~*Learning*To*Bake*&*Decorate*~Lesson 2 -Icing with fondant added!

[charliebear]

ooh thank you.

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/professional-piping-set/F/C/cooking-baking-cake-decorating/product/2233
I'm considering picking this set up, that nozzel looks similar...disposable icing bags from there are £5.99 to, save on the washing up!

 

[xxxjacxxx]

Ohhh thanks, ive bookmarked that site as I'm after some cake storage tins and cupcake plates

I'm gonna be skint soon

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

i think im gonna try the icing bags they look quite good !

 

[taperjeangirl]

I buy disposable icing bags, then I just cut off the end with the nozzle and chuck the rest!

They look remarkably like freezer bags though so I think I may use them next time and save some money!!

This has to be the most expensive project I've done so far! Hence why I rarley practice anymore
I just wing it when It comes to making a real cake for someone!

Going to add the fondant bit to first page now!

 

[nuttymummy]

lol andrea...now you know why i dont practice! the materials cost too much!! LOL

 

[taperjeangirl]

LOL I know! I just had a teeny order get delivered with some boards/boxes and a couple fo colours and modelling paste.....

£50!!!

 

[nuttymummy]

i know...madness!

 

[taperjeangirl]

Thats the fondant bit added girls! Good Luck!

 

[gemgti]

silly question if i want to make my butter cream a light pink do i use a tiny little bit of red food colouring?? or does it have to be a pink food colouring?

 

[taperjeangirl]

you can use red!

 

[polo_princess]

Just a little tip ive picked up for helping to get your buttercream base extra smooth ... when its tacky to the touch get a piece of kitchen roll and gently press/smooth it over the buttercream with your hand, particulary good for getting the sides extra smooth as sometimes its difficult with a smoother when the buttercream is still fair wet, but too heavy handed for a smoother when tacky

 

[xxxjacxxx]

uhm andrea (or holly) that recipe for sponge, is it the same for cupcakes?

 

[polo_princess]

Yeah you can do

 

[nuttymummy]

polo princess...thats called the 'viva towel method' its american.
viva is the name of an un-patterned kitchen roll in america.
you need something that has no pattern (and bumps) coz it will just transfer into your buttercream.

i havent bothered with it myself because to get it to set properly they use half butter, half veg fat....n it doesnt taste as nice!!

 

[polo_princess]

i bet that tastes like dirt

While ive remembered has anyone got any tips for getting buttercream white? Sounds like an obvious one doesnt it but its really not, the lightest i can get it is a very very pale yellow, but makes it a pain when trying to make pastel blue icing as its always green tinged

Going to do a batch of cupcakes tonight to take to the meet tomorrow

For the cupcake makers, does anyone use a glaze on top of their cupcakes before icing? I hadnt, then i saw a recipe and i love it!! Makes them taste SO much nicer but its really subtle

 

[taperjeangirl]

Holly there is an icing whitener

 

[nuttymummy]

polo princess you add vinegar to make it white...sounds odd i know but its true LOL, havent really needed to do it though myself xx

 

[polo_princess]

Vinegar? Doesnt that taste rank?

Andrea where sells it? I havent seen it in the usual places (Tesco/Asda/Sainsburys)

 

[taperjeangirl]

you'll get it from the cake craft place we order from!

Just type in whitener, it says its for Royal icing but works just as well with buttercream

LOL i think its a teeny amount of vinegar Holly!! The sugar will take over the vinegar taste!

 

[polo_princess]

I found it on the same site we use today Andrea, so ive ordered that and a few little bits and bobs!!

Got a few projects now over the next few months. Have birthday cupcakes due in a fortnight, then x2 more lots of birthday cupcakes in June and have also had an enquiry about 50 cupcakes for a little girls birthday part in April *phew*