AHi All!

Wow some lovely cakes going on! Looove the superhero one Lizzy, the cape down the back is fab, and the webs are so neat! Love the Moroccan one too, I saw them demo onlays at CI and very nearly got one, but went with cake lace instead. I would love to get one (or 2.....!), I don't have a pasta roller though, would that matter do you think?

Siany the pleats are lovely, so neat! Love the pink too :)

Kuuushi the bows look fab! One tip I have for glittered pieces that are to be removed from cakes is to spray them with PME glaze spray. It seals it all on to your pieces without effecting the glitter, and stops it coming off all over everything when it's touched. Just be careful with the glaze spray and make sure everything is well covered with paper etc as it's a bu88er to clean off!

Relsnik I think a choc cake would be lovely as a gift :) Sorry about your rushed evening though, sounds like something I'd do! :)

Nanny, glad you got yourself checked out, much better to be safe and not have to end up in a foreign hospital! Hope you feel better soon!

I've just been doing some design planning, found this lovely fabric flower technique called kanzashi which I'm itching to try out for a cake, so pretty!

AYes its a nice hospital, was in and out in half hr.

AThanks Mel.

Whats that then? I haven't heard ofit, sounds fab though.

I need to make cake, getting rusty, 3rd week now without a cake, grrrrr.

AHi Maisie!! How are you? Blimey that was a rough call for you at 19 - must have been a right shock.

Barbara - glad you went now? I'm pleased it's just bruising - although bruising is very painful.

Suzanne - the cake sounds like a lovely present - don't worry about small talk - it'll be an ice breaker!:grin: Kathy

AI'm awful at small talk, rubbish around new people unless I'm talking cake LOL! Hubby is the chatty one out of the two of us :grin: you'll be fine though, I'm always dreading things like that too, but they always end up being fine once the ice is broken (which I am sure the cake will do nicely!) and I have a great time!

I'd never heard if it before this week too Nanny, it's flowers made of folded ribbons - http://www.pinterest.com/dthead/kanzashi-flowers/

Found a few tutorials on YouTube and I think I can convert it to using modelling paste. Might have to have a go later, just to see! They are just too pretty not to!

Gosh Maisie that just have been scary, glad you are ok now! I had repeated issues with my knees when I was younger, dislocated one kneecap about 6 times in my teens, before they decided to operate in it to stop it happening, so I know how uncomfy sore knees are Nanny! Keep it elevated, and the swelling down as much as you can, but keep moving it gently so it doesn't get stiff. x

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Hmm not sure, you should probably send me one to taste test for you :D

I woke up with a spider on my face once at 2 am, didn't believe that thing about eating them till that happened, I do now.

Ribbon flowers are ace. I used them in my art and design section of my city and guilds and my friend is making her own wedding flowers using them.

Has anyone used this?

http://www.thecakedecoratingcompany.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7044

AOh do you know I saw a tutorial recently for making similar flowers out of sugar so it can be done :)

A

No but let me know how it is as I hate the texture of cream cheese icing.

OMG Siany that would have freaked the bejesus out of me!!! I hate spiders!!! *shivers at the thought*

Sorry I haven't Suzanne, but I'd be interested to know what its like though as I don't offer cream cheese icings because of the fridge aspect! I think that's a US brand isn't it? Maybe someone in the other threads may know about it?

AOh unicorn poop!

I've just realised (yes just!) that the bows I glittered last night aren't edible. And they were meant for cupcakes. Now wtf am I gonna do? Hahah!

AWhy aren't they edible Kelsey?what did you make them from?

AWhat isn't it edible glitter?

AA dull question to ask I know.

ANot dull nanny, glitter isn't technically edible on a cake. This one definitely isn't. If they eat it, either their poo glitters or the inside of their stomach is like a 1970's disco-tech!

AI think we're all on glitter alert Barbara! Ever since the EdAble Art fiasco. I did wonder Kelsey - which is why I asked. Still - kids like funny stuff in their poo! Not sure about their mums tho':-D Kathy

AHa right, I see now.

AWoohoo! Hubby just texted to say my chocolate chips from callebaut have arrived! Good thing too. Need to bake the cakes and cupcakes tomorrow!

That's not too early is it?

I ordered the cream cheese emulsion.

I had to order something else from the site, so I thought 'why not try it?'  Worst thing that can happen is that I try it, hate it and have wasted a fiver. 

I'll let you know what I think!!!

ASuzanne, I haven't tried that but I have the Red Velvet one and it is really nice. :-)

AUmm... Emulsion?

Nanny glad you got checked out and it was nothing serious, try and rest it you don't want to be in pain for your hols. when do you go?

Mel I'm sure I have seen kansazhi flowers on a cake make from icing, can't remember where but pretty sure it can be done, look forward to seeing what you make , when is it for?

What is cream cheese and red velvet emulsion, is it like a flavouring?

http://www.lorannoils.com/node/181

I have the red velvet and the butter vanilla which is lovely!  I actually put some of the latter into buttercream recently and - sounds odd - but it tasted creamier!

Kathy

Thanks Kathy, I've never heard of them before. So with the red velvet do you still make a red velvet cake or can you flavour a normal sponge to taste like red velvet?

AHiya Roxy, it isn't for another 2 weeks, so plenty of time to heal up, thankfully.

That's good Nanny gives you time to rest it then.