Home-made cakes thread 2

Nanamia

Moosetastic I love you spring themed cupcakes and cases. Thanks for the link I've just ordered some (email the seller and tell her you should be on commission) bit pricey for everyday but I'm determined to celebrate Easter properly this year and decorated the house a little there are such cutie bits and bobs around.
Mokeyjen and "mum" you should be very proud. Your christening cake is adorable you'd never guess it was your first go. You'll be bitten by the cake decorating bug now tho:-)
I've made a delicious carrot cake before that was diabetic friendly but can't find the recipe at the minute. I experimented using Splen*a but found in cakes it's not that great IMO however I did find that you could get away with reducing by half the amount of sugar in carrot cake and use sple*da in the cream cheese topping. Shortbread using Splen*a is delicious and can be enjoyed by all without anybody being any the wiser. Think the sugar substitute works better cooked at a lower temperature.

moosetastic

Thank you so much Nanamia! I ended up buying a set of pink and a set of blue cups yesterday as well, I love them!

Mokeyjen, that cake is amazing!! You and your mum should be well proud of that! xx

Bunnygirl

Really like the cups must get some in a few weeks great to use for Easter. Need to save some money now just brought a bargain Kitchenaid mixer :eek:

Just want to says thanks for the help people gave me on my first go at a Birthday here a pic of it.

Nanamia

Love your cake Bunnygirl it's fab can't tell it's your first it looks brill :-)

Is there really such a thing as a bargain kitchenaid? Im jealous I've recently got a kenwo*d which I think is brill but do like the look of the kitchenaid (they were so so much dearer than the mixer I ended up with and couldn't really justify the cost:(


Love your signature too. Made me smile:-)

Bunnygirl

£225 posted brand new it not the red I wanted was after Candy apple but with the saving of £200 I am happy with that. Just got to wait for it to turn up should be here Monday or Tuesday. Still some what weary it wont show up with it being so cheap.

mandk30

Please please please can someone help me. I've been asked to make 2 cakes for sat a football theme cake and a Lego theme if possible. Really need simple designs I'm thinking of the back of a football shirt with number 6 (his age) and for the Lego maybe a couple of bricks I'm stuck help xx

bindiboo

was asked to make a gunneapig and cat cupcake, after show casing the jungle/sarfari cupcakes of last week.

nat82

mandk30 wrote: »

Please please please can someone help me. I've been asked to make 2 cakes for sat a football theme cake and a Lego theme if possible. Really need simple designs I'm thinking of the back of a football shirt with number 6 (his age) and for the Lego maybe a couple of bricks I'm stuck help xx

If you google 'Lego Cakes' and click on the images tab you'll get loads of ideas.

Nanamia

I made a Lego cake for an eight year old between Christmas and new year (tricky timing) I bought a cheapo Lego set from sainsburys (£2/£2.50) and made it up using it as the cake topper, white fondant and a red ribbon looked fab ( obviously couldn't take any credit but worked really well due to the timing :-)

The birthday boy ate his cake and played with the toy later:-)

HTH

bindiboo

bought myself a new little toy. Kenwood KM260 presario.

Reduced from £199.99 to £99.99 but when it went through the till it came up as £79.99 so 60% off. Used £15 of nectar points so got it for £64.99... my little breville mixer (which I got at a bargain price for £10 from work as it was exdisplay) is struggling nowadays...so have been eyeing a bigger machine up for ages and was super hinting to the kids and hubby what I would like for Mothers Day.




cant wait to try it out