Home-made cakes thread 2

awesome2_2

X_YuMmY_X wrote: »

Hi everyone!
Haven't posted any pics on here for ages so thought I would now!
Still read the thread everyday and love seeing everyones cakes and reading all the advice people give.

valentines cake



18th Birthday cake for a friend



Birthday cake for my boyfriend, 1st time doing a choc collar, really pleased with how it came out!





It's my birthday next, not sure if I want to make myself a cake though!

Hi
Sorry to ask yet anothr questions but the cake with the white icing did you do a vanilla sponge and what filling did you put in it
TIA

whittysmum

nat82 - what recipe do you use for your chocolate cake if you don't mind me asking?

nat82

I used this one whittysmum. It was delicious! First time I'd tried it. I also added some melted galaxy chocolate into my buttercream! Which was equally delicious!

Monkeymagic

ooh thats handy, just logged on to ask about chocolate cake. made the one nat82 just linked to yesterday as a test for cake i am doing next week. it is lovely, though very rich I thought. my only problem was that it was quite crumbly and i need to carve it a bit when i make it for real. has anyone tried freezing this one? when i tried to cut the crust off the top yesterday, it literally fell apart which frankly was a tragic waste of good cake . cant keep making testers cos i am going to be as big as a house :rotfl:

nat82

I froze it last week Monkeymagic and it was fine. you could carve it before it properly defrosts? Or do a chocolate madeira cake?

Monkeymagic

Great thanks nat82 i will give it another go in that case

makeyourmummyproud

Hi all!

I need help please? Anyone here have got a moist victoria sponge recipe? My friend complaint that my recipe which I baked for her as a sample was a bit dry. Another thing, the other day someone was talking about a sugar syrup to brush on a cake to make it moist but forgot who and can't find it that part of the thread. How do I make sugar syrup please? How much will I brush on an 8" cake?

Many thanks in advance! Have a nice day everyone! x

shegirl

makeyourmummyproud wrote: »

Hi all!

I need help please? Anyone here have got a moist victoria sponge recipe? My friend complaint that my recipe which I baked for her as a sample was a bit dry. Another thing, the other day someone was talking about a sugar syrup to brush on a cake to make it moist but forgot who and can't find it that part of the thread. How do I make sugar syrup please? How much will I brush on an 8" cake?

Many thanks in advance! Have a nice day everyone! x

Try
225g self raising flour
225g sugar
225g butter
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 eggs
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract

That's the recipe I used for ds birthday cake and it was lovely and moist

Sugar syrup I think is just made from sugar melted into hot water,but someone else will be able to tell you properly

Nightowl

Does anyone know where I can buy a giant cupcake mold? Need it for today so it would have to be a hight street shop?

murie

The Works have them approx £5