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Home-made cakes thread 2

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  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    This week's cake is for a "bring and share" lunch at church today. It's a light fruit cake (off bbcgoodfood.com) with a layer of marzipan (yuk) under the icing
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  • Kelly-Lou
    Kelly-Lou Posts: 169 Forumite
    Hi there, fab cakes as usual. Does anyone have a yummy recipe for chocolate brownie please. I have tried loads now and none taste right - they either aren't chocolatey enough, too dry or have added ingrediants like cookies or wafer biscuits.
  • danielag
    danielag Posts: 292 Forumite
    danielag wrote: »
    Dont know if this will work, Its my 1st ever 'big' cake, for my newphews 1st birthday he had a halloween party:

    Hope this works

    http://s1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb453/danigirg/?action=view&current=Bradscake.jpg
  • victory
    victory Posts: 16,188 Forumite
    Wow they are fantastic so puts my attempts to shame:D
    misspiggy wrote: »
    I'm sure you're an angel in disguise Victory :)
  • danielag
    danielag Posts: 292 Forumite
    Also had my 1st try at cake pops & ice creams, and made cupcakes for christmas fair, the top ones were baileys and were really nice.

    http://s1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb453/danigirg/?action=view&current=cakepops.jpg
  • lindsey3uk
    lindsey3uk Posts: 333 Forumite
    Hi everyone,
    i am new to this thread hope you dont mind me eavesdropping.
    I make cupcakes, lots of them but i am having trouble getting my buttercream to look really chocolatey. What do you guys use? It always tastes nice but always a really light brown.

    Lindsey
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  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    lindsey3uk wrote: »
    Hi everyone,
    i am new to this thread hope you dont mind me eavesdropping.
    I make cupcakes, lots of them but i am having trouble getting my buttercream to look really chocolatey. What do you guys use? It always tastes nice but always a really light brown.

    Lindsey

    Maybe you're just not using enough cocoa. Or have you tried using ganache to cover them? Yummy :)
  • grumpys1daughter
    grumpys1daughter Posts: 317 Forumite
    edited 6 November 2011 at 5:13PM
    My first attempt at a cake for charity halloween party and some cupcakes
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    On the countdown mortgage will be paid off this year if I keep paying bit extra fingers crossed fully paid out by July :j
  • grumpys1daughter
    grumpys1daughter Posts: 317 Forumite
    the cupcakes
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    On the countdown mortgage will be paid off this year if I keep paying bit extra fingers crossed fully paid out by July :j
  • grumpys1daughter
    grumpys1daughter Posts: 317 Forumite
    Can someone reccommend what the best colouring is for use in sugarpaste and buttercream the black and orange paste ones I bought just wouldnt go a deep enough colour wanted orange and black buttercream and fondant but the nearest I got was peach and grey thanks
    On the countdown mortgage will be paid off this year if I keep paying bit extra fingers crossed fully paid out by July :j
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