Home-made cakes thread 2

bindiboo

deltadawn wrote: »

Hi,
I love making cakes but no where near as good as most on here,

Can i ask what you use to top the Cupcakes with--is it just butter icing? as it looks so creamy mine,s never that smooth, and how you get them to look like a perfect flower?

Also-last question:o--how do you get the rainbow colours? all the cakes on here are amazing--i,m just hungry now looking at them :rotfl:

hiya, I use buttercream on my cupcakes and sift the icing sugar and use a stand mixer to beat my icing.

Try checking out you tube for tutorials on different icing techniques. Ive learnt loads from there including my roses which I have perfected with little practice but I do love doing them and the reactions I get. Also the rainbow swirl ones are easier than you think and so effective.

rose cupcakes http://youtu.be/H7zsiXGWkzA
rainbow swirls http://youtu.be/wfTWpr6CtV4

AnnieH

It's great to see so many new people in this thread. I'm loving all the cakes. Wonderful!

Here's my latest effort. A 70th birthday cake for my church pastor, plus cake pops and a model of the birthday boy

babyrut

Wow a new thread! Its been sometime for me, set up my new company https://www.carys-cakes.com and done event after event, had quite a few orders too and then had a brainwave https://www.cakepopkits.co.uk, can i have some honest thoughts on these kits would you buy them to dabble at cake pops, buy to give as a gift to someone, or even buy to make and then give to people as presents. I have a Christmas market stall which I need to make a decision on and want some honest opinions on these please.
Oh and my facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/cakepopkits
Will have to spend some time this week having a catch up with your cakes, never could get into putting my pics on here, do I need to set up something like flickr or something, lots of my pics on https://www.facebook.com/caryscakes
Thank you in advance
Ruth

Golden_Anemone

I love your cakes - I've admired them on facebook for a while now.

Have been thinking about cake pops and quite like the idea of buying a kit to try them out. Does the £15 per kit include delivery?

babyrut

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

I love your cakes - I've admired them on facebook for a while now.

Have been thinking about cake pops and quite like the idea of buying a kit to try them out. Does the £15 per kit include delivery?

Aw thanks, I have actually lowered the price to £12.50 which with delivery would be £15.50, this price is on ebay at the moment and website will be updated soon with new price, I have managed to negotiate some deals on the bits that go in them. Thank you for your opinion!
xx

Mumto2

babyrut wrote: »

Wow a new thread! Its been sometime for me, set up my new company www.carys-cakes.com and done event after event, had quite a few orders too and then had a brainwave www.cakepopkits.co.uk, can i have some honest thoughts on these kits would you buy them to dabble at cake pops, buy to give as a gift to someone, or even buy to make and then give to people as presents. I have a Christmas market stall which I need to make a decision on and want some honest opinions on these please.
Oh and my facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/cakepopkits
Will have to spend some time this week having a catch up with your cakes, never could get into putting my pics on here, do I need to set up something like flickr or something, lots of my pics on www.facebook.com/caryscakes
Thank you in advance
Ruth

Kits look interesting. Personally, I'd like to see a photo of the finished article, rather than a cartoon, so I can see what I would have as an end result :-)

babyrut

Mumto2 wrote: »

Kits look interesting. Personally, I'd like to see a photo of the finished article, rather than a cartoon, so I can see what I would have as an end result :-)

Thanks for pointing that out, will upload pics later, have pictures on the website but not on facebook, thought I did! Thank you! x

Sophiasam

Just started cake decorating myself in January this year after my daughter requested a princess castle cake for her birthday, I really enjoyed making it and have made around 30 cakes since. Id post some pics but don't have a clue how to so some tips would be greatly appreciated :j

you kind find the cakes Ive made on facebook Bellacakesuk

moosetastic

so, I was busy at the weekend christening my new whoopie pie tins, they are amazing, love them so much, they were so easy to use and to clean afterwards!

here are a couple of pics, just filled them with buttercream and dusted with icing sugar, will be a bit more adventurous next time I make them I think, they went down a storm though!

moosetastic

babyrut wrote: »

Wow a new thread! Its been sometime for me, set up my new company www.carys-cakes.com and done event after event, had quite a few orders too and then had a brainwave www.cakepopkits.co.uk, can i have some honest thoughts on these kits would you buy them to dabble at cake pops, buy to give as a gift to someone, or even buy to make and then give to people as presents. I have a Christmas market stall which I need to make a decision on and want some honest opinions on these please.
Oh and my facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/cakepopkits
Will have to spend some time this week having a catch up with your cakes, never could get into putting my pics on here, do I need to set up something like flickr or something, lots of my pics on www.facebook.com/caryscakes
Thank you in advance
Ruth

they do look interesting, as someone who has never tried to make cake pops, and therefore doesn't know how complicated/easy it is, this would be a good place to start, and the outlay will only be for this kit if I found out it wasn't for me. Will definately think about buying one when I get paid x