Homemade Cakes thread

flea72

ItchyFeet wrote: »

I've been asked to make a birthday cake (don't know why) and wondered if it would be better to make it in two sandwich tins or one deep tin? I have a deep 8" tin i could use - will it cook the same if i just use a normal basic victoria sponge recipe as it would in sandwich tins?

Everybody's cakes look fab - hope mine turns out half as good!

a victoria sponge mix doesnt cook that great in a deep tin, as you have to turn the heat down, which then stops it rising so much, or it burns around the edge - if you only have a deep tin, i would recommend making a maderia cake instead

2 x 1" deep sandwich tins would be the best thing to use tho (if you are planning on doing a filled cake

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Prudent

hamish222 wrote: »

nuttymummy had a look on facebook, your cakes are fantastic.

I can't agree more. I have just spent ages looking at your facebook photos

moosetastic

moosetastic wrote: »

so, after doing cakes for work for fun, I've finally got 2 orders coming up in the next week. 4 dozen cupcakes for a retirement from work on Friday and a giant cupcake for a birthday next tuesday!! Soooooo panicky now!! Hope they turn out ok!! Am charging £10 for the giant cupcake and £15 for the cupcakes. I know I'm probably undercharging but dont want to over do it for the first few. If anyone has any pointers I would appreciate it

So, after posting this a couple of days ago, I've made my cupcakes today, ended up with 2 dozen vanilla, 2 dozen lemon and 2 dozen of the chocolate mars bar ones (thanks nuttymummy for the splendid idea, they taste fantastic!!) I'm going to be giving at least 55/60 of them and after I have just added up the ingredients, £15 seems a little "cheap" if you know what I mean, I'm not going to be making much from it. Does £20 seem too much, or what?? Grateful if anyone has any advice on what to charge as I have no idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! :think: Am letting the person who ordered them know how much tomorrow so its not like I'm upping the price after telling them.

ps the £10 for the giant cupcake was accepted straight away so I have no problems with that!

Keeping_Motivated

moosetastic wrote: »

So, after posting this a couple of days ago, I've made my cupcakes today, ended up with 2 dozen vanilla, 2 dozen lemon and 2 dozen of the chocolate mars bar ones (thanks nuttymummy for the splendid idea, they taste fantastic!!) I'm going to be giving at least 55/60 of them and after I have just added up the ingredients, £15 seems a little "cheap" if you know what I mean, I'm not going to be making much from it. Does £20 seem too much, or what?? Grateful if anyone has any advice on what to charge as I have no idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! :think: Am letting the person who ordered them know how much tomorrow so its not like I'm upping the price after telling them.

ps the £10 for the giant cupcake was accepted straight away so I have no problems with that!

Personally I think £20 is an excellenct price and even would go to £25 as that is still an amazing price for that many cupcakes. I would tell them they are getting them at a special price so you don't feel you can't charge others more in the future iyswim.

Have a look at this website to get a guide of prices

http://www.fantasycupcakes.co.uk/prices.html

moosetastic

Keeping_Motivated wrote: »

Personally I think £20 is an excellenct price and even would go to £25 as that is still an amazing price for that many cupcakes. I would tell them they are getting them at a special price so you don't feel you can't charge others more in the future iyswim.

Have a look at this website to get a guide of prices

http://www.fantasycupcakes.co.uk/prices.html

Thats excellent Keeping Motivated, thank you so much for your reply. I can breathe a sigh of relief now!! LOL

nuttymummy

aww thanks very much girls!

i agree....cupcakes should be charged at around £1 each.

I know this may seem a little steep when first starting out...but you have to add up your electric/gas, ingredients...and people always forget the cupcake cases etc! any boxes you pack them in and most of all your TIME!! xx

keeping motivated...fantasy cupcakes is about 5 minutes drive away from me!

cherydee

Just wondering if you can advise me........making cupcakes for my grandsons christening and I have bought a tiny pot of The Sparkle Range Rainbow Dust in Glacier Orange which I was wanting to sprinkle on the icing. I bought it in a shop that sold cake decorating supplies and I assumed it would be okay to eat....but is it. I don't want to make anybody ill and there will be quite a lot of children there. In two minds whether to take it back as I have not broke the seal.

moosetastic

nuttymummy wrote: »

aww thanks very much girls!

i agree....cupcakes should be charged at around £1 each.

I know this may seem a little steep when first starting out...but you have to add up your electric/gas, ingredients...and people always forget the cupcake cases etc! any boxes you pack them in and most of all your TIME!! xx

keeping motivated...fantasy cupcakes is about 5 minutes drive away from me!

Thanks so much nuttymummy, I really appreciate all your advice, will let you all know tomorrow what they say, and photos tomorrow night, and then friday is the big day!! EEEEKKKK!!! lol

nuttymummy

cherydee....no glitter is actually 'edible'...its just non toxic.....you can tap it on with a dry paintbrush and will be perfectly fine to eat...dont plaster it with it though....its not dangerous, but i suspect it doesnt actually taste nice to have a mouthful of glitter LOL

you can get 'sugar crystals' which are like glitter just large grains of it...and that IS edible xx

cherydee

nuttymummy do you use these glitters on cakes ? Do you think the sugar crystals crushed down would give the same effect as the glitters ? Thanks