Cake Making & Baking Group

[helz81]

OMG those cupcakes look fantastic Tapergirljean!! Where did you buy the cases from please?

Does anyone know where I can buy a Pokemon novelty cake tin at a reasonable price please?

 

[taperjeangirl]

OMG those cupcakes look fantastic Tapergirljean!! Where did you buy the cases from please?

Does anyone know where I can buy a Pokemon novelty cake tin at a reasonable price please?

Thank you

Not sure, have you tried ebay? Wilton do make one but I havent seen one lately!

I got my cases online from https://blueribbons.co.uk

first time ive ordered from them and they are fanatastic, order was here the next day!

 

[Pinkgirl]

Thankyou, i have brought some bags and that today so going to give that ago.

I have recipe for buttercream....but how do i make chocolate one?

x

 

[KrisKitten]

Hiya, iv ot another question for you ladies...i want to do a cake for my DFs birthday which is april...so iv got some time to practise lol
what do u use t make ur sugar decorations?
xxxxxxx

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

ive just bought that wilton set! its got the nozzel in i want, i cant seem to find it anywhere else very easily x

 

[taperjeangirl]

Leanne is it the large cupcake piping nozzle you are after?

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

yep its in that set, on the wilton site there is a video which shows u how it makes fab swirls

 

[taperjeangirl]

i bought a new bekenal one off ebay, the guy said it was brand new but when I got it it was all scratched!
So he sent me another one! So now I have 2 incase I'm doing different colours!

They are the best one's that i have used though, think they were £2.55 each

 

[nuttymummy]

I have recipe for buttercream....but how do i make chocolate one?

x

just add cocoa hun!! its the easiest way

Hiya, iv ot another question for you ladies...i want to do a cake for my DFs birthday which is april...so iv got some time to practise lol
what do u use t make ur sugar decorations?
xxxxxxx

depends on what sort of decorations you want...usually just fondant will do, but if they need to be stronger to hold shape for some reason u can add 'gum tragacanth'. otherwise u could just use modelling paste

i bought a new bekenal one off ebay, the guy said it was brand new but when I got it it was all scratched!
So he sent me another one! So now I have 2 incase I'm doing different colours!

They are the best one's that i have used though, think they were £2.55 each

andrea, i think i may have just bought the same one...im just waiting for it to arrive...mine cost £2.55 so sounds like the same one!!!

 

[taperjeangirl]

They def arent new Tracey but really good quality and the packaging smells of smoke too ...bah!

But they wash and they are good nozzles!!

 

[nuttymummy]

o well....its only abit of metal....be alright after a good wash!! LOL

 

[taperjeangirl]

yup!
Or you could message him and tell him they arent new and end up with another one!! hehe

 

[taperjeangirl]

Ok girls, I have a tip of the day!!!!!

Been sorting out all my cake decorating stuff as my kitchen is becoming a total nightmare!! (its not that big!)

and usually I keep the little tubs that the Betty Crocker fudge icng comes in to mix icing colours etc, but I was going to throw some away because I have tons!!

BUT...... (sorry this is turning into a novel!)
I am going to keep all my different coloured cupcake cases in them! They are the perfect size and stop them being squashed! Just wrote on the sode of the tub with a sharpie pen what colour is in them!

i didnt realise how many different ones I had till I sorted them out, its becoming an obsession!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

 

[taperjeangirl]

Where do you lot store everything? Do you all have big kitchens?

I put a load of mine in a big plastic box with lid yesterday and its on top on my fridge but i still have loads left out!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

i have my stuff in here

https://www.focusdiy.co.uk/Powertool-Accessories/Stanley-Mobile-Workcentre/invt/214945

but desperately need a new one!!

all my tins are kept in boxes hidden away

 

[taperjeangirl]

oh what a fab idea! Need to get one!

 

[nuttymummy]

you wouldnt want to see how i keep my stuff!!

i have a double kitchen cupboard full (3 shelves inside), i have a large cupboard with all my cake tins in, one whole side of the top of the cupboards has my cake boards on it. i have 2 sets of plastic drawers under a breakfast bar full of icing, and a massive set of drawers in the back hall.

all my colourings n cutters are kept in 2 tool boxes LOL

 

[taperjeangirl]

Mine is all slowly moving into boxes on top of my wardrobe in the bedroom!!

We really need to move to a bigger house!

 

[nuttymummy]

yeah i do too...we only have a 2 bedroomed....and we now have a boy, and a girl!!
but the next house HAS to have a big kitchen!! LOL

trouble is we dont earn enough to have a mortgage...no-one will give us one, and staying with the council (greenvale homes) to get a decent 3 bedroom is near impossible.