Cake Making & Baking Group

[pinkmummy]

They look lovely Gem! Well done!! xx

 

[Glitterfairy]

Love the giant cupcake! Fab

 

[KrisKitten]

lovely cupcakes xxx

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

lovely cakes!! i really fancy doing a cupcake cake!

have any of you girls heard of steaming your cakes after they have been decorated? im watching a cake programme at the min and they seem to steam all of their cakes after they have been decorated?

 

[Jo]

Gem they look fantastic

lovely cakes!! i really fancy doing a cupcake cake!

have any of you girls heard of steaming your cakes after they have been decorated? im watching a cake programme at the min and they seem to steam all of their cakes after they have been decorated?

never heard of that, it sounds a bit mental

what programme are you watching?

 

[KrisKitten]

steam them? xxx

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

yeah they steam it to look shiny

its cake boss

i will see if i can find something on you tube

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ-fR_oa1Hs&feature=related

 

[kimbobaloobob]

wow

 

[Jo]

very WOW!!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

i am watching the whole first season at the min all of the cakes are absolutely amazing!!

i have got lots of ideas!

 

[Gwizz]

Hi girls!

Dont know if this has already been discussed but your thread is massive!!! lol

I have a question, On bens christening cake was a train made of icing. I still have this train in a sealed plastic tub, is there anyway of keeping this 'forever' by varnishing or some other way of preserving the train?

Any tips??

 

[KrisKitten]

im pretty sure it should last forever anyway as the sugar preserves it i think xxx

 

[taperjeangirl]

i have a sugar turtle from my 14 yr olds 1st birthday cake and it is still fine!! Think they will last forever as long as you keep them from moisture

 

[Eoz]

Yes I just bubble wrap and put in a small box.I have a ornament from 10 yrs ago and it is ok

 

[waiting_on_#3]

kim
How about you come my way and ill greet you with a cake? lol
Im gonna do some for the meet anyway
I was really pleased with the butterflys
A real pain in the backside to stick on though
and lol Lara ate Peppa Pig!! The only thing left was half of her red body and a pilt of toothpicks
poor poor Peppa
Anyone got any tips on doing a carved cake? xxx

With regards to the carved cake, the only tips I have are to use a fairly firm cake mix (madeira is usually best) as it holds its shape better and won't just disintergrate, use a serrated edged knife and break the final cake down into segments and 'build' it using a range of different shaped carved cakes (I really don't know if i'm explaining myself very well here!), rather than carving the cake as a whole, many of the cakes by Debbie Brown show you a good method of how to do this. Also crumb coating once carved is a must!
HTH xx

 

[Blah11]

lovely cakes!! i really fancy doing a cupcake cake!

have any of you girls heard of steaming your cakes after they have been decorated? im watching a cake programme at the min and they seem to steam all of their cakes after they have been decorated?

I steam mine with the iron Gives it a nice 'shine' and gets rid of any excess icing sugar.

 

[Gwizz]

Thanks girls, just thought Id check

Keep up the gorgeous cake making!

XXXXX

 

[taperjeangirl]

haha id be too scared that id get too close and my cake would melt!!

 

[waiting_on_#3]

haha id be too scared that id get too close and my cake would melt!!

That's what I was thinking!