Homemade Cakes thread

zippybungle

stokegal wrote: »

They're really good odollybird. I especially like your black and White cupcakes

After my last night panic I am please to say that the cakes went down REALLY well. I'm so chuffed I was up till 12.30am and I tried out loads of new techniques... Making models with rice krispie treats, making, dying and working with modelling chocolate (so easy!!)

Here are my cakes from last night

W.O.W!! :T
Very impressed. Can't believe you did both of those in one evening!!!!!!!! It takes me at least a week to finish a Cake off, plus my kitchen ends up looking like it's been ram raided :eek:.

Zippy x

lizalloareds

Nielsen Massey Vanilla Extract

where can i buy it>

stokegal

My kitchen was (and is still - been at work all day) looking like a flour bomb has gone off in it

I took both cakes into work today and everyone was that impressed that I got another 2 orders :j:j

OH groaned when I told him cause he has to do all the washing up

TBH I liked the Hannah Montana but wasnt that impressed with it - I'm overly critical of my work and there were bits of crumbs in the icing, I loved me giant cupcake - If I do say so myself

I've now got the following Cakes on Order

FIL Birthday Cake - Horse Racing - 30th October
3 tier Halloween cake - 31st October
Nightmare before Halloween Cake - 31st October
Thomas the Tank 2nd Birthday Cake - 31st October
Madagascar 2nd Birthday Cake - 5th November
Nan Birthday Cake - 8th November
3 tier topsy turvy Golf themed Cake - 13th November
Princess Castle 3rd Birthday Cake - December ???

stokegal

lizalloareds wrote: »

Nielsen Massey Vanilla Extract

where can i buy it>

Tesco - £5.25 - If you've read through the previous posts you'll see that I'm obsessed with it


Ohh... Forgot to post... I bought some on Wednesday - went through the self scan and got ID'ed for it :eek::eek::eek: I'm 26!!!!

stardrops42

Not posted on here for a while, went to spain for a week at the end of September for my birthday and not made any cakes since. Loving everyones cakes especially the postman pat cake by minimacka and the hannah montana and giant cupcake by stokegal:T

stokegal

Hope you had a good time Stardrops, where abouts in spain did you go?

The thread has been really quiet - sometimes i swear it's just me posting

Giggles_Fairy

chickywiggle wrote: »

thanks for the help everyone, I'll go back to google.

Maybe no one replied as they didnt have any experience of it or hadnt heard of it before. I certainly couldnt think of any reason why colouring would completely change colour. People on these forums are really helpful and friendly to the extreme so there is no need to be rude.

stokegal

Has anyone got any recommendations for cocoa powder? I currently use Tesco's cocoa powder but I dont find it really chocolatey??

stardrops42

stokegal wrote: »

Hope you had a good time Stardrops, where abouts in spain did you go?

The thread has been really quiet - sometimes i swear it's just me posting

Had a lovely time thanks:beer: Went to Almeria, just me and hubby, very hot though reached 100 most days:eek:

RustyFlange

stokegal wrote: »

Has anyone got any recommendations for cocoa powder? I currently use Tesco's cocoa powder but I dont find it really chocolatey??

Beautiful cakes, love them both, also love Odolly's aswell.

As for cocoa powder I bought this one from Asda for the cake last night, and it is very chocolaty, but I suppose it depends on how chocolatey is chocolatey, the chocky cola cake we made is (ahem) very sickly and chocolatey!!



It is £1.48 for a box although most of my box is gone which is probably why the above cake is so sickly lol