Cake Making & Baking Group

[KrisKitten]

lol Tsia,
those cupcakes look lovely GF - how did you do them in the end? xxx

 

[Glitterfairy]

Coconut sponge and chocolate and vanilla frosting with bournville cocoa powder and a bit of bounty on top and more coconut.

I was going to do a chocolate sponge but thought that might be a bit too chocolatey!

 

[KrisKitten]

Mmmmmmmmmm
Send me one?

xxx

 

[Glitterfairy]

Only 2 left!!!
I'm thinking of trying a malibu cupcake....what do you think?

 

[KrisKitten]

Yes!

 

[Glitterfairy]

Gonna try that with my SIL in a few weeks time i think.Hopefully they will be scrummy. x

 

[Tsia]

ok Mylos christening cake.. DONE!! haha
I am well chuffed with it. now just gotta make sure it keeps til sunday!

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(originally those slabs of Genoa but had a brain wave to do them in a cross instead)

 

[Glitterfairy]

Oh wow it's lovely.The little characters are adorable

 

[Arlandria]

WOW Tsia, thats fantastic!! Well done xxx

 

[KrisKitten]

Omg!! Tsia thats amazing!!!

 

[wtt :)]

very nice!!

 

[suzanne108]

Well done Tsia

And GF I neeeeeed a bounty cupcake, really need to stop looking at this thread if I want to stick to my diet!

 

[DonnaBallona]

hullo ladies

sorry to randomly gatecrash...but how do you make buttercream icing?!

iv tried to make it a few times...but sometimes its waaaaaaay too runny, and others the icing sugar 'beads'up when i mix it with the butter even when iv sieved it, so its lumpy...what am i doing wrong?

TIA xx

 

[Arlandria]

Hi Donnaballona,

I had a nightmare with my buttercream but now ive cracked it (i think) You need to be at least double + 1/2 your icing sugar to your butter. I find that using utterly butterly works best for me, but that personal choice. I usually do 100g butter and 250g icing sugar

Hope this helps and watch your kitchen aint too warm

 

[Jo]

There is a couple of buttercream recipes on the first page hun x

 

[Tsia]

I had another practice at cupcakes today and mini ones too using my new mini cupcake tin and theyre coming out nice and round like the bigger ones now! Lol

however.. I thought i would experiment and added green and red food colourings after sectioning off the cake mix into three.. And the green and plain looks good.. But the red was morrisons own and went grey!!!!!!
The green was thicker colouring by silverspoon. That came out a nice green.. Great for halloween!
But the red just is absolutely awful. Damn morrissons!

Partner is laughing his ass off currently calling them 'mould cakes'

 

[suzanne108]

Girlies don't know if its already been mentioned but B&M and Home & Bargains both have very cheap metal cupcake stands. I got one for £2.99 but not sure how many it holds - will check later.

And, I know Glitter will be impressed with this, B&M have a set of 2 cake tins with little cupcakes all over them for £1.99!

 

[Glitterfairy]

Oooh wowza! What's B&M?

I want them already and i haven't even seen them yet! LOL

 

[suzanne108]

B&M Bargains. Just remembered where you live, you're a bit limited aren't you? Damn

You can do a store finder on the website! But although the cake tins are good for £1.99 they aren't worth travelling miles for

 

[Glitterfairy]

LOL I'd need a ferry ride and a long journey if i wanted them!