Ideas for icing a fairy b’day cake
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Topic: Ideas for icing a fairy b’day cake
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: Ideas for icing a fairy b’day cake
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:05am
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I’ve decided that I MIGHT try to make Caitlin’s birthday cake.
It should, in theory, be relatively easy. I’m going to make a fairy out of different shaped cakes, a round cake for the face and cut out a triangle for the body/dress and wing shapes from a rectangle. The cake is the easy bit (I’ll get one of those “just add water” mixes LOL) but I have no idea what is the best type of icing to use? I want it quite think and easy to spread like whipped cream, rather than the icing sugar and water variety. I think in the states they call it frosting?!?!? Also, any ideas about what sweets (lollies to you NZ’ers) I can put on it to decorate? Remembering that it is for a whole bunch of 1yr olds Thanks  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:11am
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for the icing you could go Icing, water and butter... Fluffs it up a bit, and makes it deliciously yummy!!! (Do a test before the day to see if you like it) and it is easy to spread.
Or if you want to go for the "professional" look, use that almond stuff. I used it for Ethans 4th and It was really easy. Spread jam on top of the cake (to help it stick) then roll pieces out and layer ontop. I did two layers. I then coloured small balls of it with food colouring and used his Playdough cutouts for creative shapes (Digger etc for him) But I'm sure you could find butterflies... Or go circles in different sizes and colours and do them matching on each wing.... For lollies I would go for things that are small that you can make patterns out of. Like Gumdrops and smarties. That way you could "colour in" the wings wih pretty patterned colours... Happy creating!!!! Edited for: Oh, but obviously be careful with the kiddies and small lollies... ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:17am
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I make butter icing, which as you can guess uses a whoooole heap of butter!
cut up about 250gms of butter, chuck in a microwave safe bowl and nuke it for about 15 secs till it is just on soft.. NOT melted, then add a whole sprinkling of icing sugar and about a table spoon of boiled water, cream it together like you would when baking a cake, as you go keep adding icing sugar and small amount sof water, you don't want to melt it with the water just make it more spreadable. i just keep going and going tilli have used usually about three quarters of a kilo bag of icing sugar, kinda halfway-ish i add around a teaspoon of vanilla essence, add less if you want less flavour but definately more than that is just too strong.. (especially for little kids) once it's kinda looking about the consistency of whipped cream, and is nice and white instead of yellowy butter looking, then you can divide it out into different bowls and add the different colourings you need to each. Beware, some serious beating-arm power is needed to make this up, lol spreads wonderfully and is great to smooth once all on, just dip a bread knife in some boiling water, make sure pretty much all the water is off the knife and smooth away the bumps. Makes up heaps of icing too. with the cake mixes, Greens butter cake mix is good, from woolworths i think it is, about $4 a pack, usually use about 3 packs for a large cake. or the home brand cake mixes are great too, much cheaper, about $1.50 a pack, also from woolworths. can't wait to see the fairy cake! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:29am
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Just on a side note - sometimes its easier to buy the pre made sponge cake (ernest adams?) and use that. Also if you put it in the freezer for 10 minutes before you ice it, you don't get the crumbs on the icing. -------------  
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:47am
Definately have a practice before hand!! We made Ashleigh's cake on the weekend - we hired a number 1 cake tin and the shop said to use 2 packets of cake mix. We did and within 10 minutes it all overflowed into the oven!! BIG mess and I had to go another cake mix. Worked fine with just the one. Then used butter icing for the piping but must of done something wrong as it was still really yellow and I wanted to make pink icing but yellow and pink = orange  In the end I wrote her name with silver cachous and just piped along the cake board. If you decorate with pebbles or something you can always remove them before giving to the children.------------- 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: mum2paris
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:59am
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if you are using butter icing you have to make it upo enough so that it is white before adding colours.. and they suaully are a bit duler.. hence our pink elmo.. which looked red later but when i was icing it i was thinking "oh my god".
hey for the wings onthe fairy cake, if you didn't want to do cake as wings, you can always buy the ready to roll white stuff, roll it out, cut out wing shapes and stick em on the cake board to look like little wings behind the fairy.. maybe get a tiny paint brush and draw a line of food colouring around the edges of them and dot the silver cachous over them. i saw this on a bananas in pajamas wish-fairy cake and it looked neat. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 10:57am
Yeah I didn't think we had beaten it enough!! And then it started separating and when in the piping bag just liquid was coming out and the icing stayed in there ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com">
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mum2paris wrote:Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 11:58am
Thanks for the tips ladies  Will let you know how it goes------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 2:29pm
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kelly probably too much water compared to icing sugar.. it should all be creamed together and heaps of icing sugar to make it thick.. once it's all made up then you can add small amounts of water bit by bit to make it more pipeable if need be. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 3:06pm
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Ohh birthday cakes. I love birthday cakes. Gook luck - I'm sure it will look fab. ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 6:21pm
I think it would be more offensive to inflict my cooking on the party goers  
...and it's once less thing to go wrong, I only have to worry about getting the icing bit right *scared already* ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 6:50pm
I don't know - you made pretty mean chocolate fudge cakes the other day 
I was going to suggest marshmallows too, they are the perfect colors for a fairy. If you like I can lend you my AWW Kids Cake book for some inspiration. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 8:45pm
Ashlee loves eskimo men  you could cut them up somehow to make a pattern (obviously the right size so no-one chokes or something )
I can't get icing right. I've tried on *ahem* a few practice cakes  and it just isn't going the way I want it to so I might end up giving up altogether! (or do something that requires not much detail)
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:01pm
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Yes please Emma! I need heaps of direction rather than inspiration LOL
I'm such a mean Mummy! I've not given Caitlin any lollies or anything (and I'm not going to be telling DH about the square of chocolate Miss Thang picked up off the coffee table ) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 June 2007 at 9:08pm
What a great idea! *gets all inspired for next month's birthday*  ------------- |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 8:18am
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I haven't given Ashlee any lollies either... that's what Nana's house is for
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