Anyone in here decorate cakes?

[Tweevil]

Now I'm up to page 60..

I can't get over these cakes and how talented all of you are!! Just gorgeous!!

I agree! I am glad I found this thread - such talent here.

 

[OctMtnWoods]

I love all the cakes that are posted here. I think it would be fun to try doing this, but I would be afraid of doubling my weight from eating all the practice cakes.

I have a 13 yr old nephew who has completed many of the Wilson classes. He's really into it.

How do you bake a cake & decorate like this all in 1 day? Or does it take days? How do you not end up with a stale cake?

I took an old school decorating class decades ago while in Girl Scouts. So much has changed I'm sure.

 

[lisa_mae]

I love all the cakes that are posted here. I think it would be fun to try doing this, but I would be afraid of doubling my weight from eating all the practice cakes.

I have a 13 yr old nephew who has completed many of the Wilson classes. He's really into it.

How do you bake a cake & decorate like this all in 1 day? Or does it take days? How do you not end up with a stale cake?

I took an old school decorating class decades ago while in Girl Scouts. So much has changed I'm sure.

My mom get kinda annoyed with all the cake scraps, and extra filling being at the house. I think cake's one thing i can never really get enough of.

I bake all the cake i will need on one day during the week, then just keep it wrapped in saran wrap until i need to use it. The fondant also helps to keep the cakes nice and moist. I can usually decorated 1-2 cakes depending on the complexity of the design. So no need to worry about stale

 

[ryanshana]

My mom get kinda annoyed with all the cake scraps, and extra filling being at the house. I think cake's one thing i can never really get enough of.

I bake all the cake i will need on one day during the week, then just keep it wrapped in saran wrap until i need to use it. The fondant also helps to keep the cakes nice and moist. I can usually decorated 1-2 cakes depending on the complexity of the design. So no need to worry about stale

When you say you bake all the cake you need in one day.....what do you do for a cake that is needed later in the week. Do you freeze the cakes? Or refrigerate? How many days in advance can you make them and still have them be fresh?

 

[MosMom]

I bake the day before I decorate or the day of decorating if it something small. I don't bake too far in advance BUT cakes are my job. If I worked at a day job and did cakes on the side I'm sure that would be a whole different ballgame.

Say, I have a wedding cake on Saturday. I bake on Thursday, decorate on Friday, and finish up any decorating on Saturday before delivery. Baking day for me is usually Thursday for weekend orders and the day before or the day of for weekday orders.


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VERY cute cakes posted. I haven't had much time to post as it is wedding season and I've been swamped. Plus I'm in the middle of buying a better camera. I really need to start putting more professional pics on my website and my 4.0 megapixel point and shoot isn't cutting it anymore. It sucks. I ordered a roll of photography background vinyl for $49. I'm looking at the Nikon Coolpix L100. It is only $199 so I won't be spending a fortune and hopefully a better camera combined with a better background will result in a better picture. I need photography for dummies.

 

[lisa_mae]

When you say you bake all the cake you need in one day.....what do you do for a cake that is needed later in the week. Do you freeze the cakes? Or refrigerate? How many days in advance can you make them and still have them be fresh?

Usually a day or two before i start decorating them. I usually only have cake orders on Fri. and sat. sometimes Sunday, so will start baking and making fillings on Thursday, but will make and color fondant, cover boards and stuff like that on Wednesday. So all i have to do on Friday is decorate. I will either wrap them in saran wrap or put them in a container and they stay nice and moist.

Lisa

 

[Ilivetogo]

This cake was for a friend who was having an outdoor reception - I wanted it to look on the "rustic" side - with the neutral colors and the woodsy look. She wanted abstract/sketchy daisies. She did not want fondant and she wanted the middle to be a "layer" of cannolis. It wasn't easy constructing this cake -- especially since we had to dodge the direct sunlight on a very sunny, warm (83 degrees) day. But everyone there loved the cake.

 

[Tweevil]

This cake was for a friend who was having an outdoor reception - I wanted it to look on the "rustic" side - with the neutral colors and the woodsy look. She wanted abstract/sketchy daisies. She did not want fondant and she wanted the middle to be a "layer" of cannolis. It wasn't easy constructing this cake -- especially since we had to dodge the direct sunlight on a very sunny, warm (83 degrees) day. But everyone there loved the cake.

Now that's a really neat idea! I think I will will a slice of the bottom and one of those cannolis please. lol Is there a drooly icon here somewhere?

Nice job!

 

[Ilivetogo]

Now that's a really neat idea! I think I will will a slice of the bottom and one of those cannolis please. lol Is there a drooly icon here somewhere?

Nice job!

Thanks!

It was kinda funny because shortly after the couple cut the cake, one of the groomsmen came over and took one cannoli out of the middle of the pile. There was a little hole where he took it out. We teased that it was like playing Jenga -- see who could pull out the last cannoli without making them all crash down.

 

[MosMom]

That is really cute. I love the sketchy dasies and the cannolis. Mmmmmmm.

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

Hi there...can anyone recommend a good class to take to start? I'm really interested in making cakes, but have never even attempted to do it. I'm not sure if the classes at JoAnn's or Michael's are "worth it" or not.

TIA!

 

[Disney*Dreamer]

I usually just add a lot of food coloring, it does make it kind of hard to work with but its manageable. Or i will make a grey, out that were i want it on the cake, then use a mix of gel food color and vodka to paint over the grey to get a very dark black

Can you use something other than vodka? I know this sounds weird, but I have never bought anything like that before.

 

[MosMom]

You can use lemon extract. That has a high alcohol content and will work well.

 

[Disney*Dreamer]

Thanks, I must sound like a prude.

You can use lemon extract. That has a high alcohol content and will work well.

 

[MosMom]

No, I rarely buy hard liquor and it is weird carrying vodka around with me. I was finishing a wedding cake a few weekends ago and one of the catering staff asked me what the vodka was for. I joked and told her it was for me in case things didn't go well. LOL

I actually just bought a small travel size shampoo container. The kind that has the squirt nozzle that pops up. The vodka doesn't leak and it is much easier to squirt out what I need vs. trying to pour a tiny bit out because you really don't need much.

 

[skuttle]

Hello bakers! Y'all are amazing!!

I have a few questions. And I'll admit I haven't read through this entire thread so I'm sorry if these questions have been asked a million times! I'm baking a birthday cake for my DS. This is only the second time I've tried this. I did his cake last year, but it wasn't as complicated.

I'm making a 10-inch round 2-layer cake with a 6-inch round 2-layer cake on top. I plan on baking Saturday morning, icing saturday evening, and decorating on Sunday morning. THe party is Sunday at 1pm. Is this plan okay? Will I have enough time to bake and ice Saturday? I don't want the cakes to dry out.

Any tips on baking the cakes flat? I only have one pan of each size. Should I get two to bake them all at the same time? I think I'll have enough time to bake them all and let them cool and then ice them in the evening.

I've read the some people freeze their cakes before icing. Do any of you do that?

Here's the cake I'm trying to copy:Super Mario Cake

I'm doing the grass just like the picture. The rest of the decorations I'm doing with fondant. A friend of mine knows a lot more about cakes then I do, and she's coming help me with the decorating.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

Wow, hi all! I haven't been here in ages! Hi Bridget!!

I had stopped doing cakes for awhile because I went back to school! I have to do a cake for the fourth of July for our rec dept. They are raffling off the cake! I'm hoping to get back into the groove soon..could use some extra $$ coming in

 

[C.Ann]

Here is my final finale cake...

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And the AMAZING cakes continue!!

 

[C.Ann]

Up to page 76 so far and I just can't get over the talent here!!

 

[Nicolepa]

Hello bakers! Y'all are amazing!!


I'm making a 10-inch round 2-layer cake with a 6-inch round 2-layer cake on top. I plan on baking Saturday morning, icing saturday evening, and decorating on Sunday morning. THe party is Sunday at 1pm. Is this plan okay? Will I have enough time to bake and ice Saturday? I don't want the cakes to dry out.

In this case I would bake on Friday, Frost & Decorate on Saturday. I don't ever do anything the day of if I can help it. Unless you have 2 ovens and 4 pans it will take you at least 2, if not 3 hours to bake the cakes, depending on how you do it. Then you need to let them cool.

Like I said, I normally bake 2 days before, wrap in saran wrap and then the next morning frost & decorate.