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How to make Birthday (and other celebration) Cakes!

Penelope_Penguin
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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 :D

Penny. x
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  • hevanpal
    hevanpal Posts: 2 Newbie
    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
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,288 Forumite
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    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 :p

    Penny., x
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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,288 Forumite
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    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 :p Have you ever made a cake :confused:
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  • HariboJunkie
    HariboJunkie Posts: 7,740 Forumite
    Penny, can you make some room in your inbox please?
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,288 Forumite
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    HariboJunkie wrote: »
    Penny, can you make some room in your inbox please?

    Tis done :D
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  • BorassicLint
    BorassicLint Posts: 881 Forumite
    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? :confused:

    Does anyone have any ideas on a solution?
    Thanks
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  • iamana1ias
    iamana1ias Posts: 3,777 Forumite
    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? :confused:

    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 ;)
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  • BorassicLint
    BorassicLint Posts: 881 Forumite
    Great, Thanks. I suppose then that I can get these in the sugarcraft shop?
    I must stop procrastinating, I must stop procrastinating! promise I'll stop tomorrow OK:D


    NSD AUGUST 6/8 :j
  • iamana1ias
    iamana1ias Posts: 3,777 Forumite
    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 ;)
    I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
    Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
  • BorassicLint
    BorassicLint Posts: 881 Forumite
    Brilliant thanks for your quick reply.:T
    I must stop procrastinating, I must stop procrastinating! promise I'll stop tomorrow OK:D


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