Homemade Cakes thread

Cotton_wool_katie

Emms wrote: »

I made this bear cake for my daughters 1st birthday last November



This year I want to make her a waybuloo cake. Something like this but without 3D characters. Im not that adventurous so probably just 2D ones on top of it



What kind of icing should I use? I always get confused by the different names and types.

Ta
Emma

Emma why not use the plastic waybuloo characters that way your little one can play with them after

code-a-holic

Only just spotted this thread I started.
Glad to see so many sharing their homemade cakes.
I havnt had any cake making occasions recently and you have inspired me to bake a fancy cake for tea tonight!

minimacka

stardrops42 wrote: »

Lovely cakes everyone:T here are a couple made this week. The pink one is for a friends daughter's 18th today and the other one is for my grandsons christening tomorrow:D

Wow these are amaizing cakes. Can I ask please how you made the icing so smooth. I am about to attempt to make a postman pat van, I have the recipe and i am covering the van in red icing I will obviously have to cut round the van leaving edges and i wondered what was the easiest way to re-connect them back together so you couldnt tell. Also on a later post you said that your writing was made from tappits and i ask what these are?

Many thanks

Emms

Cotton_wool_katie wrote: »

Emma why not use the plastic waybuloo characters that way your little one can play with them after

Very good idea thanks!

Cotton_wool_katie

emma your welcoome;)

missworks2jobs

awesome2 wrote: »

Hi Ladies
Just a quick question when you all make your figures did you all teach yourself through trial and error or from books? Really want to try to make one have looked on youtube they make it look so easy but use a large range of tools is it really that simple?

I just bought some blocks of the roll out icing.....and just played about really - its just a bit like when you're young and making things from plasticine/play-doh/fimo. So long as you use cornflour to stop it sticking to the bench I just use my hands and a cocktail stick to poke holes or push around any little bits like eyes. I use glycerine to stick the bits together and just use one of those silicone pastry brushes to dust with cornflour when i'm leaving them out to harden up & dry up, and use the brush to dab them with jam or glycerine to shiny them up again the next day to go on the cake.

awesome2_2

Hi Ladies
Thanks for your replies think I will have to take the plunge and have a go at the figures once the icing has been opened will is stay fresh so it can be used again? and I have just started icing with butter icing and have bought a syringe icing set I have seen on ebay lots of metal nozzels which I would like to buy but they can only be used on disposable or cloth bags do all bags have cuplers with them and what is the best bag to buy disposabel or cloth.

Thanks

Helpless_Warrior

Hi,
All the cakes on her are absolutly lovely, well done to all of you :T.
I was wondering if anyone knows where i can buy large tubs/buckets of buttercream from as i cannot seem to find anywhere apart from USA?

TIA and keep up all the good work ladies.

stardrops42

minimacka wrote: »

Wow these are amaizing cakes. Can I ask please how you made the icing so smooth. I am about to attempt to make a postman pat van, I have the recipe and i am covering the van in red icing I will obviously have to cut round the van leaving edges and i wondered what was the easiest way to re-connect them back together so you couldnt tell. Also on a later post you said that your writing was made from tappits and i ask what these are?

Many thanks

Hi I found this thread which may help you https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/310654

I get my icing smooth by using a cake smoother and just keep smoothing the fondant over and over until I'm reasonably happy with it;) Tappits are just alphabet cutters, I bought mine from here http://www.lindyscakes.co.uk/OnlineShop-FMMCutters.htm (I got the script alphabet set) they are a bit fiddly to use but after watching a couple of utube videos on how to use them it got a bit easier;)

RustyFlange

Thankyou for all the help with the lego cake I need to do ... birthday is a week tomorrow, but need the cake for the weekend really so Daddy and family can enjoy it with us, so when would be the best time to make it? Wondering if I could make a mini one for him so he has a cake on his birthday!