Cash from Baking??

Kelly-Lou

Thanks I did by a baking book today and alot of the recipes are dairy free, including a butter cream recipe. I shall be trying them out on my dairy free daughter

lindsey3uk

Hi guys, I have a few questions for you talented lot. First of all where do you get your supplies? I cant seem to find a place that stocks EVERYTHING| and postage seems extortionate. I have a local store but you pay over the odds in there, i hate hobbycraft.

Next I wonder what you guys use to make your fondant go hard to model or what you use to make a model. I am so rubbish at models but have to make one next week please someone tell me what to use.

Thanks you

thefishdude

mexican paste or hobbypaste its called and posibbly petal paste you can get it cake decorating shops in powder form you mix up or ready mixed, hobby craft sell it.

stardrops42

lindsey3uk wrote: »

Hi guys, I have a few questions for you talented lot. First of all where do you get your supplies? I cant seem to find a place that stocks EVERYTHING| and postage seems extortionate. I have a local store but you pay over the odds in there, i hate hobbycraft.

Next I wonder what you guys use to make your fondant go hard to model or what you use to make a model. I am so rubbish at models but have to make one next week please someone tell me what to use.

Thanks you

I use cmc/tylose powder mixed with fondant to make models. Use about 1tsp to every 500g of fondant. Wrap it in cling film and leave it for a few hours before use. It will feel a bit stretchy and more pliable than fondant

stardrops42

Been really busy lately making cakes but have still been keeping up with everyone on here;) Here is one of my latest cakes I made for a colleague for her brother who loves his garden:D

Bitsy_Beans

Lovely cake stardrops

Lovely peeps I just wanted to ask how you are all finding the cake decorating business, are the profit margins a small as I imagine them to be? Do you all do this as a side business or is it your full time job?

stardrops42

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Lovely cake stardrops

Lovely peeps I just wanted to ask how you are all finding the cake decorating business, are the profit margins a small as I imagine them to be? Do you all do this as a side business or is it your full time job?

I don't find it very profitable really but then again I spend so long on my cakes I would have to charge people a fortune if I charged by the hour:rotfl:I think cake making is quite hard work for not much money. You really have to do it because you enjoy it as I don't think it will make you rich;) I do it more as a hobby and not as a job though.

Bitsy_Beans

stardrops42 wrote: »

I don't find it very profitable really but then again I spend so long on my cakes I would have to charge people a fortune if I charged by the hour:rotfl:I think cake making is quite hard work for not much money. You really have to do it because you enjoy it as I don't think it will make you rich;) I do it more as a hobby and not as a job though.

Which is what I've found when making cakes for the kids etc
I do wonder how anyone makes a living from it!

purplepolka

Has anyone used edible glitter for their cakes? I've seen it on a site called Totally Sugar Crafts and wondered what it's like.

superwoman247

purplepolka wrote: »

Has anyone used edible glitter for their cakes? I've seen it on a site called Totally Sugar Crafts and wondered what it's like.

I use it a lot, I love bling!!!