Home-made cakes thread 2

BOBBIs_MUMMY

nat82 wrote: »

Made 60 charity cupcakes last night and another 24 today and got more to make tomorrow! Also, made this for my best friends birthday:

Wow love the cake, very effective.

Can I please ask regarding the sugar flair paste colours, can you use them to colour icing when you're making it with icing sugar and water? also once the tub is opened does it have to be used within a certain time please? many thanks in advance

nat82

You can use them with any icing! I think you can use them for as long as they're in date, just make sure that you don't contaminate the pot with icing x

zippybungle

Here is the Skylanders cake I have made for my sons 7th Birthday. The figure on top is supposed to be wrecking ball



Just got loads of buns to make now!

becs

Bobbis mummy I used the sugarflair to colour my buttercream icing on the union jack cupcakes and it's what I've used with royal icing on biscuits as well as colouring fondant.

becs

Zippy that's great! I bet your son loves it!

bindiboo

Twinkles08 wrote: »

Hey everyone,I'm not sure if anyone remembers but I was previously asking for opinions on mixers.I went for the kenwood in the end and I am so happy with it so far!:jThank you for helping me decide.My hubby went a bit crackers-nuts at first but after I'd fed him some cake he calmed down!:rotfl:

I have a query.I've been asked to do a quote for a three tiered celebration (betty boop)cake to serve 150 people.I've never baked on this large of scale before and I want to at least cover the ingredients cost.It will prob be a vanilla sponge cake.How on earth do I go about costing it up?The woman was quoted 300 pounds by a cake company and she was shocked.I said that I would never ever charge that much but now I'm wondering what to say next.:o

hi try this http://www.cakebaker.co.uk/cake-recipe-pricing-calculator.html

Monkeymagic

Zippy that skylanders cake is really cool.
Nat really like the 30 cake, were they made in tins or using moulds?

Monkeymagic

And becs have u decided on your olympic cake? I have gone off that idea and am thinking about ice creams. have successfully made ice cream cupcakes in past. was thinking of doing 3 flavours, mint choc chip, vanilla and raspberry and white choc. trying to come up with way of displaying them like an ice cream shop or cart. ideas far above abilities as usual!

awesome2_2

Nat Those cakes are lovely really like the colours of the stars.

Zippy Love the cake and the wrecking ball is it made of a ball of sugarpaste or is there cake inside

Well done ladies:j

zippybungle

awesome2 wrote: »

Nat Those cakes are lovely really like the colours of the stars.

Zippy Love the cake and the wrecking ball is it made of a ball of sugarpaste or is there cake inside

Well done ladies:j

Wrecking Ball is just made from icing.
My son loves it, so i'm happy