Hi everyone, 

Its been a while since i last was on. So much has happened and i haven't had a chance to be on here.

I had a break around mum's anniversary and now I'm back on board.

I have some orders that have been thrown my way.

Something has come to my attention. I would like some advise if possible.

I have always been under the impression that a sponge cake could not be used as a base cake when using fondant or

making novelty cakes. Over the weekend a friend of mine went to a function and the cake from what has been said to me

was a two tier,  sponge round cake with sugar fondant (not butter cream or fresh cream) . The fondant was also a thick not

thin thickness (about a finger with- nail side up).

This has got me a bit baffled. I have always been told a butter cake or mud cake is the best and really the only cakes to be

used especially with novelty cakes.

Please can you give me some advise/opinions.

Hope everyone had a great mother's day.

Ajust wondering how do you present the cake board for a ganache cake? at present I have been leaving mine the plain silver covered mdf, but I don't like it and want it to look more finished but I am at a loss as to how

If you have used any fondant  as decorations on the cake at all - take one of those colours and use that to cover the board... that way it will be co ordinated.

Welll that's what I do 

I will try and post a picture to show you one I did not long ago.

Think that worked lollll

Bluehue.

Athanks Blue, that's a lovely cake :) the one that made me wonder was this one [IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3017377/width/200/height/400[/IMG] which unfortunately had no fondant :( what would you guys do in this situation? as you can see I just left it plain coz I didn't think to ask beforehand lol

Aalthough thinking about I could of covered the board in white fondant to match the roses, would that of looked silly?

No - I don think it would have looked silly...

Hindsight is a great thing....great thoughts AFTER we have done something....

We are our own worst critics..... comes with the craft.

But truly - the cake looks great.... the yellow and brown go lovely together don't they?

What was the occasion Ashlee?

Have spent the morning vaccing, mopping all floors and cleaning all the windows today.

Good grief, all of that took us 5 hours lollllllll

I am sure there is a better way to spend a Sunday lollll

But its lovely to know that everything has been done and all on the same day.

Ran around in the shower..... lippy and perfume on.... and diary open

Just waiting on customer to arrive for a consult.... wedding is in October.

Delivered a Birdcage birthday cake yesterday for a little girl turning 10...along with little cupcakes - lilac meringues, wrapped chocolates and  little cellophane tubes of purple smarties..... must get around to posting them on my site....

another thing on my list of *to do* lollll

Must dash.hhhhh...

Bluehue

ashlea you can cover your board with all the same things that you could if your cake was covered in fondant.  Just because it is covered in ganache does not mean that you have to treat the board differently.  If you are not giving the cake away you can put your cake straight onto a cake stand or I also quite often use wooden chopping boards that I keep especially for cakes.

http://cakecentral.com/t/708518/what-can-i-use-to-cover-cake-boards-and-foam-core-boards.  I haven't read all of this thread but it will give you some ideas.

We are still madly painting here so that the new carpets can go in this week or next.  Hardly seems worth cleaning the house when it already looks like a bomb has hit it.  Had to take all the shelving out of the built in robes to carpet the bottoms so that meant taking everything out of the cupboards.

Needed a break this morning so did a 'Don't Panic' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Cake.  Am going to change it to 'Don't Panic, your only 81 and the whole universe await you' and send it to my Dad for his birthday.  It's pretty simple but was fun to do and it always has to be a fairly simple design for his birthday as I have to mail it to Queensland.

Yes! i am im a newbie :)

Hello everyone :)

I've been a bit absent sorry. So many posts to catch up on. Beautiful cakes everyone. Blue (and anyone from Perth) I will have to get your details one day for friends or family looking for cakes - not that I have many that do but maybe I can pass on business oneday as I don't do it as a business).  Been home sick for weeks - not fun at the best of time let alone when pregnant :)

I have my sons 3rd birthday coming up in June I will make a cake for it if I am feeling better. Something simple but haven't got any idea of what it'll be yet. otherwise I'm still just living through all your wonderful creations as I have nothing coming up. :)

Welcome Candymiss90 to the addictive internet world of cakes.

Freckles, hang in thee (not that you have any choice).  Things will get better.

I tried my first high heel shoe today, it's coming along nicely.  Sorry should have said successful shoe.  First tried it yesterday and when I went to put the heel on it busted into 3 pieces.  I am not touching this one for a few days as I desperately need it to stay whole.  My son's partner is really petite and  wears the highest heels you have ever seen so I am making it for her birthday next week.  The heel is not very symmetrical but if I only take pictures from the front or side it should look fine!

Oh glad this one is working out for you Cazza :)  I hope it works out as planned. I am yet to try a heel but it looks like a lot of fun so i may have to give it a go soon :)

Blue that's wonderful you have your sister coming over :) I did that a while back when my sister lived in the UK. Just decided and gave her like 4 days notice - I'm coming over!!! haha was a fantastic last minute trip and was so lovely to see her and spend time together after so long apart. Enjoy yourselves xx

crap I hope your website sorts itself out - how frustrating! That would drive me nuts!

Yeah I'm fine, nothing major - just had a flu and chest infection but on the mend and doing well :) I'm not to bothered too much by things and just try to just on with it :)

As for my sons birthday - what doesn't he like! haha loves everything. animals, mickey and many other characters, nursery rhymes, playschool, Lego, trains, planes, automobiles, fairy's, making tea haha, painting, crafts, baking, everything haha so I don't have to think too hard do I, but will have to come up with something :) The only thing he doesn't like are tomatoes so i don't have an issue there haha.

Maybe one day you are down in Perth Cazza we can arrange a meet if it suits everyone :)

Popping in to say hello, I'm a fellow aussie from Melbourne, I am a self taught/still learning hobby caker. have only recently come across this amazing site and already am in love with it.

Welcome to the newbies Candy and Stacey, 

Freckles I hope you are much better now . Cazza I hope your Bomb site has turned back into a house by now and Blue , I hope you enjoyed your time with your sister. 

I am quiet at the moment, no cakes for a couple of weeks although I am supposed to be working on a show entry . I did do a couple of Plaques for the National in Adelaide to contribute to Queensland's display . They were of an Egyptian theme , I hope I get to see pictures of the whole display as I only got to do a small part of it. 

Freckles I would enjoy meeting up but won't be visiting for a while.  When I knew I was coming down for the craft fair I posted to see if anyone wanted to get together for coffee but unfortunately no one answered.

Chelle my house is still a bomb site zone.  I can barely move and the extreme mess is starting to really stress me out.  Carpet goes in tomorrow but hubby decided he couldn't finish the painting last week as it would ruin his bowls muscles for the weekend so even when the carpet is in the painting has to be finished before all the shelving can go back in the cupboards.  Added to all that is the fact that we are off on holidays for 6 weeks next week and as we are going out in to the middle of nowhere I need to be extremely organized food wise and so have that all over the place as well.  It probably hasn't helped that each fruitcake I made to take just had to be decorated as I could not let the opportunity of decorating a cake pass me by. 

The shoe is looking really good, I just have to get it on to the cake tomorrow.  I will post some photos then.

And sadly I must say that my wonderful life of leisure is coming to an end for a while.  When I get back from holidays I am returning to work 2 days a week.  That's presuming that the radiation registration board gets off its bum and into gear.  It is beyond me why it take 4 weeks to approve when I am on their computer (all be it lapsed by 3 months)  when the licensing board took all of 3 days.  I sometimes think that public servants stall things to justify their existence.

Yep much better thanks Chelle :) I hope you get to see pics of the whole display. Sounds like it will be wonderful.

oh I'm sorry I missed that post about the catch up Cazza. hahah of course the fruit cakes had to be decorated! :) Have a great trip! Hopefully the renos will be finished quickly before or after that and you can start enjoying it :) xx

Welcome Candy and Stacey

Came across this thread by accident, just saying hello I'm from the Central Coast, NSW, work professionally full time caking.  I haven't been on any forums for a couple of years but have recently been coming on here, I'm enjoying seeing what other people are making and doing.

Oops maybe I should add made 100 cupcakes for Telstra for the launch of the NBN being switched on in my area.  Got to bed at 12.30am and had to deliver them at 6.15am this morning.  I fell asleep earlier this evening and now I'm wide awake again grrr, should have just gone to bed, instead I'm on here trying to convince myself I'm tired again.

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Cazza, if they're anything like the NSW Physiotherapy Registration Board, they'll make your life hell if you let your rego lapse! I was advised by my board to let mine lapse when I'd had two kids in two years and was taking some time out of physio to grow my kids....well, BIG difference in attitude when I tried to re-sign again!! Makes you wonder what they pay these peoe for if they're dispensing bad advice to the members they take care of!

810whitechoc....glad you found the other Aussies here :-) I'm jealous you have had NBN switched on in your area! Is it a noticeable difference in terms of Internet speeds? I'm just up the coast from you in Lake Mac. :-) can't wait for an improvement to our services here.

can i just ask all the aussies here,  about when you bake and ganche your cakes?

i have a cake due for sun,  when is the best time to do what?

usually i just bake, ice and decorate on the saturday but i usually use buttercream this cake im trying out ganche

oh sorry and an add to that 

sugar syrup does anyone use it?  do i need it?  ive never used it before.

Ok fellow Aussies....  Did anyone watch "The Great Australian Bake Off' on Monday night.  After waiting months for this show (they have been advertising it on tv a few months into the year saying coming after Easter....and then nothing) is it just me who found it a massive disappointment :(  Am really hoping it will get better but I have a feeling that it is only going to get worse.....waaaaaaah so disappointed

Ugh, I was sooo disappointed!! Admittedly, I missed the first half of the show so didn't see the cupcakes or technical challenge and only watched the birthday cakes. For 5 hours worth of work I thought majority of the cakes were rubbish! I did like the beehive cake, and thought that the sweet 16 cake was fairly good for her first decorated cake, although not at a professional standard at all.

I didn't think the rainbow cakes required any sort of skill at all, they're all over the internet at the moment so its not like they were original at all (even the idea of using the edible markers to decorate the cake has already been done by Sweetapolita) but everyone was oohing and aahing over them, blech!

I really hope they improve the rest of the season cos I'm sick of there only being rubbish on tv!! :(

I agree totally Bluehue.  I did not watch it last night as I had my sister over (one I never see) and we were chatting and I knew I would never get to concentrate on the show. I set it to tape and got all excited to sit down and watch it today when the little ones were sleeping....  Really really bad...I actually got up and started cleaning up the lounge room at the same time - lol not something I would do if enthralled with a show.

I think they are trying to do the old 'good cop, bad cop' with the Judges.  I remember on one of the promo's for the show that they said Kerry was the 'Simon Cowell' of the cake world.  Hmmmm me thinks this show is not going to hang around for long.  Also from the ads I thought it would be mostly about cakes, decorating, etc but I have a feeling we have just watched the 'cake episode' and it will now go onto bread and who knows what else.  Aggggggh - did I mention disappointing.  Sad :(

Where they decorating warm cakes?

How foolish is that if they were - great example to set for people just starting out - or mums who want to create a cake for their families....

Honestly, the script didn't show KV in the best light.... sad.