Some of the recipes I have seen on here says to use heavy cream.This might seem a dumb question, but I have not been baking long.Is heavy cream just thick cream, I am from the UK and can not find heavy cream, just thick or extra thick...
I always use fondant and it has never shrunk on me.on my pics is a sketch of dora, if you copy it and cut each section out. Like a puzzle and then cut seperate pieces of fondant in colour desired.You can then add more pieces on top to...
I always use this recipe and always have a very light sponge with very small air pockets, absolutly brilliant to carve.HD= High Density. Recipie from BSG. UK.This sponge is;-close textured ie small air pockets.light to the bite unlike...
I covered the whole cake with fondant and then smoothed in normal way as you would with a round cake. I trimmed the fondant just over the holes of the number as I found it impossible to cover it all in one go.Then I covered the area...
thanks for the advice, it was driving me mad trying to remember how i did it. I remember now i did use apricot jam. So thank you both i will get cracking on now with the cake now.
I use a sponge recipe that does not crumb, so I do not need to buttercream to crumbcoat. I want to stick the fondant straight on a sponge as I have used a wilton teddy pan and want to make sure the features of the teddy are still kept....
I have been asked to do a three tier wedding cake, similer to the one I have made for my daughters wedding. The lady wants a three tier in white fondant and all the wording and everything that is pink on my daughters cake to be black,...
