Cake Making & Baking Group

[nuttymummy]

jac, i did a football with model on top:
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs292.ash1/21956_306655636925_188177171925_3489769_4542454_n.jpg

exciting news about wedding cakes...but scary at the same time, they are probably...well ARE the most nerve racking ones to make! i had a curved smoother...dont use it though as u need to put a roll of fondant around the top of the cake (underneath your top layer) so get a smooth rounded edge, if u dont, when smoothing, the edge of the smoother leaves ridges on the top and bottom!! its a nightmare!
great opportunity though!

great sesame st cake!! im doing cookie monster soon

boothh ha ha ive done that a few times....looks like a big flat crusty cookie on the top
practice makes perfect though! bet the next ones will be great!

ive finished my 'flushed away' cake, adam laughs at the slug everytime he walks past it LOL will post once its been picked up.

OMG the tank is FANTASTIC!! well done, i just love the dog tags n camouflage idea!

 

[Eoz]

^^^ you did thin black patches? Jac was struggling how to do them.It looks fab!

Jac awesome chance and I agree ask the lady retiring for tips but i'd get a dummy cake and practise my socks off x

 

[nuttymummy]

yeah just stuck the black on!!

jac try practicing with real cakes...polystyrene ones are always smooth, the same height etc every single time...yet cakes can come out all different shapes, so it will give u more practice on how to get them level each time etc
xx

 

[Georgie90]

Hello all my beautiful girls!

I have had a busy cakey weekend. Made some chocolate cupcakes for my friends 20th that I was massively massively proud off there is a photo in my journal. However, I made 16 cupcakes for my best friends sister (and my sisters best friend-but that’s another story ) However, I ran out of piping bags, the whole thing was a disaster start to finish. She is coming to pick them up this morning, but I am quite embarrassed to give them to her

On a brighter note, I got another outside order yesterday, for jungle themed cupcakes. And I still have my accourdian shaped one for August…

xxx

 

[Tsia]

oh I am so jealous.. I wanna be able to make a nice cake. Every attempt is crap.. flat, burnt.. just awful.
I know I would be great at it cos I love creating dough models and stuff and could easily do the same with icing.. but havent a clue where to start.
My sons christening in 4 weeks and wish i could make his cake. x

 

[nuttymummy]

modelling with fondant isnt really as easy as modelling with playdough etc. it can start to droop or crack, BUT you can add tylo or gum trag to make it stiffer or more flexible!

Tsia have another practice! xx

 

[taperjeangirl]

argh, im having a bad cake day!

All going wrong and the kitchen is so hot the fondant is practically melting in my hands!

ive stuck a fan in there and stepped away for a while!

 

[nuttymummy]

o no...i hate those days andrea! LOL
not going too well here either...cake has been in for an hour and 15 mins and its still not done yet! LOL

 

[taperjeangirl]

i kept meaning to ask how your oven was behaving!!

 

[nuttymummy]

lol its a pain...sometimes it will work...other times it takes MUCH longer....totally hit n miss each time!! abit like our hot water tap here too! LOL

 

[Jo]

*head=Desk* shit shit shit, it is now 11 and I meant to make about 40 cupcakes this morning, distrcted by my doughnut of a daughters homework ( now read that as My homework)
Jack is at school in an hour and I am out this afternoon, I can see me having a busy teatime/night!!!

and breathe!!

 

[Jo]

^^^ ha maybe I should have put that in rant thread

 

[taperjeangirl]

haha Jo! I'm sure you will get it all done in time!

 

[taperjeangirl]

ok here is the cake for MIL that has been pissing me off all morning!
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs201.snc4/38402_449962430878_620555878_6043763_4787530_n.jpg
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs221.snc4/38402_449962440878_620555878_6043765_2317121_n.jpg

Glad this one is done!

 

[candeur]

ok here is the cake for MIL that has been pissing me off all morning!
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs201.snc4/38402_449962430878_620555878_6043763_4787530_n.jpg
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs221.snc4/38402_449962440878_620555878_6043765_2317121_n.jpg

Glad this one is done!

That is stunning!

 

[candeur]

Hi girls
Just thought I'd put a few pics up in here... I've only made 3 cakes in the last fwe months and they havn't been the best...

My first cake with fondant - BMW cake for FIL -

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs282.snc3/27750_397770703263_514413263_4262329_6467678_n.jpg

2nd cake for SIL (I was disgustingly hungover doing this one, nearly dropped it and gave up several times so it turned into more of a throw together cake, lucky I was doing ti as a pressie lol)

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs282.snc3/27750_397770753263_514413263_4262334_2919574_n.jpg

Cake I made on sunday, for no other reason than I fancied some cake!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs100.snc4/36369_409770358263_514413263_4576421_6683405_n.jpg
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs059.snc4/35310_409770568263_514413263_4576426_2274096_n.jpg

I had a nightmare with the flower... Don't have any cutters so had to use a pizza cutter to make the shapes so they aren't the best.

 

[Glitterfairy]

That cake is so cute TJG and Candeur they are fab xxx

 

[waiting_on_#3]

argh!
I've just had the following message through facebook from a friend of mine who has seen quite a few of my cakes!

how much do you charge for your cakes ?
just got a slight problem its mums 50 th on friday having a small family party but been let down with the cake.......i know its really short notice but what would be the chance of you making me one hun xxxxx
just want her name and age on it really i will let you decide the decor !!

ok, so I know her name and she's obviously going to be 50, I don't really want to say no but what the bl**dy hell am I going to do for decoration?!
I've never had a last minute order like this before and can't think under pressure! The only thing I can think is to maybe do one of the parcel ones I have done before, but is that special enough for a 50th? Saying that I don't have an awful lot of time to mess about and I still have this 80th one with the tiger moth to do for next week...and there was I thinking it had gone quiet! That will teach me!
So any ideas greatfully received!

 

[waiting_on_#3]

Oh and lovely cake Andrea, love the colours! xx

 

[nuttymummy]

lovely cake andrea! bet shell love it!!

nice cakes... the last pink one looks dead yummy!

heather...id say u cant go wrong with a parcel cake...its got 'birthday party' written all over it!! pink n brown look nice together...as do brown n orange etc.