Home-made cakes thread 2

Golden_Anemone

AnnieH wrote: »

This week's "cake" is for my niece's baby shower. I'm really pleased with it, I Can't wait to give it to her

Lovely Annie - what temperature was the oven for that one?

Bettybigboobs

Afitos wrote: »

Hi,

Have been along time lurker on here and have been inspired by all the lovely cakes.

I am going to try and make some Penguins out of sugar paste to do the iceberg cake in the Asda book.

Does anyone know if i can colour the fondant myself or do i need to buy it ready coloured ? If i need to buy it does anyone have any recommendations of where to buy it from ?

Thanks

Colour it yourself with squires paste colours. And if your using fondant you will need to add tylo powder.

nat82

Gemmy wrote: »

Thanks to Nat, i've found my perfect sponge.

My first batch of the cupcakes i've always wanted to make:

Lovely cake! The icing is a lovely colour! I love that sponge mix, it's really yummy! x

nat82

Hi

Just wondered if anyone has used either the Baking Mad or Good Food Vanilla cake recipes for their Giant Cupcakes? Or would anyone be willing to share their recipe with me? I'm struggling to find a good recipe, mine seem to be really dry and my daughter would like one for her birthday party this weekend.

Thanks in advance.

Nat x

bunbun2

nat82 wrote: »

Hi

Just wondered if anyone has used either the Baking Mad or Good Food Vanilla cake recipes for their Giant Cupcakes? Or would anyone be willing to share their recipe with me? I'm struggling to find a good recipe, mine seem to be really dry and my daughter would like one for her birthday party this weekend.

Thanks in advance.

Nat x

I used the good food vanilla cupcake recipe for my giant cupcake. I multiplied the quantities by 3 (6 eggs) and it turned out really well. it was lovely and moist.

emilyk

hi all,

I recieved my giant cupcake silicone mould today, keen to give it a go I made up some cupcake mix (i made double the normal mix to fill one half, the same for the other half - the mould is xxxl!)...

however, it ended in disaster! i cooked it for around an hour - and it was still runny in the middle!!!! Eventually i gave up & binned the mix. Feeling rather gutted now.

Ive looked everywhere online for a good mix, cooking times & temperatures for this but cant find anything! If anyone can help i'd be very very grateful! x

AnnieH

Silicone bakeware is the Devil's work. Metal all the way for me. My silicone giant cupcake mould has gone in the bin, it didn't cook evenly, it was still raw in the middle after ages, burnt on the outside. And that's not because I'm a novice.

Afitos

Bettybigboobs wrote: »

Colour it yourself with squires paste colours. And if your using fondant you will need to add tylo powder.

Thanks for your help.

So do i have to add the powder to the fondant ? Can I just add food colouring and kneed it in ?

Bunnygirl

Afitos wrote: »

Thanks for your help.

So do i have to add the powder to the fondant ? Can I just add food colouring and kneed it in ?

Yes you need to add tylo powder this video should help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtehRE7VQw

mkgirl1981

Kelly-Lou wrote: »

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.

hi - ive been using this recipe, makes the perfect amount, is really simple and comes out great every time

http://www.waitrose.com/content/waitrose/en/home/recipes/recipe_directory/c/chocolate_brownies_0.html