Posts by AmeliesKItchen

Thank you for the link Goreti, the template worked beautifully, will definitely use it again if I'm ever gvien the opportunity to do another ballet cake

I've seen this posted many times, and even saw a tv programme about a monthe ago where they compared a Mary Berry cake (made with Stork) to a Michel Roux Jnr cake made with butter and Mary's came out tops! I daren't stray from butter...

I use Renshaw's white and colour it with Sugarflair pastes, some might say it's a chore but you get the shade you want. If I'm colouring it black I sometimes mix in a small pack of the ready mixed black to start the process. Renshaw's...

Thank you KimiKoKo, it's a round cake with a pair of ballet shoes on the top but i imagine the 3d cake looked fantastic!

Thank you, I'll have a look now : )

Would anyone be kind enough to point me in the direction of a ballet shoe tutorial, please! I need to make a pair for Saturday and was wondering where to start! Thank you, Helen x

Rosy red apples always look cute for teacher themed cakes, how about making lots of little red apples from fondant, use a leaf cutter for the leaves. They could easily be placed on the cake in the shape of a number 25 with a plaque on...

Where are you based? I use callebaut chocolate callets here in the uk, the white, milk and plain work beautifully.

I've never found the perfect deep red with Sugarflair so I use a mixture of Red Extra, Ruby and sometimes a little bit of Claret which are all great stand alone colours to have in your kit anyway. You also need quite a lot to get a...

Lol on the tooth pick faux pas Dayti!! I use Sugarflair, they've increased their range of colours recently too x