A Thread For All Uk Bakers!!
Decorating By hailinguk Updated 25 Aug 2017 , 10:29am by Magic Mouthfuls
Yeah Nanny I'd say so, it looks perfect! *head tilt* I think it's the long slanty windscreen that makes it look sporty :) is it going to be a sporty red soft top??
To everyone except Lizzy who can't hear me cos she's not here (*wink* tee hee) I have been not having time off like I wanted!! I have been planning and procrastinating and making favor cakes and filling testers- tried salted caramel (too sweet) white choc fudge (sickly!).... spiced cheesecake (so so sooooo yum!)...... think I'm afraid my Granda's cake won't live up to the expectation..... so I've just gone and bought good cocoa, 9 cans of condensed milk and good soft brown sugar.... why go for something crazy when the old faithful fudge cake has never let me down!
plus work has been pants.... spent this morning taking calf rectal temperatures..... don't ask.... and go mop up that coffee you just spilled laughing!!!
ROFL Lizzy I just snorted my tea reading that!! (sorry, hope Siany doesn't notice this!) 
Nanny the car looks great! I'd be awful with RKT and keep 'sample testing'.
Ooh what if you covered it in ganache.....no wait - I didn't say that! Oh darnit, now that's all I can think about.......mmm chocolate coated RKT.......
OK, so I have at least made biscuit dough. That's something.........? Playing with my Lakeland flavours and have made a rhubarb dough and I'm going to flavour my RI with the custard one - hoping they taste nice together! They are for photos only, so it'll just be us eating them if they are awful anyway LOL!
Suzanne have you tried that cream cheese one yet?
Hi Jean, and Gray - hope you are both well!
Maisie you seriously have NOTHING to worry about! But yes, I would say if I saw something was a bit off, so don't you worry a bit, you'll be fine! x
Argh Gray! Seriously, I'm drowning in tea again LOL!!!!! 
AHa ha ha ha ha ha, what a picture I give of that Gray!!amazing fair play. What do you do then? I feel I should know, have you told us what you do?
AOh mel, thats all I did was pick,pick, boring on its own, not that that stopped me, but dairy milk or similar, bagging it up as we speak so I dont do anything stupid.
I know, how glamorous!! I can't remember if I've said... I work in animal welfare on a research farm where they work on bettering livestock management, I'm currently looking at less invasive ways of monitoring for sick calves so I'm comparing thermal photos with actual temperatures and videoing them 24/7 looking for any early indicator behaviours.... not a bad job really... a bit mucky but certainly different!!
Off to make 2 big 10x14" cakes now! ....looking forward to the offcuts!! ha ha
ALmao gray, I hope you rolled your sleeves up!
I'm soo gutted with my shoe. Man alive it's taking all my might to show you guys...
This is how it was meant to look... [IMG]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3286283/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
This is how it looks now...
AHope you wash your hands Gray! Haha! Kathy
AKelsey I'm not sure I can see anything wrong. Am in the car on my phone (the passenger! Lol) but it looks ok .... Kathy
AOh yeah, coz it looks so different, aw come on Kelsey, your being abit hard on yourself, whatever was wrong you covered it up well.
Interesting Gray, very different.
AKel I genuinely see no problem... The diamonds at the bottom are the only difference I can see! I don't think you've anything to worry about!
... Those long gloves up to your elbows mean you don't have to wash you hands right?? Lmao :-D
ASo, would this be a plan, I think it was kathy who said she puts piping gel on RKT for the sp to stick, would it work if put a very thin layer of sp on first, then a thicker one?
AOMG ! Today seriously must go down in history for a chatty day on here!
Ha ha yeah I love beer and most alcoholic beverages tbh. Shame my waste line doesn't share my enthusiasm !!
Sorry maisie yes definitely meant didn't run you ragged ! Was rushing as usual.
Kelsey I'm going to quote something my husband said to me at the weekend...'it's great you fool, now have cake closure and be done !!'. Seriously though you should be proud of yourself it's great I love it no one would ever know (apart from us !!).
Nanny I like the Broom broom ;-)
AThats cos I'm back Jo, ha ha ha.
No seriously, they're always chatty never mind whose on here.
ALizzy you crack me up. :)
Barbara I hope that works as that's my plan for the hot air ballon. I have 2, a small one and a Big one the big one is better bit I'm worried it's too heavy for the cake.
OMG I'm going to drown myself in the toilet if I have to watch one more minute of kids TV, when we were kids at least they had people who could actually sing, this is making my ears bleed :(
I decided I'm having the evening off. I might play with the balloon later but I am knackered and just want to watch gbbo .
I didn't eat any oft rkt, am I broken? Maybe I needed ganache to go with them to make them appealing. It's just bland. It is really sticky though Barbara, I found trex to make it worse but with slightly damp hands (not via the gray method :D) it was workable. I have painted it with melted white choc to try and fill in the tiny gaps I have.
This post is probably rambling and I apologise, smallest small was up last night and I'm beat.
Oh and Kelsey your shoes fine. I see where you are not happy with it, only by very painstakingly going from pic to pic and back again. To spot the difference, if I hadn't of done that I would never of noticed. Stop worrying.
ANanny I 'butter' SP with melted chocolate... Melted to that thick pasty consistency not runny... Then just place it on and smooth it. If you want to hurry setting pop it on the freezer for 10 mins :-)
Cakes baking nicely :-) chocolate fudge time! (must hide the teaspoons when it's made!)
AOooooo, hot air balloons, thats exciting, how you gonna do that then Siany?
Bake off, bake off, cant wait!
AOooo gray choc fudge yum yum bubblegum !!!
Ha ha Siany I've had one of those afternoons with my two ! Please don't drown in the lav though there are better ways to go lol. I'm resorting to this...
[IMG]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3286299/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
I have a grumpy husband to see to now after a bad day !
Will try to 'keep up' again tomorrow.
Happy baking to all and decorating for that matter :-)
AThis is them now. Going to cover the balloon part with sugarpaste and the do a basket weave pipe over the basket bit. The big one is much better but I'm worried it's too top heavy. I might make some more in the morning and redo it.
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AJo I don't really drink but I may pour myself a Malibu and coke in a min and join you :)
AFor the record I don't have a drink problem honest lol ! Just on a Wednesday with no work on a Thursday I do indulge !
Hope your smallest small isn't getting poorly, and has a better night tonight x
ADon't just love it when inspiration hits. I'm going to do the balloon cake different now and I am now excited about it :D
Jo, I think he's getting a cold. Hopefully not too bad as I have lots to do the next 3 days :/
AEvening All. It's just taken me nigh on 40 mins to read the new posts!!!!
Kuushi...the shoe looks Fab.
I'm no where near as good as you guys but since last year when I started to read CC, I now know about cake drums, covering boards, smoothing...etc, I'm hoping my efforts look a bit better than the Angel cakes!!!
yesterday evening I spent a happy hour+ colouring the SP with my sugar flair paste colours. I've learnt to leave them overnight to let the colour 'mature'....so today I just had to tweak the red, the ruddy red, and the pale blue. My hands are blotchy now! All this for a board game. How do you hyts do more than one cake a week.
Now into the kitchen to make the ganache....followed by GBBO on time delay :D
AHi spirited, Mmmm, I remember a star wars cake I made awhile back, had to colour the sp, a very dark navy almost black navy, for a 12" cake, took me 2 hrs plus, Grrr, did use disposable tho, so much better.
Aw poor Kate, I liked her. Boys are doing well tho.
Can I ask what writing tip you all use when hand piping lettering, is size 00 best or 1 ? My new set only goes as low as a 2 and I already have that as used that on the camper van and was way too bulgy and thick in places.
Depending on the cake either 1 or 1.5. More often than not, 1.5.
Originally Posted by Raindrops
I have never tried Renshaw, my instructor wasn't too keen on it hence why I never tried it. Might need to reconsider that option.I tend to knead till its pliable, not exactly sure how long one is meant to knead it for until it is acceptable to roll out, but I def do knead.
It's really personal preference. What one person swears by, someone else will hate. Unfortunately, I think it's a case of trying a few until you find one you get on with.
Yes. Absolutely, totally, utterly revolting. DON'T DO IT!!!!!
Kelsey - your shoe looks lovely. Honestly. There's no difference in the pics!!!
Mr F speaks wise words! I like that... "Cake Closure". Yes, I like that!!
The balloons look good!!!
Right - off to do my niece's Barbie cake.
TTFN x
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Original message sent by Relznik
I actually think I've managed to find a new level of procrastination that must truly be regarded as an art form.
Oh please! Until you're a teacher faced with a pile of extended writing marking to do, you have never truly experienced procrastination!!! How do you think I got into caking... ;) lol!
Original message sent by nannycook
And if you ever unsure how we think our cakes are, take a look at Margies Angel Cakes on FB, it popped up on my Newsfeed, I really really dont mean to be unkind, but really, her cakes are so not a good finish. Just gobsmacked she puts them on there.
Oh. My. God.
*speechless*
HAVE YOU SEEM HER PRICES?!! She charges £3.50 per cupcake! PER CUPCAKE! I can cough up better decorated cupcakes. And I think my cupcakes are TERRIBLE!
Wow. Just wow.
Sorry to be uncharacteristically b*tchy, but seriously?!!
AYes I felt really *****y bringing her cakes to everyone's attention, but like you said her cupcakes are very very expensive, I'm surprised she sells any at all, thats over £36 for a box of 12, wow!
Thats it tho, her roses compared to the rest of her cakes are, ok, very odd.
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Original message sent by nannycook
Ha ha ha, you guys are funny, you still crack me up!
But I be able to mould it into some sort of mini sports car shape? I will have a go and if I dont get on with it I can always go to plan b
Oh I really do feel bad about high lighting her page but they so bad, just dont know even she cant see it, it stares you right in the face, and yet her roses are ok, she has some skills,just its the flipping finish of the cakes I dont understand. Sorry, rant over!
I feel like she might buy her flowers ready made. I feel like one of my suppliers stocks her daffodils. I could be wrong though...
Original message sent by nannycook
Gray, how the devil are you? Where you been man? Good, glad you popped in actually, OK, as a man, would you say this is a sports type looking car?[IMG]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3286267/width/200/height/400[/IMG] be honest , dont mind as never done it before.
I have one. Looks just like that... ;)
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[quote name="kuuushi" url="/t/622656/a-thread-for-all-uk-bakers/17550#post_7549673"]Lmao gray, I hope you rolled your sleeves up!
I'm soo gutted with my shoe. Man alive it's taking all my might to show you guys...
This is how it was meant to look... [IMG]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3286283/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
This is how it looks now...
Although a bit unkind, it has done wonders for my confidence! Well, maybe not so much, but it does make me realise that at least I'm not that bad.
I've got stuck in a rut this week of doubting everything and myself to the point of wondering whether I should be making this wedding cake. To trial a (probably 3) tiered cake is going to cost me a fair bit and we don't really know enough people to eat it all! And then I'm worrying whether ganache or SMBC will work to hold the floating chocolate pieces in place. I have found the right acetate at Squire's Kitchen, so that's something at least.
Random question from me tonight (yes, I know, I have many!) will adding Nutella to a basic SMBC put it at risk of spoiling when out for a day or two? Is there a better way to get a chocolate hazelnut flavour in SMBC? I've read some recipes where they use hazelnut liqueur in ganache to flavour it, but don't know if that'll be overpowering and not really fitting with the Nutella theme. I was going to make a praline paste to add to the plain SMBC to do some of the inside layers of buttercream.
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