Cake Makers
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Topic: Cake Makers
Posted By: _SMS_
Subject: Cake Makers
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 9:17am
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Im looking ahead at making a cake for DDs first birthday.
What i want to know is are there any online stores to buy icing etc, or does anyone know shops in wgtn to buy cake things??? Im also thinking about trying this for a hobby. These are some cakes along the line of what im going to try. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/3143169053_466d639af9_b.jpg - cake1 http://londoncake.com/images/1-16/002628%20Little%20Duck%201st%20Birthday%20Cake.jpg - cake2 Thanks  -------------  
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Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 9:19am
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Good question! I couldn't see the second cake, but the first one looks fab. Very ambitious!
Just to thread hijack, does anyone also know where to hire cake tins in Wellington? Thanks! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 9:21am
| have a look on trademe. I have heaps of things in my watchlist...just gotta decide what to do |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 10:05am
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Golding is great for cake tin hire and baking stuff (food colourings for icing, decorations etc.) I have hired a few tins from them
http://www.goldingcraft.com/ - Goldings I usually go to there shop in Marion Street as it it easier to park. -------------   
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Posted By: lemongirl
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 10:28am
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Hiya Taylah's mummy
I dabble in cake decorating myself here are some tips. First up you obviously need to hire a tin. Make sure you make a realtively dense cake like chocolate or madiera otherwise you'll end up with a crumbly mess. Remember to level out your cake. I have a specific cake leveller but you can just eyeball it with a serrated knife. With regards to the icing: Most of the cake is covered using a fondant icing. My favourite brand is pettince which you can buy at the supermarket for about 5 bucks. Before you use fondant you need to put a thin layer of butter cream icing underneath the cake to 'glue' the fondant to the cake. Rolling out and colouring fondant Before you roll out your fondant, it is really important that you give is a good knead with a little bit of icing sugar mixed with cornflour to stop it from sticking. I use a bit of bit of vegetable shortening to get it moving. It's at this stage you may want to add some colouring to the fondant. You need to use paste rather than liquid food colouring as you'll bugger up the the texture. When you roll out the fondant make, try and have a plastic sheet (some kitchen shops sell sheets with markings for cake sizes) which is dead flat (you could iron it) with some shortening to stop the fondant sticking. You want rolled out to about 1/4 inch as if it is to thin, the fondant will stretch. Making figurines: Add some gumpaste to your fondant to 'stiffen' it up a bit. Other stuff: Make sure you keep your fondant well covered when you are working with it. There's resuable gladwrap you can buy from the stores which is more expensive but fun to work with. An easy way to 'cheat' with fondant is to roll it out and then attack it with cookie cutters. Both of those cakes have cake boards underneath. You can either buy them at specialist shops or make them (just a bit of really stiff cardboard and some tin foil stuck on). Here's a cake I made recently (just because I love to show off) 
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 10:53am
Wow thanks ladies, Lemon Girl your cake is gorgeous, and thanks for all the info. I friend told me of a cake shop near me so im going to go and check out prices and see what you can get  -------------
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 11:12am
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try Moore Wilsons for cake supplies
and Mr Bun in Lower Hutt has cake tins for hire ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: YvetteandElla
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 2:35pm
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This has got me inspired, for the Fondant icing how much would you need to purchase if just covering say a "2" shaped cake ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lemongirl
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 3:08pm
Depends on the size and thickness of a cake. You want enough to have about 1 inch extra to slice off (BTW a pizza cutter is awesome for that job!) Oh and fondant keeps for ages as long its well wrapped so just use any leftovers for decoration on further cakes. |
YvetteandElla wrote:Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 6:55pm
Thanks everyone for there help, cant wait to start cake making  -------------
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 8:21pm
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I have found that people prefer eating butter icing to fondant, so I generally use butter icing and then make some decorations with the fondant. As cool as fondant looks I make a cake to be eaten.
Heres a cake i made with butter icing and the wee bugs are fondant. Its not as neat as pure fondant but it went down well lol 
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Posted By: TansP
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 9:17pm
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I am with RachandJack. Although I love the look of the fondant cakes I prefer a butter icing. However, I made a helicopter for my brothers birthday using the fondant and it was sooo much fun!
For Jayes 1st birthday I'm considering a patchwork elephant or a cake out of the Australian Womens Weekly Kids Cake books. They are great! The book includes actual size patterns and instructions on decorating. My mum still has her one from when we were kids. ------------- 
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Posted By: bun_in_the_oven
Date Posted: 29 July 2009 at 12:12am
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Mr Bun in cuba mall used to have a huge selection of cake tins for hire... give them a call ??
happy baking 
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