AThe wedding cake is pretty, I didn't make my own as wasn't into baking then

AI am sure it will work sock monkey and will look better than you imagined

AChezzabelle hope you feel better very soon, take it easy for a while.

Lizzy, stunning location , beautiful. Lovely cake also.

Nanny I'm sure you can master a meerkat no Probs!

Maisie the children made a smashing job with their cakes, bet you feel well chuffed? A new vocation for you eh?

AAfternoon!

Ugh I hate shopping! Well, with a dodgy back at least. Had to nip into Superdrug & buy one of those stick on heat patches to keep me going. At least I've made a start though I suppose!

Sequin update: the gelatin ones have now fully dried. And are rock hard, like teeny tiny sparkly ruby gravel :/ No way I can out them on a cake for people to eat. Pants, because they look fab. Def going to have to experiment with actual jelly, otherwise it's going to be a gazillion cut out SP dots sprayed red.........my fingers ache already just thinking about it! Grrr.....

Chezzabelle, glad the op is all done. My DH had his gallbladder out a couple of years ago, he was getting horrid attacks regularly, so I know what you mean! But since the op he's been great, very occassional indigestion if he's had a naughty day, but no attacks at all. They gave him cocodamol for the after op pain relief and they zonked him right out, so can reccomend those LOL!

Lizzy, aw lovely pics! That cake is glowing it's so white LOL! Love the card too, bless her! :-D Your cake is gorgeous though, love the lilies and hearts! Wow to your 'venue' too, stunning! We did the Grand Canyon (south rim, not the main touristy bit) and that was jaw dropping, it's like another world out there isn't it?!

ROFL to a bisto cake, and cheesrifle! And courgettes look exactly like cucumbers......:grin:

Need to head to shops in a bit, but really have no energy. Maybe a cuppa before I go is needed......!

AOf course your cakes will come out as you want them to Cheryl, why wouldn't they?!

You're doing a meercat nanny? How did I miss that? Is it a carved cake or a topper?

Cheesrifle makes it sound lovely Mel :-D Trust me, it wasn't! It was everyone's faces as we realised that the lovely looking trifle tasted like feet that was the best bit though :-D

What a shame the sequins dried hard, I wouldn't have expected that. Really interested to hear if they work out with jelly!

I loved the Grand Canyon too, it's just amazing isn't it? We did the pontoon ride on the river at the bottom and it was so peaceful and stunning. Did you find it a bit scary that there is nothing to stop you pitching off the edge at the top of you are that way inclined? We did Vegas as we had to cancel our wedding (with everything booked) over here 4 times cos of my health, so we decided about 6 weeks before the day that we were just going out there. I didn't have enough time to get unwell, it was cheaper than doing it here and it was awesome :-D

A[@]Mel37[/@] the co codeamol they gave me aren't doing much to be honest

ALizzy, well jel of your marriage location, what a fab place, and your cake if fab.

Yes , its topper, well was gonna do more of a meerkat mountain type thing, abit ambitious I know, not sure yet, it isn't till the 30th dec

AThanks nanny :-)

I like the sound of the meerkat, and if it's not till the 30th you don't have to pin down the design till the 29th :-D

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Yes, all the time, they are my main supplier. They are based 20 mins down the road from me.

It is terrific.  Take a photo of the finished cake!

I am new the the blog, but have done cakes and decorating for a long time.  Never too old to learn, I say... Due to a long and serious illness I had to retire from my Bakery Cafe and now just have been able (after almost a year) to bake again.  Have really missed it!  Had multiple surgeries on my rt hand and left shoulder.  Not fun be in a cast then a imobilizer sling for so long....

My name is Trudy and I live in Omaha NE in the States.

Look forward to getting to know you all.

One of my students is studying in London and another in France, both at the Cordon Bleu schools.

T

AHi trudy, always welcome.

AHello trudy , I am new to this group as well and I can tell you they are a friendly bunch of people

Evening all :)

how are we all today? 

Ive not been up to much...well not cake wise anyway ...although I did make an olaf earlier who is drying ready for eyes etc tomorrow 

AHi tiddy how did you find making Olaf? I am going to do one soon and he seems to be a tricky little devil going by some the comments on here?

I think the worst part are his arm tbh, but i just rolled the sp around some cocktail sticks in the end and flattened the end then cut fingers 

AHi all.

Welcome Trudy!

I've had a go with it airbrush. I'm going to practice some more but I'm not sure I have the confidence to spray a whole cake nwith it that's due Friday next week. Maybe I'll just spray for shadow effects. I didn't know you could write with it and do fine line work so that's a bonus!

AYes Jean, I had a go at the cake international,I didn't find it easy if honest, bit nervous of it. I don't have the confidence yet either to spray a whole cake, I just play about with bits and bobs.

Quick update.

My Plan A for the cake looked worse than a dog's dinner!!!  Plan B isn't what I wanted to do, but I'm SO pleased with it. 

So now I have to cover the top tier - a 4" cube.  Why do I know that will be a real PITA?  Tomorrow I'll make the model that's to be bursting out the top of it....

Quick question.  You know the cakes where it looks like a packet of sweets (eg Maltesers) is suspended in mid-air and the sweets are pouring onto the cake below?  Is it just a case of sticking a dowel in the cake, securing the packet to the dowel and then sticking sweets on the dowel to hide it? 

It's my son's 13th birthday on Saturday and he's having 4 or 5 friends back after school tomorrow.  So I thought I might bung a cake in the oven tonight and throw something on it tomorrow...  I've got chocolate cigarellos, so thought I could put those around the side and then do Maltesers or Smarties pouring onto the cake.  He LOVES Smarties...  will it work with the cardboard tube?  Not seen a bag of them around lately!

Thanks

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Like this suzanne? Yes I put large dowel thro the cake and stuck maltesers on with melted choc.

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That is a thing of beauty nanny.

AOoh nanny I could eat a big slice of that cake. I'm feeling sorry for myself because I have really bad tooth ache which is giving me a banging headache and earache too.

Suzanne I just used a bubble straw for the centre of mine and stuck the areo balls round it with melted chocolate...

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Cheryl hope you're feeling better soon. I know I shouldn't be moaning about toothache, I'm sure you're much more uncomfortable than me.

Welcome Trudy.

Don't think I have missed much else today it seems to have been quiet on here!

A

Sugarluva that's interesting to hear that the straws hold up well.

AAlso meant to say welcome Trudy

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I used stiffish ganache on my dowel Suzanne, no setting time needed! Also, I started off with cling film over the dowel for hygiene. It does not work, the dowel needed to be plain!

Sorry you're feeling poorly sugar :-( Hope you get better soon.

AThanks ladies.

I'm sure it won't suzanne, you can mess these cakes up really.

Morning all - been busy.....working!  Cheek!   Busy time of year for me here - organising the dinner and dance and getting people's dietaries sorted - I never knew you could be allergic to apple!  Lizzy absolutely stunning wedding location and what a fab wedding cake.  Mel - I've changed my mind - you should so do your cake it will be wonderful.

Suzanne - glad you got your dress (we will want pictures you know - it's the rule! )  I can't believe you have had problems with your cake - but you are a perfectionist so you are probably your harshest critic (as we all are to our own cakes I think).  Your boy will love a gravity cake - I would love to do one of those too but I am so disorganised at the moment - still got tons of stuff to do before the Christmas break and none of them cake related.

Nicola - I sympathise - I have a double dental appointment tomorrow

Yes, sorry forgot to say - welcome Trudy.

Have a great day everyone

Kathy

AHelp! Was it Jean who had the quick drying tip? Was it 70 for 1/2 hour? Can anyone remember? Dammit, two cakes to do for tonight and they're both uncovered (one isn't even filled!). I've got so many things flying round in my brain that nothing is getting done including cakes. I know I have to eat the elephant one bite at a time but I don't know where to start chomping! Argh!

Hello Trudy :-)

AHugs to all those with teeth problems x