fondant icing

ceridwen

...and then theres also writing a letter stating exactly what you think of them in no uncertain terms.......errr.....also speaking from experience (BUT PLEASE DONT ACTUALLY SEND IT!).......errrr......could be that I'm also speaking from experience:o (hangs head....thinks "what an idiot I was"/"why on earth did I get so worked up about him?").

whatatwit

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Translation, please

Have you a food mixer? It's easier if you have, but no matter if you don't. I'd try an "all-in-one" cake. You can mix everything using a wooden spoon. Delia's recipe is good; make 2 cakes and have one for later. I'd ice with water icing (icing sugar and a splash of water - you really don't need much). Cover the cooled cake with this and decoarate with silver balls. Or you could roll out your fondant, use the base of the cake tin to cut a piece to cover the cake. However, that stuff tastes like cakkk, so will taint the flavour of your fresh HM cake.

HTH, Penny. x

SWMNBM

She Who Must Not Be Mentioned.
I love the technical term of cakkk :rotfl:

Benthosboy

If it was geometrically possible, I'd give you lot 20 out of 10 for cheering me up. :T :T :T

Squeaky - Sir, Yes Sir!!

Penelope Penguin - I HAD a food mixer but she's leaving me :rotfl: As for the word "cakk", top marks.

Ceridwen - throwing bottles after drinking the contents? And to think I thought Squeaky was frightening :rolleyes:

Katiecoodle - what a fab cake. If I took that in to work, they'd all wonder where I stole it from

Morwenna - I'm seeing you in a different light now . Women, tchh, should've listened to my dad. (real irony there, I'm not joking. You had to be in the church on my wedding day to believe it. And he wasn't :eek: ) And yes, I have a roasting tin. Could I put the sponge in with the roast and save gas? :rolleyes:

Whatatwit - how did you guess? I rather smugly thought I'd coined a new abbreviation


Actually, I've just had a thought. Could I grate the icing and have it on toast? (back to yellow snow again )

Thanks all.

Martyn.

Benthosboy

Benthosboy wrote: »

I've got all the usual ingredients such as flour, black treacle, muscavado sugar, dried herbs, bacon, sausages, tinned tomatoes, breadsticks, chicken stock, leftover apple crumble, a big bag of carrots, etc, etc.

And it speaks volumes that nobody picked up on that lot. Sort of a "5 course meal in a cake" :rotfl:

Alka-Seltzers anyone??

Martyn.

looby-loo_2

8oz SR Flour
3 1/2 to 4oz Butter or margarine
3 1/2 to 4oz sugar, any
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice or cinnamon
6 to 8 oz dried fruit / or coconut and cherries
1 egg
1/4 pint milk


Bake in a 2lb lined loaf tin for 40 mins at 180/ gas 4

looby-loo_2

Pizza?
Carrot cake?

whatatwit

Benthosboy wrote: »

If it was geometrically possible, I'd give you lot 20 out of 10 for cheering me up. :T :T :T

And yes, I have a roasting tin. Could I put the sponge in with the roast and save gas? :rolleyes:

Whatatwit - how did you guess? I rather smugly thought I'd coined a new abbreviation


Actually, I've just had a thought. Could I grate the icing and have it on toast? (back to yellow snow again )

Thanks all.

Martyn.

You could put the sponge in with the roast...not in the same tin ideally
My OH posts on a forum where they use SWMBO.
I love fondant icing, just keep nibbling a bit everytime you go in the kitchen

Poppy9

I've got a cake that I made earlier that would benefit from some icing. I only posted earlier I need some tips in how to make it look more presentable:rolleyes:

Pink.

Hi Benthosboy,

You're in luck! There was a thread a couple of days ago on what to do with fondant icing so I've added your thread to it to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

purpleivy

whatatwit wrote: »

SWMNBM

She Who Must Not Be Mentioned.
I love the technical term of cakkk :rotfl:

Benthos, she's right, it tastes like cakkk!