Home-made cakes thread 2

bindiboo

superwoman247 wrote: »

Can I be cheeky and ask for a recipe?

hi

have inboxed you

pennib

Emms wrote: »

Lets see the fancy icing one too! Loving the little computer mouses/mices lol what ever they are called

Heres my cakes from this week




All they asked for for this was bright colours and Happy Birthday and the polish message on top so I hope they like it. Collecting it tomorrow.






These cupcakes were for a christening yesterday and it took me and my cake buddy a lot of hours to make all the little toppers and get it all together.

Emma

That is stunning. The little cakes are soo cute with the toppers, what a brilliant idea.

Emms

hogshead wrote: »

My sis has offered to bake a batch of cakes for an event but I am to provide the butter which she says is the most pricy part of baking. Are there any deals/suggestions of which is best so long as it's unsalted as she requested.

Thanks

I generally buy supermarket own unless theres something on special offer, sometimes even buy the value ones and have had no problems with any. Your probably looking at £1.30 - £1.50 a packet though so it is pricey. Some people just use stork for baking but I tend to use butter for cupcakes and stork for cakes.

nat82 wrote: »

Hi everyone!

I've finally got some photos to add but it's ben about 2 years since I posted pictures on here and can't remember how to do it! I don't remember ever having to upload them to a hosting site first but can't remember how to get them to show up in my posts

Can anyone help please???

Thank you in advance x

I upload to photobucket and then post links on here.

Emma

pearsoneys

Emms wrote: »

Lets see the fancy icing one too! Loving the little computer mouses/mices lol what ever they are called

All



Emma

They are brilliant!!!!
ok heres the 'fancy ones' lol which really arent that but the girls at school all like them and they dissappear super fast if they go in the staffroom...


sorry i so wish i knew how to make them smaller lol!! its either tiny ( but that option has now dissapeared) or huge!
Claire x

Angela

Kirsty262 wrote: »

I am after some cake decorating advice please. I can do cupcakes no problem and I can bake a good cake (so people tell me) the problem I have is decorating them!! I can't seem to get the fondant to go on smoothly. I am not sure if I rolled it too thin, any advice please. SWould love to do a cake decorating class but can't find one local to me (Leeds, W Yorkshire)

I used to have this problem and found I was rolling out too large a piece of fondant icing and also too thin, keep it as small as possible just enough to cover the cake and sides if you have too big a circle you have too much icing to try to get rid of around the sides, hope this is of some help, plus I always use bought icing as it seems to have a nice smooth finish as is not too expensive.

danielag

Has anyone got any nice bundt cake recipes? Thanks

pearsoneys

the person having issues getting smooth icing?
I'm not brilliant at this but i found by covering the cake in butter icing before you ice it helps. then once covered with rolled icing use the palm of your hand to make circle motions- you can buy a smoother which is only about £4/5 and just a sheet of plastic with a handle but palm is free and for now will do! hth x

Emms

Kirsty262 wrote: »

I am after some cake decorating advice please. I can do cupcakes no problem and I can bake a good cake (so people tell me) the problem I have is decorating them!! I can't seem to get the fondant to go on smoothly. I am not sure if I rolled it too thin, any advice please. SWould love to do a cake decorating class but can't find one local to me (Leeds, W Yorkshire)

Roll the fondant no thinner than 1/4inch. If its too thin you will never get a smooth surface. Cover the cake in a thin layer of buttercream first and let it set. Do another layer if you need to. Just make sure you have a nice flat smooth edge before you try to put the fondant on and that the buttercream has set. If the buttercream hasnt set then the fondant will just end up pushing in between the layers of the cake. Use a cake smoother to finish it off

TINK21 wrote: »

Hi everyone .
New to this fab forum & recently started baking & decorating cakes .I am doing an evening class at night school and really enjoying it .Everyone is so good on here and I'm after some advice .We are doing a bonfire cake this week ,complete with matchmaker chocolates (yum)-we need to bake a cake in a pudding bowl to take which i'm ok with as i've done this before.My question is: does anyone know if you can make a chocolate madeira cake ?I have a tried and tested recipe that I always use but would ike to do a chocolate one as it is meant to be a bonfire .
Thanks
:T

For chocolate Madeira you can just substitute some of the flour for cocoa powder

Emma

Angela

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pearsoneys

thats fantastic!!