Home-made cakes thread 2

bindiboo

kirstysmudge88 wrote: »

Hi everyone, I've just been asked to make 50 - 60 cupcakes and a small 20cm cake for a 13th birthday in May. I've never charged anybody before, does anybody have a rough idea on how much I could charge them? Thanks in advance

I been told its cost of ingredients, packaging, cases then add on 75% to cover your labour and gas/elec. but you could charge more

wookeyhole1

Hi,

does anyone know where I can get approx 5kg of sugarpaste cheap? The cheapest I can find is 5 x 1kg blocks at asda for £10.25.

thanks

moosetastic

Bindoboo - loving the cupcakes!!
Becs - the cake looks stunning!

Here are pics of the cupcakes I made for work for Valentines Day -

Nanamia

Oh Bindiboo I'm such a dope in my head I knew u'd put evaporated milk in but in my typing finger I got carried away with condensed:-) Recently made a sort of chocolate ganache using condensed milk which got rave feedback (I didn't try the cake cos I'm not keen on chocolate cake!)

Moosetastic your cup cakes are making my mouth water:-)


Wookeyhall1 my local cake decorating supplier sells "bulk boxes" of sugarpaste but it works out dearer than you've quoted from As*a but think its a better quality paste to start off with. Noticed since Christmas the supermarkets own brand of sugarpaste is almost £3 per kilo so grab as*as before it goes up :-) I'll be along tomorrow to stock up on some at that price, it usually has a good long date on.

bindiboo

Nanamia wrote: »

Oh Bindiboo I'm such a dope in my head I knew u'd put evaporated milk in but in my typing finger I got carried away with condensed:-) Recently made a sort of chocolate ganache using condensed milk which got rave feedback.

ohhh receipe please! been wanting to try ganache with fresh cream, so tempted to try it

Chris25

nat82 wrote: »

I wondered if anyone can help me with portion guides? I can't seem to find a decent one online and hoped somebody cold point me in the right direction? I'm looking to find out how many portions you'd get from a cake. It's for a wedding cake and I'd hate to get the numbers wrong! Thanks x

is these any good? http://www.pastrywiz.com/cakes/servings.htm
http://www.piece-a-cake.com/how-to-make-a-wedding-cake.html

wookeyhole1

country life butter is currently on offer in asda @ 250g for £1

hope this helps some people xx

nat82

Chris25 wrote: »

is these any good? http://www.pastrywiz.com/cakes/servings.htm
http://www.piece-a-cake.com/how-to-make-a-wedding-cake.html

Thanks for that! Big help!

Now, my next question! How many people should your cake cater for? Should you make for the total number of guests attending or only a certain percentage? Thanks.

pookiewn

Thanks for the chocolate cake recipe was very tasty and easy to carve, this is how the red arrow turned out (please excuse the mess )

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nat82

pookiewn wrote: »

Thanks for the chocolate cake recipe was very tasty and easy to carve, this is how the red arrow turned out (please excuse the mess )

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Wow! What a fantastic cake, it looks amazing!