Home-made cakes thread 2

booter

nikki2804 wrote: »

Hi, I need a bit of help please. I've never really done a decorated cake before but I'm adamant that I want to make my littles boys cake this year.

I want to make a 3D yoshi cake (like this one http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2011/03/01/homemade-cake-version-of-yoshi-is-an-oilers-fan/) but what would be the best cake to make. I want to make a chocolate one but what one is easiest to carve?

Also, any tips on the actual carving?

Thanks.

Love the Yoshi cake from your link - but, without wishing to sound patronising, are you sure you want to do that particular cake if you've not decorated a cake before? However, to answer your questions, I'd go with a normal sponge (8oz flour, 8oz sugar, 8oz butter, 4 eggs) (adjust amounts proportionately for the amount of cake required/size of tin) and for chocolate replace 1oz of flour with 1oz cocoa.


I've always found that it's a lot easier to carve/sculpt a cake if it's frozen - they don't take long to defrost, so if it's taking longer than you thought (they generally do!) keep popping it back in the freezer. I use a combination of bread knife and/or electric knife (rough outline/shape), and then I have a super sharp paring knife and scalpel for finer tweaks.


Actually, I'd recommend that for a first cake, just do the head part - forget the body! If you use rounded (ish) bottomed bowl for the nose bit it'll save a lot of trimming!
Good luck - and post piccies!

nikki2804

Thanks. I really want to try the full thing but I know it may not go well. Only the head and body are cake, the rest fondant and I was always good with clay so I'm hoping it's similar :rotfl:

If it goes badly then I'll just do the head.

Lakeland have an offer on their 'hemisphere' pans, the smallest one may be handy for the nose.

Hopefully cake decorating is my hidden talent and it looks fab. ...:rotfl:. If not then its a learning curve. I'll post pics

annamika88

personally i love to eat cakes.. i have enjoyed a lot to be here . Thanks making wonderful topic

achisachis

Nannyto9 wrote: »

I have brought a few moulds of this lady on Ebay and as they are sillicone they are great sorry it wont let me put in a link if you type in emlems-bakery you should be able to find her she does some great moulds

I bought a mold from emlems-bakery for $780.00 dollars when I received it it was full of holes I can't use it and they refuse to exchange it or refund the money so be careful