kids birthday cakes
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Topic: kids birthday cakes
Posted By: julz85
Subject: kids birthday cakes
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:06am
I have a family friend who is amazing at making cakes so im going to get her to make Amelias cake for her first birthday , (i really would like to make it but i know it will come out turning like a big colourful blob ) anyway i have no idea at this stage what i want , i was thinking a butterfly or a clown but thats about as far as my imagination has gone . has anyone got any ideas on a girls first birthday cake ? also would be fantatsic if anyone has any photos of their kids cakes , thought it might get the old imagination working a bit  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:13am
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Ive got lots on my facebook....I don't think we are friends on their though. I made a doll cake for Charlotte for her #2 birthday butterflies for #1 and cupcakes with sparkly butterflies on them for #3. I have also done a 3d pirate ship, a 3d train, a cool dinosaur and the good onld numbers. Butter cream icing is really easy to make and if you get good food colouring (I use a gel) you can make awesome colours and they look more impressive than hard work! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:19am
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:36am
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I added you. Will post a recipie for buttercream icing too for you soon, just need to dust it off! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:40am
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wiked thanks so much , just looking through the pics now , all i can say is WOW!!!!!!! those cakes are amazing!!!! i LOVE LOVE LOVE the one for Charlottes 3rd birthday ( the cupcakes ) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:51am
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I'm tryna decide on a castle or a knights helmet thing for Jakes 3rd bday :sigh: I have no imagination and we can;t use conventional food colouring so its gonna be abit of a PITA!!! I think theres a bday cake thread in the food section too... -------------   
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:52am
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I love making birthday cakes!
I'm not the best at the decorating (but the end result tastes sooo good!). The butterfly was Hannah's 1st and the Very Hungry Caterpillar was for her 2nd as she was obsessed with the book at the time. 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 11:53am
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And the thing is they only look hard! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 12:16pm
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wow MamaPickle they look great.
fattartsrock your cakes sound fantastic, how do you do your buttercream icing? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 12:19pm
I did a buttefly too. Very similar to MamaPickles. I lOVE the HUngry Caterpillar !!! Might have to steal it for next year 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 12:23pm
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Mamapickle, is that the butterfly out of the Womans Weekly cake book?? ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 12:48pm
We were talking about cakes in our thread and one of the girls suggested http://www.parenting.com/birthday-cakes - This site - has lots of ideas and instructions (though you might want to make your own icing instead on canned stuff - not even sure we can get canned icing  )------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
 Angel baby - May 2008
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Posted By: MrsH23
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:13pm
In one of the AWW books they have a castle cake and it's covered in a white icing (or maybe it's meringue) the towers are icecream cones ------------- Lisa mummy to Ryan http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Babe wrote:Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:13pm
Betty crocker does canned icing...
Vanilla buttercream frosting 200g unsalted butter (softened) or margarine 35 ml milk 2 tsp vanilla essence 500g icing sugar Cream butter for a couple of minutes, add milk, vanilla and half the icing sugar beat for at least 3 mins or until the mixture is light and fluffy, then add remaining icing sugar and beat a further 2 minutes or until it is spreadable If icing is too wet add more icing sugar, too dry add more water. This makes a large amount. I make this amount and seperate it out to colour seperately. Add your colour at final beating stage. I use gel colours, much richer and better depth colours, however Im sure normal food colouring is fine. To make chocolate butter cream make it 200g coco powder and 300g icing sugar. Freezes really well, too if you make too much. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:14pm
The white icing is royal icing. You can buy it at the supermarket. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:38pm
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there is a cake thread with pics on the recipe section too if you want to look at some OB'ers efforts. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:41pm
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here tis...
http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7494&get=last#1031857 - OB cake thread ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:43pm
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Heres a few of my creations.
Butterfly 
Littlest Pet shop 
Thomas 
Nemo 
Jurassic Park 
I didn't want to over do it but have pics of skater chick, whale, unicorn, castle, hedgehog... Kids start choosing their cakes a good 3-6 months before their birthdays lol. I second using gel colourings and sometimes I buy a sponge cake etc as I am a bit crap at baking. Although Betty crockers cake mixes are pretty full proof but expensive here. We used to get them for 99c (US) so it was cheap to put three of them together for a cake. Here not so much. |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 1:49pm
| ok so I resized those all the same before posting it and for some reason two won't resize. Even been in and made them smaller than the others and still no luck. sorry. |
Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 2:04pm
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Wow, you are very talented ladies!!! I can't wait till DS turns 1 so I can try my hand at doing a cake. I used to love picking out what cake I'd have for my birthday as a little kid. -------------  
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Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 2:32pm
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wow those cakes are amazing , gosh you ladies are very talanted . I have done a bit of baking, baked buscuits, cakes etc but iv never iced a cake before( iv put normal choco icing spread over a whole cake a million times but i have never done anything fancy ) so i really dont want to make her a cake and it turn out to be a complete disastor , i guess i could try a trial cake and see how it goes . ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 2:48pm
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Julz definately give it a whirl. If anything you get to eat a whole trial cake.
I am trying to be in denial of my boy turning 1 year old and havent even thought this far as such. Except that it is going to be carrot cake. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 4:06pm
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kiwi, how do you do your cakes? Do you take a picture and map it out or what?
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 4:53pm
| I print off a pic from google. (A few are from aus womans weekly birthday book.) Then I cut it out to get the outside edge and toothpick it to the cake and cut cake around outline. I then cut away sections of the template and ice it a bit like using stencils. If you are using WWeekly templates take a copy of them. I sometimes also scratch the top of cake with a toothpick to get the lines etc. For eyes etc I will leave the paper circle on the cake and ice around it so when you take the circle off there is nice crisp lines where the paper was. I don't know if this is the "right" way to do it but it is what I have always done. |