Home-made cakes thread 2

booter

timnlaura wrote: »

Can anyone advise what the best black fondant would be to cover a cake with? Really dont have a clue! X

The premixed black fondant I use is Regalice, although I believe Silver Spoon have started doing it (poss from Sainsbobs) It's usually only around at Halloween, but I just get the Regalice from my local specialist cake decorating shop (although you can get it on e-bay too )
I know some people who've had a go at colouring their own - it can be done with black extra paste colouring, if only a little is needed, but I wouldn't recommend trying to colour a large amount, you just end up with a very sticky, greyish mess (or at least I did):rotfl:

littlebit wrote: »

Does anyone else have a problem with the icing/fondant smoothing paddles sticking to a cake and dragging on the icing? i have only used them a couple of times i don't make cakes to sell just for birthdays etc but each time they seem to catch on the icing i make sure they are dry etc, but nothing helps, i also tried a little trex and it was suggested on a video i watched that just made it worse
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If using fondant/ready to roll icing, then I dust it quite liberally with a icing sugar/cornflour mix, then smooth. And if I'm using royal icing.... well I quite like a rough surface :rotfl:

Nanamia

Wow Moosetastic I love your hello kitty cake no wonder you are proud. And your staging looks brill too, I've very jealous of that. Timnlaura I agree with what the lovelies have said and was advised by my local cake decorating shop to use as little as possible of the black fondant as it doesn't taste too good. When I've used it I've tried to lay the black fondant onto of white or whatever colour and warn the recipient that they can just lift it off when sliced!
Littlebit I think lovelies have already solved your mystery too, I totally agree with what both have said
I've not posted a piccie for ages so will now bore you all with my offerings!

shegirl

monz wrote: »

Hi everyone

Made a Christmas cake for my sons nursery. Guess the theme

oh wow! I love that

Nanamia

Today's cake 80's inspired male birthday cake.

LV_Sue

Brilliant Nanamia. :T

I might have to 'steal' that idea for my son's birthday in June! :rotfl:

bossymoo

Hi cakies! Any tips for a new-to-sugar paste virgin? I'm making a dinosaur landscape for my DS who will be 4 in a few weeks.

It will be a Madeira sandwich with choc buttercream filling and choc ready to roll regal ice. I'll keep a bit of cake mix for a muffin, to make a volcano.

I have a pack of different coloured regal ice too. Can I make some figures beforehand? I do have a silicone mould I thought I could make some mini dinosaurs out of chocolate?

Any tips on assembling? Common pitfalls? How long between baking, and decorating etc?

Any help would be gratefully received.

(loved browsing all your pics too)

Bunnygirl

Hi does anybody have a good lemon cake recipe I will need to cover it with fondant not really keen on madeira cakes.

SarahFirmin

OMG Nanamia :-)
that's 80s-tastic.

victory

Absolutely fantastic cakes:D

littlebit

moosetastic wrote: »

From being self taught and what I've learnt through trial and error, it sounds like the sugarpaste has moisture on it or the paddles are wet? Either that or there is too much buttercream in your crumb coat, which makes the icing move rather being stuck to the paddles. I used to do this, until I found a tutorial on facebook on how to properly crumbcoat a cake, and you use a straight side scraper to take off ALL the excess buttercream off the cake before you put it in the fridge. My cakes ever since never bulge or slide and are perfect. I'm sure that other people will be along to correct me if I'm wrong and help you

It was over marzipan as it was the Christmas cake, paddles wern't wet i made sure after last time didn't want to use too much icing sugar/cornflour to dust as it was midnight blue icing , is it best to leave the icing to dry out a little on the cake first them as i just rolled placed it on the cake and then smoothed.