Posts by LizzieAylett

Just to add my story to this thread, now it's been resurrected :-)   A young woman in my church recently had a baby and the women in our church take turns to bring new mothers/families meals for the first two weeks.  When...

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From what I can tell from the photo, they don't overlap the edge at all - they are just placed offset to the edge, in a slight spiral.  So you wouldn't need any support over what you would use for a normal cake with the tiers...

Can I just add that I really like the shapes that they've turned out as?  I know it's not what you intended, and I don't know what it looks like inside, but I find it quite attractive and it kind of fits in with the theme. ...

Or you could make a swiss roll? That would have reasonable structural integrity, although it may take a bit of practice to get it completely round.  

I was just looking up about that, and it seems that all it is is sweetened lemon-zest infused vodka.  I've never used it before so I don't know if that is accurate, but all the limoncello recipes I can find online call for some...

I have read on here that air bubbles are most likely to be caused by being a bit too vigorous in your beating, or not having enough in your mixer bowl.  Suggestions I have heard are to try slowly beating your buttercream until the...

I made this cake for my birthday last year, just after really getting into cake decorating by reading Jessicakes' blog.  She taught me so much, although on reflection, trying a new cake recipe, a new buttercream recipe, and using...

Hi, I'm not sure where you are based, but many of the cake shops round here hire out all sorts of tins.  I recently hired a 12" round for only £1 (plus a £10 refundable deposit) so it might well be worth your while investigating...

Thank you.  Apparently they loved the cake :-)