Home-made cakes thread 2

mumof3mk

hiya all, fabby cakes. question for you all please......
1, how can i keep my royal or fondant icing soft and not go completly hard like a brick.? please, answer for both icings
2, if you use gycerine, how much
thankyou xx

Cake4brains

Hi mumof3, when using Royal Icing it needs to be covered as soon as you make it, I use a damp cloth draped over the bowl until I am ready to use it. Not sure about storing it for longer than that. I store fondant in plastic sealed bags, it still goes a bit hard but can be easily kneaded back to being pliable. I find the zip/slider bags better than thin sandwhich bags. HTH

Dont use glycerine, Im sure someone will be along who can help with that

StarSquishy

Wanted to share my Christmas cakes with you all but they are too big when I paste onto here!

Golden_Anemone

If you have tried and they are too big you need to re-size them before posting. I use photobucket and their edit function lets me resize if needed. To be honest so long as they're not wider than the page I think they're fine.

AnnieH

Christmassy minis I made for a lovely lady who works at Capital FM Arena, cos she picked me to win Bill Bailey tickets the other week

awesome2_2

Hi Ladies

Hope everyone is ok and not to stressed Well just marzipaned three christmas cakes and it got me thinking does everyone else marzipan and ice the same day or do you leave the marzipan to dry?

I always leaver mine to air dry for a couple of days before icing as always worried the oil will come through on to the icing, What are your views?

AnnieH

If I haven't left it til the last minute, I'll leave the marzipan for a day or 2, but I generally do leave things til the last invite and find it fine to marzipan and ice the same day

Kirsty262

Need to make the large cupcake cake next week for a friend, any pics for ideas please

AnnieH

Kirsty262 wrote: »

Need to make the large cupcake cake next week for a friend, any pics for ideas please

Google images always gives me ideas if I'm stuck for inspiration :beer:

Kirsty262

Just looking on there AnnieH, thanks. Any tips welcome too please My friend has asked me to make one for her daughters 1st birthday I make cupcakes but not made a big one before. Just debating what to do on the sides?