New Nappy Cake

natnat13

Hi Thanks for the advice Giggle, kind of what I was thinking, I have been a body shop consultant for the last 3 years and never sold masses of stuff at fairs. Am also going to try and make some sock cupcakes and sundaes cause they look so cute and I think smaller cheaper items will sell better.

Sazzlepink, cakes look lovely, I went to asda on Sunday and they had mini cuddle animals for 50p! I bought 20! They were bears and jungle animals. They are small though, about 4 inches when sat down, I'm going to use them for mini cakes. They are suitable from birth too.

natnat13

katsu wrote: »

Thanks lastminutej. Do you use a plastic bag or sheets of cellophane to put the completed cake in? My bag had corners that showed around the round base, so I wondered what to do next time.

I have tried lots of methods, I find that with mini cakes I wrap it underneath and gather at the top trying not to bunch the cello up at the front so the cake can be seen better. With larger cakes, I use the tube method, I lay my cello on the table and roll the board up with a little overlap then cut the cello. I then stick double sided tape all round the edge of the board in inch bits. I put the cake on the board, then hang it over the edge of a table and attach the cello, peeling off the tape a bit at a time, moving the cake round. I find if I don't put the cake on first and try and slide it in after it bunches too much at the bottom, but I do use the right size board for the cake, i.e you can't see the boards usually. Hope all that makes sense!!

lastminutej

katsu wrote: »

Thanks lastminutej. Do you use a plastic bag or sheets of cellophane to put the completed cake in? My bag had corners that showed around the round base, so I wondered what to do next time.

Hi Katsu - think I misunderstood your original q !
I use cellophane. I measure, cut and and tape the sides together to make a tube then roll a few centimetres up from the bottom to make a "seam" at the base and tape it down. I end up with a "bag" - once the cake is inside the "bag" (that's the hardest bit for me) I secure the top then tidy the bottom by taping the "seam" (the two sticking out ends from when I taped it - underneath. I find it saves tape as I only have to fold the 2 edges under and also means the cake usually sits flat!

I think I have made it sound way more difficult than it is - althought I absolutely hate wrapping and wish someone would invent a very cheap machine to do it for me!
Jx

lizalloareds

got my1st proper order today been asked to make a neutral cake for 40.00 was thinking of winnie the pooh themed any help on sourcing would be appreiciated

bobblymosh

My local asda had some cute whinnie the pooh bibs on offer - think they were £4 for 5 bibs

xpf

Matalan used to have some lovely winnie the pooh blankets in cream colours

HTH

snookles

I think Sainsburys have a few wtp bits in

HTH

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Giggle

lizalloareds wrote: »

got my1st proper order today been asked to make a neutral cake for 40.00 was thinking of winnie the pooh themed any help on sourcing would be appreiciated

Im sure i have seen some bits in Tesco as well

s23xy_c

you can get winnie the pooh teddies in home bargians and you can usually get dummies, teething rings and brush and comb set in there too

vikki_louise

Hello, I remember someone on here had a lovely banner made to go on their stall that they got on ebay. I was wondering what seller it was and did you design it yourself or did they do the art work? Thanks