some horrible gloopy accidents and dollops
But apart from that not too awful...lol, This was meant to be a trial run for my stepmums bday cake, an exact replica apart from no flowers and i wrote 'Carrot Cake' instead of Happy Birthday
But here is the result:
https://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs498.snc3/27185_405026955699_588895699_5461326_4751574_n.jpg
https://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27185_405026960699_588895699_5461327_5358067_n.jpg
I did clean up the icing that dripped from under the swirls.
But yup, the frosting is cream cheese frosting tinted yellow and iv pressed crushed toasted walnuts around the side
Im hoping to try and make some cupcakes today but who knows lol...will post pics if i do
xxxxx

Fab Kris! You can tell youve really spent lots of time on that, and I love the idea of the crushed walnuts on the side! How doid you stick it on? Buttercream the sides and just push it on?

Just a question Tracey, do you pipe the choc fudge frosting on? I find it very thick and gloopy and haven't tried that yet but would love to with my chocolate cupcakes.

Is anyone here called Emma Thorn? Had a request for the group but don't know who it is off here xx

She's not one of my friends lol!

Ok made 2 cakes last night...Ive not tasted the mocha chocca on yet as its for my mate, Joanne (payment for babysitting today!) but my blueberry cake tastes a little bland...the parts where the blueberries are is nice but the rest is not tasting of much...did the recipe from the hummingbird book too....not impressed really.

will put pics up in a bit..

nothings been mentioned about all the various recipes/tequniques/links mentioned throughout the thread...I have trouble finding them again....Im happy to put them all on first post (done a few) if you's can help me with finding them?

 

[pinkmummy]

Might be an idea to add those recipes to the group too xx

 

[nuttymummy]

yeah i pipe the choc fudge straight on...its supposed to be thick so it keeps its shape....same for buttercream too.

 

[Blah11]

I think I'm the only one who prefers cupcakes with the frosting spread ontop instead of piped!

like this..

https://static.urbanpath.com/photos/london/hummingbird-cupcakes.jpg saves me a lot of hassle atleast

Think I'm going to make a plain old sponge cake with rasp jam and b/c! I just fancy some traditional cake

 

[Georgie90]

i like that Blah11

im not happy with my chocolate cupcakes so think im going to do them again tonight!

xx

 

[katycam]

I forgot to mention I found a cake and sugarcraft shop 5 minutes around the corner from my house happy happy happy. She said they loan out the 3d cake tins for 2.50 for 3 days and they have loads n loads of them!

 

[Jo]

I forgot to mention I found a cake and sugarcraft shop 5 minutes around the corner from my house happy happy happy. She said they loan out the 3d cake tins for 2.50 for 3 days and they have loads n loads of them!

Wow that is brilliant, I haven't a clue where my nearest cake shop is.