Home-made cakes thread 2

lushlifesaver

moosetastic wrote: »

........... oooh just found this on google, Wilton do a gold sparkle icing tube - http://www.cakekraft.co.uk/ingredients/icing-gels/sparkle-gel-gold

I think that might work best, I've never seen anything like it before but it looks like it can be used like writing icing tubes almost I guess ahh excited to do these cupcakes as I haven't had a good baking session in months!

kjmtidea

Hello ladies I always go through and look at your photos so I thought I would share a photo of a cake I made last week for my sons 11th birthday, he wanted lots of layers and lots of chocolate and that is definitely what he got!

mrs_baggins

i have seen princess cakes wherby the 'skirt' is a rounded cake. I dont really want to buy a tin but have been reading on similar cakes made in pyrex bowls but wondered if they would burn on the outside before the centre is cooked and dry out. has anyone done the bowl cake?was it ok?

emmzy

I just done a cake in a bowl as well i thought it would explode as it was a christmas cake it was in the oven for just short of 4 hours and worked fine bit of baking paper over the top obviously to stop the top burning but the bowl is still useable after it lol was a indian elephant as they are all going over to india this week ( its ONLY 32 degrees there today apparently ) here he is x https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=546074295408245&set=a.339341322748211.103835.100000170386688&type=1&theater no idea how to get the picture to come up properly sorry!

mrs_baggins

thanks for that! and i do like your elephant!! v cute

Hollie84

Hi all im not a cake maker,i bake sponge cakes on the odd occassion but never in my life iced before.it was my daughters 3rd birthday last week and i didnt want to part with £35 for a cake so thought id have a go.the icing didnt come out as red as id have liked,it seemed the more food colouring i put in the stickier the icing went and i used a whole box of icing sugar just to stop it sticking to the work top.any tips? im hoping to make my eldest daughter a cake next month but only plan on colouring one tier in pink icing.Going to have a look through this thread now,first time here.
Can u guess the theme?

awesome2_2

Hi Ladies

Not as busy as usual on here lately I am planning to make some decorations for my xmas cake am thinking of buying these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STAEDTLER-ICING-CHOCOLATE-SUGARPASTE-CLAY-PUSH-MOULD-/180729062533?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&var=&hash=item2a144aa485

Do you think I would be better off using florists paste instead of sugar paste as it will be a bit firmer so easier to remove
TIA

mildred1978

Hollie84 wrote: »

Hi all im not a cake maker,i bake sponge cakes on the odd occassion but never in my life iced before.it was my daughters 3rd birthday last week and i didnt want to part with £35 for a cake so thought id have a go.the icing didnt come out as red as id have liked,it seemed the more food colouring i put in the stickier the icing went and i used a whole box of icing sugar just to stop it sticking to the work top.any tips? im hoping to make my eldest daughter a cake next month but only plan on colouring one tier in pink icing.Going to have a look through this thread now,first time here.
Can u guess the theme?

Never use liquid food colouring with fondant icing - you end up adding too much liquid to it which alters its composition. You want paste colour. It's about £2.50 a pot and you use a tiny tiny bit.

Hollie84

mildred1978 wrote: »

Never use liquid food colouring with fondant icing - you end up adding too much liquid to it which alters its composition. You want paste colour. It's about £2.50 a pot and you use a tiny tiny bit.

Thats where i was going wrong then,thank you,will try that next time

julie03

if i wanted red i would buy it, i hate trying to get bold colours, its too hard. I always buy reds , blacks , bold blues its much easier.

costs a little more though