How to make Birthday (and other celebration) Cakes!

Penelope_Penguin

We've had a lot of threads recently asking for ideas and tips on how to make birthday and other celebration cakes. I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for them all.

Please post your cake ideas or questions here

Penny. x

hevanpal

wow, this is really a long story, may be you need a cookbook which is about how to teach you make cakes. coz you need cream, flour, eggs, fruits, .........

Penelope_Penguin

hevanpal wrote: »

wow, this is really a long story, may be you need a cookbook which is about how to teach you make cakes. coz you need cream, flour, eggs, fruits, .........

There are plenty of OS threads on how to make a cake :rotfl: This thread is more about the extra special cakes, and how to decorate them

Penny., x

Penelope_Penguin

hevanpal wrote: »

wow, this is really a long story, may be you need a cookbook which is about how to teach you make cakes. coz you need cream, flour, eggs, fruits, .........

And it's usually butter, not cream :rotfl: And you usually need sugar, too Have you ever made a cake

HariboJunkie

Penny, can you make some room in your inbox please?

Penelope_Penguin

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Penny, can you make some room in your inbox please?

Tis done

BorassicLint

I need some advice on a cake that I am making for a friends daughters' 18th Birthday.

The one she has chosen is 3 tiers stacked on top of each other so that it looks like a stack of presents. There are over 100 people going to the party so she needs quite a large cake! The problem is, as the cakes are large, 14'', 12'' and 10'' I can't see how they can sit on top of each other without falling through. They are sponge cakes with fondant icing so therefore are quite soft and the weight of both 12 and 10'' cakes sitting on top of the bottom one will, I think, be far too much without some sort of support, but what?

Does anyone have any ideas on a solution?
Thanks

iamana1ias

BorassicLint wrote: »

I need some advice on a cake that I am making for a friends daughters' 18th Birthday.

The one she has chosen is 3 tiers stacked on top of each other so that it looks like a stack of presents. There are over 100 people going to the party so she needs quite a large cake! The problem is, as the cakes are large, 14'', 12'' and 10'' I can't see how they can sit on top of each other without falling through. They are sponge cakes with fondant icing so therefore are quite soft and the weight of both 12 and 10'' cakes sitting on top of the bottom one will, I think, be far too much without some sort of support, but what?

Does anyone have any ideas on a solution?
Thanks

use dowels to support the boards under the top 2 tiers. it's how wedding cakes are stacked

BorassicLint

Great, Thanks. I suppose then that I can get these in the sugarcraft shop?

iamana1ias

BorassicLint wrote: »

Great, Thanks. I suppose then that I can get these in the sugarcraft shop?

yes. they'll be able to tell you how to use them too

BorassicLint

Brilliant thanks for your quick reply.:T