Anyone in here decorate cakes?

[Disneynutbsv]

Very nice Mrs. Kreamer!

 

[Disneynutbsv]

This is what I got for Mothers Day!
A Toolbox and my dh installed a countertop for the top. Now I can store all of my cake stuff in it!

hahaha, ignore the stuff on the floor (its mothers day, I don't want to clean, hahaha. Just kidding, I'm doing the laundry).

 

[MosMom]

Paint,

You are wanting a fluffy icing between the two layers right? Kind of like an ice cream sandwich? Royal icing won't give you that. It will be like glue but it will be thin and hard. If you want to do cookie pops, I would buy lollipop sticks (you can find them in the Wilton dept. at Walmart) and lay them on the cookie sheets and put the cookie dough on top of them forming a cookie pop and then decorate them with royal icing.

If you want them to have a fluffy icing in the middle, you can't do a pop. The stick won't stay. You could do the cookie sandwiches with buttercream in the middle and bag them without the stick.

 

[MosMom]

I was thinking about it some more.

If you did a thicker stick like a popsicle stick and baked it into one of the cookies and then did a thin layer of buttercream, it would probably work. Let them dry and then bag them and you could probably do it that way. Just make sure you are using a stiff buttercream (less liquid).

 

[mchames]

This is what I got for Mothers Day!
A Toolbox and my dh installed a countertop for the top. Now I can store all of my cake stuff in it!

hahaha, ignore the stuff on the floor (its mothers day, I don't want to clean, hahaha. Just kidding, I'm doing the laundry).

Cool!

I could use one of those!

Mary

 

[MrsKreamer]

Tomorrow I get to learn how to use fondant!

 

[ahutton]

I did a York Peppermint Patty cake for work this week. I am so proud... I made chocolate cake, did my usual buttercream but used peppermint extract until I got the flavor right (it took about 1 T of extract for a 3 cup batch) and I made it closer to stiff consistency (added about 1 cup of powder sugar). I melted 2 bags of dark chocolate in one cup of warm half and half, and poured slowly...

I even remembered to put papertowels around the edge of my cake board - the chocolate came out scalloped over the edge of the board and looked pretty cute. Not sure the pictures will come out but I'll see and post if I can.

The best part - it was really, really good!!

 

[paintnolish]

Thanks for all of your help, MOS. I should probably do a trial run this weekend!

 

[Disneynutbsv]

Mrs. Kreamer, have fun with the fondant!!

ahutton, the peppermint patty cake sounds yummy!

mchames, I love it, thanks!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

I did a York Peppermint Patty cake for work this week. I am so proud... I made chocolate cake, did my usual buttercream but used peppermint extract until I got the flavor right (it took about 1 T of extract for a 3 cup batch) and I made it closer to stiff consistency (added about 1 cup of powder sugar). I melted 2 bags of dark chocolate in one cup of warm half and half, and poured slowly...

I even remembered to put papertowels around the edge of my cake board - the chocolate came out scalloped over the edge of the board and looked pretty cute. Not sure the pictures will come out but I'll see and post if I can.

The best part - it was really, really good!!

wow that sounds great!!!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

So here is a cake I did for a Univ of Arizona graduation yesterday. I just used the stacked book idea as I thought it was cute.

Unfortunately it didnt turn out like I had hoped. I put a ton of support dowels in the cake but it just seemed to lean. Also, it was very humid for here, dont laugh! The buttercream kept sliding so the lines didnt stay straight. I wish I would have made that thicker, that might have helped. i just fought with this cake all day. They seemed to enjoy it but you know how we are our own worst critics.

It was made with red velvet with a chocolate ganache filling. It turned out very moist and tasted delicious which I guess is the goal in the end right.

This first picture makes it look like its leaning quite a bit but I think its just the angle of the camera. It was just slightly leaning. I was nervous about driving it 2 hours down to Tucson though.

 

[MosMom]

Oh that is cute! Great job!

Here are the cupcakes I made for E's teachers today. It was his last day of preschool so we made these as their gift.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

Oh that is cute! Great job!

Here are the cupcakes I made for E's teachers today. It was his last day of preschool so we made these as their gift.

Cute grad cake

Mosmom, what kind of flower is that on top of the cupcake? Fondant, gumpaste, buttercream? Its beautiful!

 

[MosMom]

Just fondant. I used the medium and small daisy cutter. Little yellow ball for the middle and green leaf. Dusted it with pearl pearl dust to give it a little sparkle.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

Just fondant. I used the medium and small daisy cutter. Little yellow ball for the middle and green leaf. Dusted it with pearl pearl dust to give it a little sparkle.

Nice!

 

[MosMom]

Cake extravaganza is done and just waiting delivery this afternoon.


Here is the main grad cake. Grad cap is a half ball pan and foam core top. Stripes are painted on with food coloring and water. My first whimsical crooked cake. I was debating on adding curly wires with balls at the end but I think it would be too much.

Here is the grad sheet cake. The 2 are similar so I just posted a pic of the one. The edible glitter is black and orange but showing kind of yellow in the picture.

Here is the baby shower cake. I screwed up the lettering. I should have used a smaller tip. GRRR. I was being lazy and used the same tip as the laundry line and it bit me in the butt. Too too big and funky because of it.

13 cakes later, I'm done. Well, only 4 cakes but it took baking 13 to make them all.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

Wow! I love the grad cake
And the clothes line is so cute!

I am attempting to make a Minnie Mouse cake, I made the bow yesterday (I'm not happy with it), but I think once its one the cake it will look great.

 

[MosMom]

I want to do a Minnie Mouse cake but never have a reason to. My birthday is next month, maybe I'll make one for ME!

 

[Disneynutbsv]

I want to do a Minnie Mouse cake but never have a reason to. My birthday is next month, maybe I'll make one for ME!

hahahaha, mine is just because I want to heee heee. I'll find someone that wants it, its just a challenge for me to get it the way I want it!
Hey, any advice on bow making? I think I'm going to give it a try again, I just don't like the way it came out. How thing should it be rolled out?

Plus, I'm having a hard time with my fondant. I have been making my own, but realize even though the Wilton tastes nasty, it rolls out nicely! I can't get the mmf to roll out the way the wilton does.

 

[MosMom]

I don't do my own fondant anymore. I order Satin Ice and if in a pinch, I'll use Wilton and add a flavoring oil. Like for this weekend, I had 13 cakes to make and I made probably 10 quarts of icing. I don't have time to do the fondant too and I don't like the way it turns out. It stays soft and glossy and I like the finished solid look of premade fondant.

Since my aunt is a caterer, I can order from CK Products through her and get good prices on Satin Ice fondant. Global Sugar Art has their Satin Ice on sale and the prices aren't too bad. Just get a big thing of white and saw off what you need. It keeps for quite some time.

As far as bows go, I haven't made very many. I made some small bows for that dress up trunk cake but I just made small simple bows. I would guess you would roll pretty thin...maybe 1/8"? I'm guessing they just take practice like all this other cake stuff. I definitely need practice doing sheet cakes. I do so much fondant that I really need to work more on smoothing, spacing, etc.

The tiered cake looks the most difficult but for me, it was the sheet cakes that gave me the biggest headache.