Home-made cakes thread 2

lisa26_2

also, use some white flora or trex. Rub it all over your rolling pin (unless its wooden) and your worktop then use kitchen roll to rub most of it off. You shouldn't need any cornflour then.

danielag

thanks so much for your replies i will give it a go

bexsmum

Hi Everyone,

I've got a really quick question.... about cake pops!

I've made them once before, and I want to make them again but I was wondering about how long they last.

If I make them this weekend, and keep them in an air tight container how long would they last before decoration, once decorated how long do they keep for and also can the cake balls be frozen?

Thanks for the help!

AnnieH

You can freeze the cake balls before they're coated. Once decorated they keep for up to a week. Cream cheese ones keep for about 3 days.

I find it easier to decorate them as I'm coating them, but that's just me

pearsoneys

Emms wrote: »

So Ive been planning for weeks to make my friend a small single tier birthday cake as I know she was going to make some cupcakes herself, but somehow today it turned into a rather large two tier cake oops. Its huge!



Emma

hi
just wondering if you could help me. I've got to make a cae ( first one for people i dontknow) and make a vibrant coloured rainbow.
is the above white colouring that youve coloured yourself and if so what did you use to colour them please? I've seen pastes and gels but i've no idea whats best or how to do it !

also making buns around the outside which ill put butter icing on the top and which is best to colour that?
sorry for all the questions but if i buy the wrong stuff it will get expensive!!!

AnnieH

pearsoneys wrote: »

hi
just wondering if you could help me. I've got to make a cae ( first one for people i dontknow) and make a vibrant coloured rainbow.
is the above white colouring that youve coloured yourself and if so what did you use to colour them please? I've seen pastes and gels but i've no idea whats best or how to do it !

also making buns around the outside which ill put butter icing on the top and which is best to colour that?
sorry for all the questions but if i buy the wrong stuff it will get expensive!!!

I use Sugarflair paste colours, which you can use for colouring sugarpaste icing and buttercream, but for really vibrant colours, it's best to buy ready made.

susiecm3

My son is mad on anrgy birds so thought I would theme his cake this year to that, seen some toppers on ebay but thought I would but the icing and have a go myself, done a first tester batch yesterday, need to work on the yellow ones

mazza25

Hi all, Hope you don't mind me jumping in? I love making cakes, I've been teaching myself. So, I've finally cracked how to lay the fondant over the cake. How do I 'clean' my cake up though? I've been using icing sugar when rolling the fondant out.



ETA. This is the link if it doesn't work, never tried adding pics to this site before!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67519041@N03/6146639946/

julie03

mazza25 wrote: »

Hi all, Hope you don't mind me jumping in? I love making cakes, I've been teaching myself. So, I've finally cracked how to lay the fondant over the cake. How do I 'clean' my cake up though? I've been using icing sugar when rolling the fondant out.



ETA. This is the link if it doesn't work, never tried adding pics to this site before!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67519041@N03/6146639946/

your picture is set to private so cant view

AnnieH

mazza25 wrote: »

Hi all, Hope you don't mind me jumping in? I love making cakes, I've been teaching myself. So, I've finally cracked how to lay the fondant over the cake. How do I 'clean' my cake up though? I've been using icing sugar when rolling the fondant out.



ETA. This is the link if it doesn't work, never tried adding pics to this site before!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67519041@N03/6146639946/

What do you mean clean the cake up? Is it icing sugar stains? I brush vodka over the cake to clean up and add a little sheen. Don't worry the alcohol evaporates very quickly, leaving a colourless, tasteless, clean finish