Homemade Cakes thread

Giggles_Fairy

I have finally got around to uploading my pictures to the laptop so thought I would share .

These are the easter biscuits I made to give out instead of eggs and they were very well received. I have never made anything like this before!

Giggles_Fairy

These are the cupcakes I made for the Royal Wedding. We had a little shindig at my Aunties and the second picture shows the buffet we had Isnt my new cake stand gorgeous? (Although expensive!)




I mentioned earlier on in the thread that I was making my very first ever cake using 'proper' icing. It was farrrr from perfect but considering it was my first go it was presentable so that was a good thing! It was for my uncles 50th birthday, and he is a man city fan so I chose blue as a theme! I quite enjoyed using the sugarpaste to make the cupcake decorations and think I will experiment with this more before I attempt to do another cake with it. I definately learnt alot from it that is for sure!




These were just come cupcakes I made and took round to my neighbour as a thank you for always accepting our parcels when we are out (which is nearly every parcel sent to us!)

hamish222

Made my first cake today at a cake decorating class. Pleased with result as 1st time ever covering a cake.



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moosetastic

haven't been on here for a while, all cakes looking good ladies!!!

Here are some cupcakes i made for the royal wedding -

babyfreckles, I'm having trouble with a foolproof giant cupcake recipe, would you mind sharing yours? the last few I have made, the base has been fine but the top has been too soft and just falls apart when I try and move it.

babyrut

hamish222 wrote: »

Made my first cake today at a cake decorating class. Pleased with result as 1st time ever covering a cake.



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So you should be it's fab!

hogshead

I'd like to make some individual cheesecakes & would appreciate any tips on small suitable moulds. My large cheescake is made in a spring form tin which is perfect as it comes out really neat & tidy & I'd like the same for the small ones too. I've considered those small baked bean tins but would they be easy to ease away the cheesecake without it turning into a complete mess?

gemmajsinc

Don't know if it would deffinately work, but how about trying a siilicon muffin tray fo your cheesecakes?

babyfreckles

moosetastic wrote: »

babyfreckles, I'm having trouble with a foolproof giant cupcake recipe, would you mind sharing yours? the last few I have made, the base has been fine but the top has been too soft and just falls apart when I try and move it.

Of course

340g (6oz) butter
340g (6oz) caster sugar
340g (6oz) self-raising flour
6 eggs
2tsp baking powder

If you have fan assisted oven, 160 for 50 minutes. And I use melted butter to grease the pan (I have a silicone one!).

HTH x

rubysmummy_2

rubysmummy_2

these are my most recent cupcakes - blackpool inspired.