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Hey ladies :wave: Seems Sainsburys are jumping on the cup cake wagon.Cupcakes boxes for £1.66 and all homebaking stuff a 3rd off.I well and truly stocked up :thumbup: They have loads of new sprinkles and gel pens etc x
 
Ooh will have to have a look then next time i go to Sainsburys.Sounds good.Thanks x
 
hii :) im popping in again hope you dont mind, but id like some advice :flower:

its my mums birthday next month and shes done so much for us that i want it to be special and i want to make her a cake, as shes a pretty good cake maker herself shes brilliant and always makes them for everyone else and we always just buy her a crap one every year, soo i need to get creative - but im not!! anyone got any ideas what i could do? nothing too challenging but something a bit different?

and how the hell do i go about it?! :dohh:

:flower:
 
OOh I was in sainsburys only three days ago literally.. got some bits but didnt see anything reduced or cupcake boxes. Will have to pop back in. Going there tomorrow or friday anyway. Will keep my eyes peeled :shock:
 
babynewbie said:
hii :) im popping in again hope you dont mind, but id like some advice :flower:

its my mums birthday next month and shes done so much for us that i want it to be special and i want to make her a cake, as shes a pretty good cake maker herself shes brilliant and always makes them for everyone else and we always just buy her a crap one every year, soo i need to get creative - but im not!! anyone got any ideas what i could do? nothing too challenging but something a bit different?

and how the hell do i go about it?! :dohh:

:flower:
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Is there anything she particularly likes, other than making cakes of course? Any favourite colours and styles?

Tsia wall done on your christening cake, it's turned out fab!
 
Well girlies my hand is a little bit better now, not encased in pot and loads of bandages :lol: I just have a splint I can take on and off so tpday I am going to have a go at finishing the birthday cake, i've done thesponges with a little help frommy mum and she is going to be main fondant roller today, I really don't think I can manage that :wacko:
Ive had to tone down how I was doing this cake so we shall see :lol:
 
babynewbie said:
hii :) im popping in again hope you dont mind, but id like some advice :flower:

its my mums birthday next month and shes done so much for us that i want it to be special and i want to make her a cake, as shes a pretty good cake maker herself shes brilliant and always makes them for everyone else and we always just buy her a crap one every year, soo i need to get creative - but im not!! anyone got any ideas what i could do? nothing too challenging but something a bit different?

and how the hell do i go about it?! :dohh:

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As someone else said - is there anything inparticular she likes? Flowers, butterflies, shoes, teddies? Colours? You can buy a lot of ready made figures and things on ebay.

Personally I find cupcakes easier than a big cake because I'm crap at covering cakes in icing, but apparently there are lots of tutorials on youtube xx
 
Does anyone know of a good/reliable eggless sponge recipe?
 
well theres nothing in particular really, just general flowers, butterflies etc.. i really like those giant cupcakes though! are they hard to do??
 
my effort today :)
I'm quite pleased with it, good job I had my mum helping, but my hand is now aching a bit
https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/jodielou/cakes%20and%20stuff/DSCF2114.jpg
https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/jodielou/cakes%20and%20stuff/DSCF2115.jpg

Maybe you could do something similar to this Babynewbie :)
 
Hi Ladies

I was wondering if you could help me with a wedding cake query - How much do you think I should expect to pay for a 3 tier sponge cake to feed approximately 80 people?

Thank you in advance!
 
cheekybint said:
Hi Ladies

I was wondering if you could help me with a wedding cake query - How much do you think I should expect to pay for a 3 tier sponge cake to feed approximately 80 people?

Thank you in advance!
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Hi!

It depends on a few different things. Would you want people to have a desert sized portion or a finger portion?

If it's Finger then you'd need 10"/7"/4". If it's Desert you'd need at least 12"/9"/6".

Then it depends on the level of detail you'd like.

I'd say as a rough guide you'd be looking to pay at least £20/tier minimum purely for ingredients (top quality) and materials (board, ribbon, drum, dowels) So then you'd need to add on top the charges made by the person making it, so then it depends on their level of experience and how long it would take them to make.

This one is a Marks and Spencer cake. If you went to a specialist cake shop/maker you'd probably pay more. Unless of course you got mates rates:thumbup:
https://www.marksandspencer.com/Mar...re&ref=sr_1_2&qid=1281643752&sr=1-2&rh=&page=

Sorry I've probably confused you even more!
 
wow jo thats brilliant! dont know if i could do something like that! well ive got a month so im gonna do some practicing and see what happens!
 
nice cake jo.. looks great!
Who asked about the giant cupcake? lol my brain hurts..


I did a giant cupcake>https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image0756.jpg https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image0759.jpg

took me a few goes.. and now doing the one I practiced all this time for tomorrow coas its mylos party on sunday!.


well trust me I went into sainsburys today and I just timed it half hour too early.. cos they were re-stacking the cake baking isle with all the new stuff!!! :dohh:
and I couldnt hang around cos mylo needed feeding..

damn.. I'll have to go back in there tomoz.

nicer cupcake stands than morrissons ones.. nice blue or pink polka dot ones.. and everything is much cheaper than morrissons at the mo too!!
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it was me tsia, that looks really good i think i might try and do that, like i said before her birthdays mid september so i can practice some. where can you get the moulds for it?? x
 
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