Home-made cakes thread 2

mkbswimstar

Tried lush raspberry and chocolate cake today. OMG divine!
Gonna have a go at cupcakes with the kids this weekend.

cherydee

My local food weigh in shop has started to stock the Squires Paste Colours....for my cream cheese frosting to look like grass, do I pick the dark green or green ?

cherydee

mkbswimstar wrote: »

Tried lush raspberry and chocolate cake today. OMG divine!

Have you got the recipe, that sounds lovely.

lisa26_2

I got some of the CMC today so will try using it to make some models soon and see how I go. How much do you need to use?

lolly_896

Can i ask where do you get your Regal Icing from - seems to be pretty expensive! I just want to practise handling it at the moment - Thanks Lol

lisa26_2

lolly, do you mean sugar paste? regal-ice is a brand of sugar paste so I assume so? I buy mine from either a local sugarcraft shop (there are 3 I use) or order online from http://www.almondart.com/

Some of the other posters on here use morrison's own brand but I find it a bit sticky! I've got some 'supercook' sugar paste which morrisons also sell but I haven't tried it yet.

I find the 'proper' stuff from the sugar craft shops is easier to work with and nicer tasting, its not as sweet...or not to me anyway!!!

lolly_896

lisa26 wrote: »

lolly, do you mean sugar paste? regal-ice is a brand of sugar paste so I assume so? I buy mine from either a local sugarcraft shop (there are 3 I use) or order online from http://www.almondart.com/

Some of the other posters on here use morrison's own brand but I find it a bit sticky! I've got some 'supercook' sugar paste which morrisons also sell but I haven't tried it yet.

I find the 'proper' stuff from the sugar craft shops is easier to work with and nicer tasting, its not as sweet...or not to me anyway!!!

Super - 2.5kg What sort of cake should that cover? Thank you so much for your help - Your all like a fountain of knowledge!

binkyboo_2

hi all,
my daughter has asked for a princess castle cake for her birthday does anyone have any tips for me? I so far had the idea of using a square cake for a base with either a smaller square or round cake on top and then the ice cream cones to make the top of the turrets but no idea what to use for the actual turrets themselves!
if anyone has made one of these already then i'd love to see a picture

lisa26_2

lolly_896 wrote: »

Super - 2.5kg What sort of cake should that cover? Thank you so much for your help - Your all like a fountain of knowledge!

on the almond art website on the page for sugar paste their is a place you can click that brings up a table that tells you how much you need for different cake sizes.

bindiboo

binkyboo wrote: »

hi all,
my daughter has asked for a princess castle cake for her birthday does anyone have any tips for me? I so far had the idea of using a square cake for a base with either a smaller square or round cake on top and then the ice cream cones to make the top of the turrets but no idea what to use for the actual turrets themselves!
if anyone has made one of these already then i'd love to see a picture

you tube or google princess cake for loads of ideas

http://youtu.be/BqOP4iygW2k