Home-made cakes thread 2

murie

I dont look in for a couple of days and all these AMAZING cakes appear!,

I havent had my issue of the cake decrorating mag with the stencils on- wish it would hurry up cus they those cupcakes look fantatstic and I am itching to have a go! Even though I have it delivered I caved in when I was in a newsagents yesterday and brought issue 8 with the silicone cameo mould- going to try that today. When mine finally comes in the post I will have two then.
(:D)

I my lustre dusts came yesterday (from ebay ) so I will have a go with those too- will post my efforts (if they dont look too bad) later.

I am still looking into the topsy turvy cake for my DD 16th- I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and have a go at one as a practice run. The problem is what do I do with it afterwards? I want hers to be a complete surprise on her birthday (in July) so it cant be munched on at home.:(

murie

rachel90 wrote: »

Do any of you have a fab recipe for a 20cm square tin vanilla sponge?
Thanks x

I use this for calculating ingredients
http://www.lindyscakes.co.uk/2009/07/27/how-to-i-change-a-cake-recipe-quanities/

and this recipe
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10860/easy-vanilla-cake



I know its not vanilla but this is my all time fave chocolate recipe
http://www.lindyscakes.co.uk/2011/02/02/lindys-chocolate-fudge-cake-recipe/

nat82

Rachel - I was going to type everything that murie said!

Murie - I bought the topsy turvy tins from this site http://www.caketinsmith.co.uk/

Haven't tried them yet though!

murie

nat82 wrote: »

Rachel - I was going to type everything that murie said!

Murie - I bought the topsy turvy tins from this site http://www.caketinsmith.co.uk/

Haven't tried them yet though!

Those tins look brill! I want some! Now-where is my purse................?

Legendmum

Thanks for all the lovely comments! Will definately get a grass tip and have another go!
The Mario is actually a figure from some candy sweets my son had! I was going to attempt making one but my lil boy was outraged that somebod might eat Mario! lol

VfM4meplse

I popped into Aldi yesterday and picked up the orange sunflower baking pan (about 12" diameter) for £1.99 (reduced from £3.49). My reasoning being if the cake looks pretty, I won't be inclined to ice it, ergo a healthy cake. Can't wait to get baking but will wait until next weekend - otherwise am guaranteed to demolish the lot without assistance. Orange and almond sponge I think .

moosetastic

oooh liking those moulds VfM4meplse, the sandcastle one especially. May have to go and investigate!

Quick question - does anyone use / have used metallic/foil cases? Ive never used them, but thinking about it for a order I have to do next week. Are they good to bake in? The one and only time I have deviated from using plain or plainish cases, I bought some expensive heavy quality blue and white spotty cases, they peeled away from the buns and looked rubbish! Would any of you recommend them, or can you bake in the normal cases and then place them inside afterwards?

Nanamia

Wow Nat loving your cake so so professional don't believe you the camera always shows up every imperfection you are way too hard on yourself:(

Moosetastic I try to use metallic/foil muffin/bun cases they are so much better. The end results are much much better it's definitely worth the few extra pennies. It's really disappointing when the paper cases let you down:( I've had some nightmares using them even expensive ones as you said:( Foil cases have a paper lining so you bake the cakes in them no problems at all:)

VfM4meplse

moosetastic wrote: »

oooh liking those moulds VfM4meplse, the sandcastle one especially. May have to go and investigate!

From what I can see, they were on offer on 9th April - I was just lucky to find one that hadn't been sold and was reduced to clear. There were no other designs left in my store, just the sunflowers.

autumngirl

Just recently found this thread and love it! Thanks to everyone who posts....what a fabulously talented lot you are

I got some really lovely "British themed" paper muffin cases from Waitrose yesterday (£1.50 for 75pk). Each pack comes with 3 different designs - blue with white dots, red & white gingham check and also white ones with cute little red, white & blue 'Jubilee' designs (red buses, Union Jack flags/heart shapes, crowns and Beefeater style guards).

They also have smaller fairy cake sized ones (£1.25 for 75pk) with different designs (comes with plain red, plain blue & also red, white & blue designs but different patterns to the muffin ones) but I thought the muffin ones were nicer.

Waitrose don't have the product images on their website yet and I can't post a pic but if you're near a store I'd say they're definitely worth a look!