Posts by Cakejeanie

K8Memphis, hmm yes perhaps that may be the cause of it.    Leah_s, I never knew that was even possible, but quite clearly as its happened to my SMBC, it is! Bummer.   I probably have to put it down to the butter....

I made a cake for my friend's son and used yellow food gel to colour the buttercream and the fondant base. The fondant base turned out lemon yellow, which is the colour I was aiming for. The buttercream, however, ended up a pale orange...

Baking Irene, thanks for letting me know. Auto nazi- lol- good one!    I've pre made as much of the decor that needed to be a curved shape and they are all drying and ready to be placed on the cakes when the time comes....

Yes I see what you mean, that would be pretty strong!    Thanks very much for all the suggestions... I'll do more planning before diving in, so to speak. I think its best to think twice (or more) and do once. Hopefully...

Hi K8memphis,   What I have been thinking lately is to have a cake board (and yes smaller than the diameter of the actual cake) and cutting out a gray circle for the middle of the turning circle, and just cutting out yellow...

Hello everyone. I am planning to make a fire engine themed cake, with a small fire engine 3D shaped cake covered in fondant, sitting on a fondant turning circle (to be made using a round cake board). All this on top of a round cake....

Savannahquinn and Chellescakes, quite clearly I never thought of this. What a great idea and it means I get to make my cake decor in advance.    Howsweet, I have never made sure I got all the air out of my ziplock bags,...

Melanie, thanks for the advice. I'll be making my cake decor after the cake has been iced! One of these days someone will come up with airtight bags for storing sugarpaste :)

Hello all. I am planning to make a round cake iced with buttercream and decorated with 2d fondant (sugarpaste as we call it here in the UK) images on the side of the cake. I plan to pre-cut the images (a fire station and helicopter-...