Home-made cakes thread 2

Giggles_Fairy

thanks for all your advise re: my buttercream seperating and the colours. I do only put a little buttercream in at a time as the bags arent huge. Never thought about fact my hands were getting hot. My little cousin had joined me for some cake baking for the first time so things were taking alot longer than usual so that does explain it (it had never happened before). Think I may plan to put my buttercream in the fridge to chill next time.

Not sure what brand my colours are, I just bought them for the local cake decorating shop, its the only brand they stock. Will check out the brand when I next get my stuff out.

That Thomas cake is FAB! I love all your ladies cakes they are amazing!

pearsoneys

these are all brilliant folks

pearsoneys

Treacle_Toes wrote: »

Hello,
I also made some Ice Cream Cupcakes as we were holding her party at our beach hut, and they fitted in with the seaside theme.



They were my first cakes that I have ever decorated and I'm pretty pleased with myself!

I'll continue to read this thread as I may have caught the cake decorating bug!

these are BRILLIANT!
sorry though i've a couple of questions.....did you make a small bun then slot it in the cone? and how did you get WHITE icing? I always use stork butter icing I make but these are brill

Emms

pearsoneys wrote: »

these are BRILLIANT!
sorry though i've a couple of questions.....did you make a small bun then slot it in the cone? and how did you get WHITE icing? I always use stork butter icing I make but these are brill

You bake the cake in the icecream cone in the oven. Im not sure how she got super white icing, but it kinda looks like marshmallow. I find the best butter for getting close to white is lurpark, but stork etc are too yellowy.

Emma

toptotty123

Oh wow, you lot are so talented. I've just been looking for some inspiration, your cakes all look amazing, I so wish I could bake cakes and make them look amazing like yours.

I think I will try to do the ice cream cone ones for a summer party next year, they look fab. Just not too sure about the icing though.

julie03

this recipe http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing gives a lovely white icing

moosetastic

here's some photos of the cake I made on Friday for my brother in law who was 50 last week, it went down very well!! I also made some cupcakes that spelt out happy birthday and his name, but they didn't turn out so well, so didn't take any pics of those!

bunbun2

I would like to say a HUGE thank you to
AnnieH for replying to my query about using dairy free spread
kelly-lou for her recipe for the giant cupcake
treacle toes for posting a picture of her fab giant cupcake

I made my cake using kelly-lou's recipe and butter. I greased the mould well and floured it. I iced it using the nozzle that treacle toes used, I hadn't thought of using that one and my swirls need alot of practice.

I am really pleased with the cake I made for my ds' birthday



I am sorry the pic is so small - it was either huge or tiny:(

danielag

Hi, I attempted my pumpkin cake today, i used ready rolled sugarpaste to ice it, but it was too small, so looks like i will have to roll my own! Any tips on rolling a big piece of sugar paste, what type of rolling pin should i use & what should i roll it out on?
Thanks

Emms

Roll it out on your kitchen worktop. Dust some cornflour over the worktop and over your rolling pin. Turn the sugar paste round every few rolls to stop it sticking and to get it rolled out to an even shape. If it starts to stick dust some more cornflour on the worktop. Any type of rolling pin will do but if you have one that has no handles at the end, like a marble one thats just completely round, then it would be better as handles can leave indents as you roll. Hope that makes sense!

Emma