AOh good! I'm glad Pam stepped in. Another thing to remember when pricing, even if it's simple it's still a process that takes days to complete so don't undervalue your time.

ahhhhhhh - Baby Booties !!   I stand corrected - here I was scolding you because I had a picture in my mind of life size pair of stilletos!! haha

You are not far off the mark for baby booties... BUT if they are $13.50 for the pair - you should be knocking those babies out in about  TEN MINUTES

ALol no just two little baby booties which yes didn't take me very long to do at all lol

AI thought you were doing the entire cake for under $14! Anyway, I'm glad you figured it out! Bling on baby booties would have been cute-I'm sure it will turn out nicely with your new plan.

Ahey aussies, I am trying to think of a new name for my business, but I am stuck :( I have been going under Ashlea Brown Cakes, but want something a little more creative, and suitable for use as a home-based business and eventually a cupcake shop. I want to stay away from the 'Brown' in my name too. hope you guys can help me get thru my mental block :)

AThanks Bluehue

AI know, and thank you, I really mean that :) they are some good ideas and I could get nothing myself, you have cleared the block and I am playing around with some combinations now, so stay tuned...

Hi everyone, I've been away from this thread for a while.  Harking back to the July discussion (whilst I was on holidays) about old fashion techniques I just wanted to say that at our CDAWA in Geraldton on the weekend we had a guest tutor from Perth who taught us pressure piping.  Not the chunky figure (clowns etc.) type but the really delicate lace effect that we could then make 3 D pieces out of.  Well, you could have if you didn't manage to smash your pieces to smithereens like I did.

Ashlea, you might not want to set yourself up just for cakes and cupcakes. Perhaps get a more general name in case you want to make other sweets and desserts. I'm adding to your collection here.

Ashlea's Sweet Corner

Ashlea's Sweet Atélier

Sugar Confections

Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice

Ashlea's Desserts

Sweets by Ashlea

Just Sweetness

Ashlea's Confections

Flour & Sugar

AHey everyone! I'm new and this is my first post and thought this would be a great place to start as I'm from sydney. It's nice to know there are so many of us here! Ashlea, just to add to all of the great suggestions - Ashlea creates

Hey there! I didn't even realise there was an Aussie thread! I'm up in lovely, hot, HUMID Darwin - air conditioning is my friend. Lol! I'm just a hobby baker at the moment, I've been baking for years but am just starting now to push myself a bit more in the decorating side of things. I've found my true love! I could spend all day in the kitchen quite happily creating. Bliss! 

Anyway, it's lovely to meet you all :) 

A

Welcome Nadiaa and Carabella.  Nadiaa I was just trying to imagine decorating in the wet season and it is beyond me.  But then I don't much like air conditioning.  If I lived in Darwin I suppose I would have no choice.  I have been to Darwin to work in the wet season a couple of times.  I just love the lightning storms and the extreme downpours of rain.  Don't get much rain where I live and it is generally squally showers but do have to cope with some humidity as I live across the road from the beach.  Enjoy your decorating, both of you.  It is a fabulous hobby to have.  It can be very frustrating but also immensely rewarding.

Thanks for the warm welcomes :) Yes, decorating up here is challenging! I refrigerate all my cakes. I just have to. But I love Darwin and the wet season is my favourite, the storms up here are like nowhere else.

Freckles I was just thinking about you and wondering if all went well with the birth of your baby.  I hope all is well and that you are just not on here lately because you are plum tuckered out.  Hope you see this and let us know how you are.

Hello to all of the Aussies 

Just going to crash this thread even though I'm Canadian, my husband is Aussie.

At his request for his birthday this past week, I made Pavlova.

It was a big hit and I don't think I've tasted a better dessert 

AMmmmm, Pavlova! Now I want some! I haven't made that since last summer! I love making mine in a wreath design, topping it in sweetened cream with strawberries drizzled in chocolate. Yummy!

Chocolate pav is my favourite. I love the slight bitterness that the dark chocolate and balsamic vinegar give. It's still sweet (it has a heap of sugar after all!) but the bitter flavours give the chocolate depth. Topped with chantilly cream and raspberries - divine!! 

Oh pavlova... Yum! I made this for my partner, he's American so had never tried it and he didn't like it at all. Well, he did like the whipped cream. I seriously re-evaluated our relationship after hearing that lol.

Hi gals,

I'm American buy married an Aussie and moved to Adelaide. I've been here for a bit over 3 years. I'm just a fledgling hobbyist cake maker (just did my first cake for my birthday over the weekend), but I wanted to say hi :)

A

AAnother one here from Perth! Just a cake hobbyist too, I love this time of year when heat isn't a problem, we have evap air con and its a nightmare because of the high moisture so I agree with the fan method and keep the cake as open to air as possible once decorated, sometimes I just put them in the larder overnight covered with one of those umbrella fly nets.

I'm going to sneak in here for just a minute since I'm not Aussie, (Does having Aussie friends count?) I was considering your business name and wanted to add:

Ashlea's Awesome Sweets

I can just visualize that swinging on a sign above your shop's door...

OK, now I'll just tiptoe back out of this thread and turn it back to you guys...

Jan

AHas anyone here done a course or workshop at Planet Cake in Sydney? My birthday was over the weekend and I asked for money towards a PC class, now i just have to pick which one and book in ... I'm SOOOO excited!!!

Wow!! I'm so jealous :) I would love, love, love to do a PC class!! Have the bestest fun ever - and Happy Birthday for the weekend!!!! 

Thanks Nadiaa! :) I'm totally looking forward to the PC class!!! I'm brand new to cake making (I've only done one ... and had a few issues with it). Which PC class do you think I should do? I'm thinking of doing the quick start accelerate (you do a single tier round and a single tier square) or should I do the basics 101 (a single tier round)? I'm also really interested in the piping workshop and the sugar flowers workshop.