Home-made cakes thread 2

bindiboo

awesome2 wrote: »

Hi Bindi

Your cake is amazing how did you get the can to stay up and what did you use for the froth well done on your first go at sugarpaste

hi there is a dowel in the middle of the beer glass cake and I hot glued the end to the can then covered dowel with fondant. The foam is regular buttercream piped and a little lustre spray to finish

nat82

Hi everyone!

How long will a cake be ok for in the freezer? I baked a 10" chocolate cake and froze it with the intentions of icing it a few days later but the person cancelled so I've been left with a great big cake and I have a cake to do in 4 weeks and wondered if I could save the cake I already made?

Thanks x

marrbett

I wondered if you'd like to see the Minnie Mouse cake I made for my DD's birthday:
(I've not posted a photo before, so hope I've got it right!!)

Nanamia

Your Minnie Mouse cake is amazing. I've not been on for ages hoping to try n keep up!
Hi Nat how are you? I'd think your cake would be fine for four weeks I'd personally happily use it:) x

nat82

Hi Nanamia! Thanks! Hope you're well. I haven't been on for ages either xxx

marrbett

Nanamia wrote: »

Your Minnie Mouse cake is amazing. I've not been on for ages hoping to try n keep up!
Hi Nat how are you? I'd think your cake would be fine for four weeks I'd personally happily use it:) x

Awww, thanks. I was really pleased with it.
I have to say this thread is one of the loveliest on MSE.x

mae

Hi fab cakes as usual. I love this thread.

I am looking for some tips please.

With the help of this thread I can do a pretty good cupcake now with practice and I am able to do the the butter cream swirls/rose and I do get compliments on them so that's really good and also the recipe I use for the cakes never fails so that is also good.

However I tasted a cupcake made by a professional the other day and the difference I noticed was that the cupcake was 'lighter' in texture and I was wondering what creates this? Would I need to adapt my recipe or is it in the mixing? I have a kitchenaid and what I usually do is cream the butter and sugar in that (not for long really) and then mix the rest by wooden spoon.

Any suggestions to get a lighter sponge?

monz

Hey for cupcakes I use a tesco recipe n it's really fluffy!

100g self raising
100g caster sugar
1tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs


Hope this works x

mae

monz wrote: »

Hey for cupcakes I use a tesco recipe n it's really fluffy!

100g self raising
100g caster sugar
1tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs


Hope this works x

Hi Monz

Thanks

This is the recipe I use (although I didn't get it from Tesco) and I use butter not marg but the cake I tasted I could tell a real difference and it was so much lighter/fluffier than mine even though I had always been happy with mine til that point

monz

sorry forgot to say unsalted butter! knew there was something missing ha x