Home-made cakes thread 2

Angela

deltadawn wrote: »

How do you get the butter icing so white? i,ve tried beating for ages but can never get it pure white like that,

I use lurpak unsalted it is expensive but nearly white to start with.

AnnieH

Hi Nanny. I made a Thomas cake a few weeks ago, and I'm not one who makes scuplted cakes, so I made a round cake, with a track around the edge, and a little die cast Thomas on the track. It went down really well

Nannyto9

AnnieH wrote: »

Hi Nanny. I made a Thomas cake a few weeks ago, and I'm not one who makes scuplted cakes, so I made a round cake, with a track around the edge, and a little die cast Thomas on the track. It went down really well

Thanks have already got a pattern so to speak the cake side isnt a problem. Its getting the fondant right I am not looking forward to. Still got another couple of weeks to practice.

Gemmy_2

Baking is my hobby and i'd love to become better at it. Could anyone post or pm if you feel more comfortable your perfect basic sponge recipe please.

nat82

Gemmy wrote: »

Baking is my hobby and i'd love to become better at it. Could anyone post or pm if you feel more comfortable your perfect basic sponge recipe please.

I haven't found my perfect recipe yet but I'm going to try this one soon:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10860/easy-vanilla-cake

Sounds yummy!

Gemmy_2

nat82 wrote: »

I haven't found my perfect recipe yet but I'm going to try this one soon:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10860/easy-vanilla-cake

Sounds yummy!

Thank you :d

I've just tried the vanilla cupcake recipe from the hummingbird bakery and we didn't think to much of it.

nat82

Gemmy wrote: »

Thank you :d

I've just tried the vanilla cupcake recipe from the hummingbird bakery and we didn't think to much of it.

I didn't think much of it when i tried it either.

I much prefer Cookie Girls (Xanthe Milton) vanilla cupcake recipe:

110g unsalted butter
110g caster sugar
2 large eggs
110g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

if you're interested! Her Lemon Finger Cookies are lush too! There are loads of stuff in her book I can't wait to make!

zippybungle

This is a Cake I made yesterday for my friends Daughters Smurf themed party. I made the cake using my silicone giant cupcake mould (just turned the bottom part upside down).

Hope you like it.

Zippy x

Emms

nat82 wrote: »

I haven't found my perfect recipe yet but I'm going to try this one soon:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10860/easy-vanilla-cake

Sounds yummy!

This recipe is yummy. I have made it many times

nat82 wrote: »

I didn't think much of it when i tried it either.

I much prefer Cookie Girls (Xanthe Milton) vanilla cupcake recipe:

110g unsalted butter
110g caster sugar
2 large eggs
110g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

if you're interested! Her Lemon Finger Cookies are lush too! There are loads of stuff in her book I can't wait to make!

I have her book and the Lemon Finger Cookies are amazing! I made a batch in July for my friends birthday and they went down very well.



Emma

blonde_redhead1

how do you get the icing on cupcakes to be such fat lines, what icing bag/nozzels are used?