Cake Making & Baking Group

[taperjeangirl]

https://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

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

This is my fav..

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

Bloody hell!!! I'd be gutted!

 

[taperjeangirl]

Ok.... so here is cake number 3!! It is a lemon sponge with lemon curd and vanilla buttercream filling.

Kind of pleased with it, although I used the ready rolled icing and it wasn'tbig enough so I had to roll it out more so it wasn't thick enough to give a really smooth edge.
Then there was the duck egg blue stripe! Argh!

Button & Flower Cake!

The chaos that is making buttons and flowers!
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The cake
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I am attempting my 1st stacked cake next, going to do a chocolate bottom layer then lemon on top.
Simple white cake with white flowers, wedding style!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

wow i like that!!

 

[Blah11]

Good job Taper, I love the button idea!



I've started making my flowers for my mums cake.. her birthday is Thurs! I've done 10 of the smaller daisies, made them yellow. Doing 6 red medium ones, and 4 large sunflowers for the top Also going to Tesco to get the ingredients I need for my cakes and I need a few 10" pans.

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

i honestly dont think i will need to buy another cake pan EVER

i bought loads off a lady that was emigrating

we have a full set (10) i think of round, square, hexagon, octagon, some heart ones , clover ones , star ones and loads of wilton shaped tins!

 

[Blah11]

tesco didnt have any! any ideas where i could get a 10"?

 

[taperjeangirl]

Our Morrisons has just got a load of all different sizes tins in, do you have one of them?

 

[taperjeangirl]

I got mine off ebay but do you have time to order online? When is the birthday?

 

[Blah11]

Thurs! Want to make it on Weds though so no time for online stuff I'm sure I'l find somewhere that sells lots of diff sizes. I'll try Morrisons, Asda and Sainsburys tomorrow and if not, I'll go to John Lewis on Tues.

 

[saraendepity]

do you have a hobbycraft nearby?? they stock loads!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Blah11]

Yep I went to Hobbycraft yday Got a few bits and bobs, more glue and sugarpaste and a cake leveler. Making the final cake tomorrow Wish me luck, I need it

 

[taperjeangirl]

Good luck!! Can't wait to see the result I am sure it will be fab!

 

[BlackBerry25]

All your cakes have been looking great Andrea!
You have inspired me to get my ass into gear and I am gonna go out tonight and get some cake stuff to practice Helena's. I have only got a month and a couple weeks, I better get on it!

 

[saraendepity]

in need of some advice ladies.... its my mums 50th at the end of oct and oh's mums on the same day and wanna make them cakes.... i wanna do a patchwork type for my mum with a needle sticking in if poss and dunno what for oh's mum yet thing is i've never really decorated before!!! what do i need and anyone got any tips/ideas for a patchwork decoration and needle/thread??????????

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

if you google patch work cake and look in google images there are some lovely cakes cant find one with a needle and thread though

 

[saraendepity]

i have done that but didnt find anything ....ah actually it was a yahoo search will try google now.........

 

[saraendepity]

right i've found a cake i'm gonna try -



obviously only on tier and without the woman ontop.... what will i need to do this?? sorry for all the q's i'm a total novice!! also what can i do to make sre my cake isnt totally wonky on the top - every cake i bake is totally wonky how doyou all do it?????????

sara

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[Blah11]

right i've found a cake i'm gonna try -

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obviously only on tier and without the woman ontop.... what will i need to do this?? sorry for all the q's i'm a total novice!! also what can i do to make sre my cake isnt totally wonky on the top - every cake i bake is totally wonky how doyou all do it?????????

sara

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omg that looks hard I dunno how you'd get the fondant all diff colours

Get a cake leveler or just cut off the wonky bit so it's flat

 

[taperjeangirl]

right i've found a cake i'm gonna try -

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obviously only on tier and without the woman ontop.... what will i need to do this?? sorry for all the q's i'm a total novice!! also what can i do to make sre my cake isnt totally wonky on the top - every cake i bake is totally wonky how doyou all do it?????????

sara

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omg that looks hard I dunno how you'd get the fondant all diff colours

Get a cake leveler or just cut off the wonky bit so it's flat

OOoo it looks fun to make though!

On first glance I think I would mix the main colour for the fondant cut them into small squares then sort of mould it flatter with your fingers to get the not so perfect square look iykwim?

Then I would just pipe on all the different dots and stripes. If you don't want to buy piping nozzles you can buy it all ready made in a tube .

Also you would probably have to work quite fast with the fondant so it doesn't dry out. I would mix up the different colours and wrap them in clingfilm and open to use a certain colour then wrap it back up quickly!

Let us know how you get on!

 

[taperjeangirl]

Blah how are you getting on doll? xx