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Are there any cake decorators in the house? I've decided to make my daughters christening cake  and having never done it before I could use some help (and quite possibly some serious therapy!) 
Anyone? I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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Soooo cute sooooo fun love it love it love it!! Good luck....wat do u need help with? I've reached in darkness and come out with treasure
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My Mom use to make cakes for EVERYONE. She had all the frosting tips,and cake separators,all those goodies. I made my cousins cake for his 1st and 2nd birthday. First one was a Winnie the Pooh Cake,and the second was a towered clown cake. What do you need help with? Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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Is your mother-in-law gonna help?  Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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Lammastide said: Is your mother-in-law gonna help?
 yeah... No. That's not gonna happenI'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside: 
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it... 
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me? 
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight  What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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MrsGoodnight said: I've decided to make my daughters christening cake
and having never done it before I could use some help (and quite possibly some serious therapy!)
Anyone? BREATHE!!!!! http://images.google.com....e&resnum=1 don't let these intimidate you  | |
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MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside:
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?what are you asking US for!  this looks really good!
I made a darth vader cake without any icing 
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ZombieKitten said: MrsGoodnight said: I've decided to make my daughters christening cake
and having never done it before I could use some help (and quite possibly some serious therapy!)
Anyone? BREATHE!!!!! http://images.google.com....e&resnum=1 don't let these intimidate you Bloody hell charl!! These are amessing - I always wanted to say that :gigggle: there's no way I'll get anywhere NEAR that quality - I'll just be happy if it's edible I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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 this is freakin brilliant! Well done you! 
but why am I being hypnotized by the nipple-like eyes 
zombieKitten said: MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside:
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?what are you asking US for! this looks really good!
I made a darth vader cake without any icing
I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
C'mon and dance while you, while you still have your cherry babe, cherry babe.. www.KerrysCakes.org.uk | |
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MrsGoodnight said: this is freakin brilliant! Well done you!
but why am I being hypnotized by the nipple-like eyes because they are very delicious  | |
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ZombieKitten said: MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside:
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?what are you asking US for! this looks really good!
I made a darth vader cake without any icing
those eyes look delicious  Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul | |
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veronikka said: those eyes look delicious But they remind me of nipples!! Come on.. I can't be the only one thinking this... I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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MrsGoodnight said: veronikka said: those eyes look delicious But they remind me of nipples!! Come on.. I can't be the only one thinking this... no you aren't  it was a bone of contention at my son's party
like the time he turned one, and the "1" cake looked like a big penis | |
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ZombieKitten said: MrsGoodnight said: But they remind me of nipples!! Come on.. I can't be the only one thinking this... no you aren't it was a bone of contention at my son's party
like the time he turned one, and the "1" cake looked like a big penis oh no!!!  Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul | |
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veronikka said: ZombieKitten said: no you aren't it was a bone of contention at my son's party
like the time he turned one, and the "1" cake looked like a big penis oh no!!! luckily kids don't notice things like that  | |
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MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside: Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?Do you need to use fondant? My mom used to make/decorate me and my brother's birthday cakes when we were little. Flowers, different tips, etc. I learned how to do it, too; but I don't practice. She never used fondant, just a thicker frosting made mainly from confectioners suger, milk, and butter -- not butter cream so it doesn't melt and it gets firm on the outside once it sets. What specifically do you want help with? The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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ZombieKitten said: MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside:
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?what are you asking US for! this looks really good!
I made a darth vader cake without any icing
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MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside:
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?A crumb coating.  That way when you ice the cake,you don't get all those nasty little crumbs up all in your frosting. 
What do you mean by "top tips"? Like decorations? Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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I thought I had done a crumb coat is it too thick?
I mean 'tips' as in tidbits of information that will help me to do a better job of decorating this cake
EmeraldSkies said: MrsGoodnight said: Hi there cake makers!
OK - here's my practice cake so far... I made a chocolate mud cake (without the coffee), chocolate butter creamed the middle and round the outside:
Then I bought some cheap ready to roll icing and covered it...
I know that it isn't very smooth (I've ordered some icing smoothers off the internet but haven't received them yet). What do you think? Any top tips you'd like to bestow unto me?
The buttercream felt a bit squidgy under the icing, though I'd left it in the fridge overnight What do you usually put between your chocolate cake and icing?A crumb coating. That way when you ice the cake,you don't get all those nasty little crumbs up all in your frosting.
What do you mean by "top tips"? Like decorations? I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
C'mon and dance while you, while you still have your cherry babe, cherry babe.. www.KerrysCakes.org.uk | |
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It never dawned on me that Mallowmars make great tits.
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I'm more of a cake demolisher. | |
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ZombieKitten said: veronikka said: oh no!!! luckily kids don't notice things like that If there were other adults there...did they notice?unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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MrsGoodnight said: I thought I had done a crumb coat
is it too thick?
I mean 'tips' as in tidbits of information that will help me to do a better job of decorating this cake
EmeraldSkies said: A crumb coating. That way when you ice the cake,you don't get all those nasty little crumbs up all in your frosting.
What do you mean by "top tips"? Like decorations? Is the second picture of your crumb coating? it looks like fondant. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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EmeraldSkies said: MrsGoodnight said: I thought I had done a crumb coat
is it too thick?
I mean 'tips' as in tidbits of information that will help me to do a better job of decorating this cake
Is the second picture of your crumb coating? it looks like fondant. No, the first one... I did it with chocolate butter cream - the second IS fondant
It seemed to work though, even though I probably made the crumb coating way too thick. I cut into it today and it was freaking YUMMY!!! 
The christening is next sunday and I want it completely finished by saturday (as I have a load of other baking to do) When do you think I should make it? How long does it keep for? I'm not stopping. I haven't even taken my coat off
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MrsGoodnight said: EmeraldSkies said: Is the second picture of your crumb coating? it looks like fondant. No, the first one... I did it with chocolate butter cream - the second IS fondant
It seemed to work though, even though I probably made the crumb coating way too thick. I cut into it today and it was freaking YUMMY!!!
The christening is next sunday and I want it completely finished by saturday (as I have a load of other baking to do) When do you think I should make it? How long does it keep for? So you are going to use a fondant? I found these,and thought they might be of help to you.
http://www.monkeysee.com/...umb%2DCoat http://www.monkeysee.com/...Icing%2Don I would make it the day before,cakes usually stay fresh for only 24hours. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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peacenlovealways said: ZombieKitten said: luckily kids don't notice things like that If there were other adults there...did they notice?actually I brought it to their attention before anyone had a chance to say anything, it made the party a lot of fun all the guests were grown up anyway | |
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