Cake Making & Baking Group

[Blah11]

Is that Daisy?! how did she manage that?! + I love how you go get the camera instead of rescuing her

 

[taperjeangirl]

LOL yeah thats her! No idea how she managed it! I went through and said "what are you doing?!" and she just started laughing so I went to get the camera!!

She sat there for ages then just lifted it off herself!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

OMG how funny is that!!! i wud of been in stitches!!

 

[lyndsey3010]

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

It's something like 1:3 fat:icing i think

for the piping, what fat do you use???? ive just used butter and suprise suprise it just turned my colour green instead of blue.

 

[taperjeangirl]

I use kerrygold butter for mine, it's quite a pale butter so not so greeny icing!


Am I the only one who is spending an absolute fortune on cutters? Everytime I am online I am looking for new ones!

 

[Blah11]

I use kerrygold butter for mine, it's quite a pale butter so not so greeny icing!


Am I the only one who is spending an absolute fortune on cutters? Everytime I am online I am looking for new ones!

I use that too


+ no omg, i cant believe the price of cutters! You can make your own out of lasagna pans u know ;o

 

[taperjeangirl]

lasagne pans? Do tell!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

Woooo hoooo finished it this afternoon , what do yous think??

 

[BlackBerry25]

Looks amazing!!

 

[ani]

Just found this thread and i start by seeing Daisy & the box
That's just made my morning!!!!

And Pinksnowball that looks fantastic!

 

[Blah11]

lasagne pans? Do tell!

https://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/CookieCutters.htm

 

[Blah11]

Woooo hoooo finished it this afternoon , what do yous think??

Wow thats REALLY good, welldone!

 

[Blah11]

I have a carrot cake in the fridge waiting on the buttercream to crust then I'll be attempting my 1st fondant covering! Wish me luck haha, I need it.




EDIT - well im glad I did a practise run! Defo harder than it looks. I smoothed and smoothed but still got some bumpy bits so I'm gonna do 2 coats of B.C. with the birthday cake and I'm gonna have to make them really flat ontop because I have an odd sort of dome shaped cake and it looks like its leaning to one side a bit. Makes me wonder if I'll be better off doing a smaller but taller cake? I'm gonna cover the cakeboard too because it was a nightmare trying to cut the fondant under the cake! Also got some cracking but i think its jst beacuse the fondant dried out a little bit, I had been playing with it a few nights back and covered it in clingfilm Wont be a problem with the final product because I have new regalice professional still in the packaging.

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

i LOVE carrot cake, have never been able to make one though!

 

[lyndsey3010]

Great job pinksnowball!!

Blah good luck! My parents are getting their ceilings replastered at the moment and as a random thought I wondered if plasterers would make good icers!! My OH said only if the cake was 20'x20'!! Now there's an idea...........

 

[taperjeangirl]

Pinksnowball That cake is fab! Well done!

Blah, how did you get on with it in the end? I have decided on a smaller base cake for Daisy, I was getting a bit adventurous I think and was planning on a 12" topped with a 10", Now it will be an 8" with a 6"..... A mini stack!

Daisy is away with her Daddy for the day so I am planning on making a lemon sponge with vanilla buttercream and lemon curd.

Then onto a plain white icing with the dreaded stripes and some hearts and stars (got some more new cutters this morning!!)

 

[taperjeangirl]

lasagne pans? Do tell!

https://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/CookieCutters.htm

LOL interesting but no! Seems too much hassle, I got some really cute sets of cutters off ebay ....

a set of 3 stars, set of 3 hearts and set of 3 cartoon shape daisies, each set was on £1.39! Bargain!

 

[Blah11]

yes thats what i thought.. too much trouble!

was ok in the end actually. had leftover fondant so made some flowers but they look a bit naf and too thick and floppy so def gonna stick to using flower paste for the flowers!

Only a week to go until the birthday so im gonna start making my sugar flowers tonight i think.

Stripes are a nightmare! everytime I cut them really equal, they go all stretched by the time i get them onto the cake. I'm doing an 8" and a 10" + I'm doing a lemon sponge with lemon curd and vanilla buttercream on the 10" and a vanilla sponge with vanilla b.c. and jam for the top tier.

 

[Blah11]

https://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

hilarious! We're all fab compared to some 'proffessional' bakers out there!

This is my fav..

inspiration..
https://bp2.blogger.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SHaFrGQaEnI/AAAAAAAAAIs/Lseu0imY8CE/s320/uglydress_1996_2326893.jpg


cake they got..
https://bp2.blogger.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SHaF9GWOC4I/AAAAAAAAAI8/eVrBa-Q9ls8/s400/drunk+plaid.jpg

can't believe a baker would have the cheek to deliver a wedding cake that looked like that!