Cake Making & Baking Group

[nuttymummy]

flower fairy fab flip flop cake!! u did a brilliant job recreating it! have you done the surfboards now?

heather i LOVE that cake!! its so pretty! i also love the cupcake
it looks so neat and perfect!

ok well heres my farm that i didnt really have the motivation to do, but its finished.
also got some england themed cupcakes here too but cant post pics till 2moro.

just wanted a simple farm cake....the more i put on the less i liked it so i stuck with just a few animals and it works so much better!!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs313.ash1/27812_403714971925_188177171925_4269304_7701917_n.jpg

 

[KrisKitten]

Oooh another q,
how do you get your models so smotth without any cracks?
I always have at least one crack..and its so much worse when i colour them myself but to buy all of the diff colours seperatly for some models would cost a fortune!
Tips? xxxx

 

[waiting_on_#3]

great cake tracey, my little boy is sat here saying 'I want THAT cake!'

 

[caz & bob]

nice cake xxxx

 

[nuttymummy]

kris, when rolling th ball between your hands, press down as hard as the ball will let u and keep rolling really tightly till they disappear.
if that doesnt work, your fondant is probably too dry and you can try rolling it with a slight little bit of trex on your hands.......it will make the ball shiny though.
xx

 

[KrisKitten]

stupid question time...whats trex and where can i get it?
xxx

 

[nuttymummy]

trex is veg fat.
u can get it from tescos and asda.....it will be close to the butter somewhere xx

 

[FlowerFairy]

flower fairy fab flip flop cake!! u did a brilliant job recreating it! have you done the surfboards now?

heather i LOVE that cake!! its so pretty! i also love the cupcake
it looks so neat and perfect!

ok well heres my farm that i didnt really have the motivation to do, but its finished.
also got some england themed cupcakes here too but cant post pics till 2moro.

just wanted a simple farm cake....the more i put on the less i liked it so i stuck with just a few animals and it works so much better!!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs313.ash1/27812_403714971925_188177171925_4269304_7701917_n.jpg

Yeah I did the surf boards but didnt take another Pic!
Thanks. That cake is amazing!!!!!

 

[sam*~*louize]

Fab Kris!! I love it!

Girls, be honest, do you think I overpriced my christening cake?
Here it is...

https://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz112/SiggyStoreUK/jacs%20blinkies/fabrics/zzz.jpg
https://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz112/SiggyStoreUK/jacs%20blinkies/fabrics/zzzz.jpg

Everything is hand made by me, have it up for £65...

what do you think?

Awesome as I said on MSN, even better it says Layla
Lovely cupcakes as ever, the Lily ones! THe farm cake is wicked! Ohh and round here you would not get a 2 tier for £46 !

 

[pinkmummy]

Ok a quicky from me.

How much would you expect to pay for the following:

10 inch cake dummy
7 inch cake dummy
2kg regalice
12 inch drum cake board

Reason I ask is I have been using a new cake shop that is closer to home. But I went for my second time buying from there and the first time I thought it was expensive but put it down to me not knowning how much the things actually were I was buying.

Help would be greatly appreciated xx

 

[xxxjacxxx]

Ok a quicky from me.

How much would you expect to pay for the following:

10 inch cake dummy
7 inch cake dummy
2kg regalice
12 inch drum cake board

Reason I ask is I have been using a new cake shop that is closer to home. But I went for my second time buying from there and the first time I thought it was expensive but put it down to me not knowning how much the things actually were I was buying.

Help would be greatly appreciated xx

My local cake shop is more expensive then the internet so I tend to buy from the net. Stuff like regular coloured fondant I pay about £2.46 for 500g, so x's that by 4.

My cake dummies I get from here https://myworld.ebay.co.uk/devon-polystyrene-services-ltd/ it works out cheaper if you buy a few.

Hope this helps kel

 

[pinkmummy]

Thanks hun so would probably be around £15. I got charged £22! Scandelous really! Definately won't he going anymore. Will just order off the net and pay postage xx

 

[xxxjacxxx]

wow do you

I buy my fondant from the cake shop in town as it usually costs more off the net once youve added p&p on...ive only ever bought unusual colours off the net.

 

[xxxjacxxx]

Girls, where can I get some smaller alphabet cutters from? I'm not clever with the old piping but my clikstix and tappits are too big for blocks etc....
https://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz112/SiggyStoreUK/nappies/boy.jpg

 

[KrisKitten]

Beautiful cake hun!!

 

[xxxjacxxx]

Thanks Kris..will do your siggy shortly x

 

[nuttymummy]

great cake jac!! xxx love it x

 

[Jo]

I've made a cake
I thought I would have a bit of a practise as I have decided to make an England flag one for next weekend, should be easy enough really but I have never really covered a cake before so though I would have a mess about on a small cake
https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/jodielou/cakes%20and%20stuff/f469eca0.jpg

I don't have any small cake tins so I used a sweetcorn tin
I don't think it is too bad as I don't have a smoother or anything so just blagged it, also my white was a left over so think it had dried a bit I had to do 2 layers.

 

[Arlandria]

I've made a cake
I thought I would have a bit of a practise as I have decided to make an England flag one for next weekend, should be easy enough really but I have never really covered a cake before so though I would have a mess about on a small cake
https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/jodielou/cakes%20and%20stuff/f469eca0.jpg

I don't have any small cake tins so I used a sweetcorn tin
I don't think it is too bad as I don't have a smoother or anything so just blagged it, also my white was a left over so think it had dried a bit I had to do 2 layers.

Thats fab! Must be something about stars as I also never covered a cake before and Ive done my first cake too

My sponge dipped though :s practice i suppose!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs525.snc3/29861_414417807224_516032224_4010585_5715683_n.jpg

A few questions:

1) How long will a cake usually last for?
2) When i was doing the icing piping thingy, the consistency wasnt very thick so it wouldnt go how i wanted, do I just add more icing sugar?

Thank you xx

 

[taperjeangirl]

hiya girls!

Fantastic cakes!!

here is the roulette cake, was for a friends brother in law and they had dinner for him at an Italian restaurant in town and now the owner wants a cake too!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs526.snc3/29915_436288650878_620555878_5678270_2527072_n.jpg
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs546.snc3/29915_436288660878_620555878_5678271_3900787_n.jpg