Cake Making & Baking Group

[suzanne108]

Has anyone ever used vite-a-!lite for baking or making buttercream?

 

[kimbobaloobob]

Has anyone ever used vite-a-!lite for baking or making buttercream?

yeah, i have to as my nephews lactosintoletant, all mine turn out fine

 

[Jo]

jac, most shops (for cupcakes) START at 2.50 a cupcake

(this is just how i work mine out) id say £1 for a bare cupcake with frosting then extra for your fondant/time etc for making the flowers
the 8" bare sponge would cost, about £20-£25 coz youve obviously got a cake boards there etc.
does she know that for certain flowers u need flower picks for them as some can be poisonous or change the taste of the cake if inserted? xx
good luck!!

andrea, u must be MENTAL for taking that challenge on!! LOL OH would go mad if i did that ha ha

booth...hes a very lucky boy!!

ok well i suppose i better post this dreaded paint tin.....not happy with it but not much i could do for the icing...it just WOULDNT go on right!! on the plus side...my ladder dried out in time!! LOL
customer loved it though...

and get this, they bought a £5 cake from asda as a 'joke' cake so he didnt know he was getting a 'proper' one....just goes to show how crap asda cakes are!! they are bought as a joke!!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs229.snc4/38813_413210173322_509248322_4623723_5381730_n.jpg

Wow that looks fabulous, well done you xx

 

[Boothh]

got some bits from sainburys so gunna make some cupcakes later but were off to the park now

 

[suzanne108]

Has anyone ever used vite-a-!lite for baking or making buttercream?

yeah, i have to as my nephews lactosintoletant, all mine turn out fine

Thanks thats why I need to use it. My LO is lactose intolerant so thought it'd be nice to give her a little taste of cake (naughty mummy!)

My 1M nozzle came today - can't wait to get started now! Just need to find the time!

Tsia - got your 1M too - will PM you later

 

[kimbobaloobob]

Has anyone ever used vite-a-!lite for baking or making buttercream?

yeah, i have to as my nephews lactosintoletant, all mine turn out fine

Thanks thats why I need to use it. My LO is lactose intolerant so thought it'd be nice to give her a little taste of cake (naughty mummy!)

My 1M nozzle came today - can't wait to get started now! Just need to find the time!

Tsia - got your 1M too - will PM you later

my sister has two lactos children now so we have to be super careful, but it is suprising what they can have, the youngest (6 months) has bourbons instead of rusks and the older one (3) loves how he has his own 'special lukey food'

 

[nuttymummy]

mmmm bourbons LOL dont get me started on those LOL

 

[Boothh]

vanilla cupcakes in the oven so get to test out new nozzles oo we will see how they turn out haha xx

 

[Tsia]

Has anyone ever used vite-a-!lite for baking or making buttercream?

yeah, i have to as my nephews lactosintoletant, all mine turn out fine

Thanks thats why I need to use it. My LO is lactose intolerant so thought it'd be nice to give her a little taste of cake (naughty mummy!)

My 1M nozzle came today - can't wait to get started now! Just need to find the time!

Tsia - got your 1M too - will PM you later

Thanks suzanne cant wait!

I tried out my homemade large plastic nozzle today on some mini cupcakes..
didnt do too bad either!
bet the 1m is really good!


https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image0754.jpg

its amazing what you can achieve when you have the right tools! lol

 

[Tsia]

OK!! I have had an idea.. you lot will think I am crazy.. but theres no way I am paying for a fruit cake for mylos christening at the blimmin prices they are quoting me- even UNDECORATED!

SO... I am gonna cheat. lol
I bought 5 slabs of genoa cake..(fruit cake to me is really heavy) and I'm gonna stick them together with apricot preserve, trim them up.. and ice them over with one piece ready rolled icing for £2. each slab was a £1! an iced fruit cake for seven quid? cant beat that eh? lol .. better than £50!!

I'll decorate it with characters, my letters and organza ribbon .. give it the works, they'll never tell!! haha

now.. my question is.. how shall I lay the SLABS OF CAKE out to make them into one christening cake?

like this?...>>>> https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image0736.jpg
(with middle one trimmed down flat) this shape seems better..




or like this?.. >>>>> https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image0735.jpg
(easier to ice plus rouns edge at top of cake) this makes the shape longer and taller.

haha.. go on laugh.. I am a CHEAT!!

OK GIRLS!!! further to my original idea about the Genoa..
when can I ice it as one big cake do you think?

the best before date is 6th October 2010. Christening in mid August.

Can I decorate now? its Genoa cake not fruit. Does the icing kind of seal it? I have a large cupcake to make and 45 minis two days before so dont really have time to do the big one aswell. Can I do it this week?vthe christening is 3 weeks away !


Trouble is I want to get cracking with it just incase it goes tits up! otherwise I'll be panicking.
lol
or shall I wait til the week before?

 

[suzanne108]

Tsia the cupcakes look fab! Well done on making your own nozzle

 

[Boothh]

first go of the 1m nozzle

https://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz173/boothh/38748_417149452372_724422372_5279839_6799961_n.jpg

 

[Arlandria]

WOW, they are lovely!! Well done! xx

 

[KrisKitten]

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs101.ash2/38374_446632210699_588895699_6566314_4479240_n.jpg
My friends birthday cake - i was really pleased with it, its the first cake i've done with no bumps, creases or air bubbles

 

[Glitterfairy]

Fantastic cakes ladies

 

[Tsia]

great nozzle use!!

and nice cake! how do you get the character to sit upright? is it re-inforced with a cocktail stick?

 

[KrisKitten]

Its fondant mixed in with some gum trag, i had 4 bits of tooth pic in it (about 1cm long) to hold the head to the body and body to the legs along with some edible glue - then i let it dry leaning against a little pot xxxx

 

[Tsia]

i cant get the hang of this big cupcake decorating.. I am ok with mini's, but the normal size ones look a mess! used morrissons own vanillla frosting.. its dryer than betty crockers but melts faster. used it out the fridge.. and it tastes better, like ice cream!

i drizzled some blue icing over them i made last week.. cos I am still practicing for mylos christening,, ivory blue and silver theme with stars. these have white choc stars on for now but final design will have blue ones.

but not happy with the big ones so i guess i'll keep at it. :S


https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image0755.jpg

 

[sma1588]

well i did my cake and cupcakes today and i was very happy with them both.i had soooo many compliments on my cake. although it kept falling apart before i did the fondant, but i piced it togather with frosting and coverd it and no 1 knew! i will post pix 2 morrow

 

[Tsia]

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LOOK AT THIS!!!!!


https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250666873373&_trksid=p2759.l1259

WHAT A GREAT IDEA !!!!!

Do you think its tacky if i have an image of mylo on each cupcake for his party?