AHa ha ha, chezza, i'm right up there with the typo's.

Oh Gray, no what you mean, I have a 3 tier wedding cake for the 21st, in a castle, getting very nervous about it, which is why I didn't want to take this massive castle on, I wanted a rest I guess.

ASo I had tantrum cake and custard for pudding last night and I have to say although the sinking issue it tasted delicious. I think I'll try it again, just not today :)

Very happy with how the lindy smith one cake out.

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AAt least it tasted nice, that makes you wanna try again

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Just popping on from London whilst I'm waiting for my boyfriend to get out of the shower!

I did a quilting cake a while back and used a good tutorial but I can't find it now. It involved measuring the circumference of your cake so you can divide the size into an even number of triangles, mine worked out about 1inch each. Then stick 2 cocktail sticks to a ruler 1inch apart and go around the top and bottom of your cake making little indents every 1 inch. They just use the rules to mark the lines between the dots and it should come out perfect all the way around. Does that make sense? If I find the tutorial I'll post it.

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I just bought a few moulds and cutters Roxy plus some Christmas ribbon. Got a few ideas for little edible Christmas gifts for my own children and my nephews and niece.

Talking of Christmas who's actually started their shopping yet? Bar a frozen art set I've not bought anything yet. I need to shape myself. It's hard to know what to buy especially as my eldest is 11 and not into things like TV shows and characters like he was when he was younger. Going to try and do a lot of it online as my youngest follows me everywhere so hard to buy anything. Think I need to plan a few solo trips while she stays at home being entertained by Dad.

Nanny don't blame you at all in declining the cake with how much we all stress over cakes it's not worth it at Christmas when you should be enjoying time with your loved ones. Can I ask how did you tell the customer did you just say you were fully booked?

I need to go food shopping later and also want to start my Christmas cake today so need to get all the stuff for that. Can I ask all of you in the know I've never made a Christmas cake before and usually like nanny I bake all my cakes in two halves but that's not going to work with a Christmas cake is it, so i'll have to bake it all in one big tin?

AAlso regarding the quilting I remember Jo did hers by hand too. Speaking of Jo where are you seems like you've not been on for a while.

Sugarluva hope you're enjoying yourself in London.

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That turned out brilliantly! Well done you!

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Its got lights in!! My first time :-)

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Speechless! Surely your finest work?! Love love love!

ALoubee

I have got most oft xmas shopping done now. Started in September lol. Got three smalls one big and one grand baby so need to spread it out a bit.

Christmas cake, yep all in one. You wouldn't fill a fruitcake so no need for two halves. Just bake it slow and it'll be fine. Don't forget to double line the tin and newspaper to the outside of the tin. It won't catch fire, don't worry :)

ALoubee, I asked her what date did she have in mind, she said the 3rd Jan, which means I would have to cook cakes on news yrs day, and way before that for the turrets, i have 2 birthday cakes I single tier wedding cake ,3 xmas cakes, 1 xmas log, I xmas type sponge, xmas cupcakes oh and yes how could I forget, my 3 tier xmas wedding cake for the 21st Dec, arrgggghhhh, flipping even i'm scared looking at that lotime.

Morning all 

I have nearly finished all my xmas shopping to just a few bits to get, I have a few birthdays around xmas so pick bits up when I see them.

Sugarluva hope your enjoying yourself bet you can't wait to get to new york and shop for cakey bits

Morning everyone thankyou for the welcome yesterday I have followed this post for a while but never joined in.

 crazy-gray I love your castle cake and petitecat your car cake is brill too the roads around you must be like ours.

i am a homebaker  and make cakes mainly for family and friends although I do bake everyday as I work in a busy school kitchen catering for a thousand kids a day. 

Kuuushi, good luck with the new venture! Hopefully it gets to the point you can jack work in!

Gray, wow wow wow that's fabulous! Love Mr's Gray's design too! What's a full globe cake?

Siany, hope you're feeling better today and can finish your cake. It looks delicious!

Kathy, yes hubby saw the cake first thing when he woke up so he had something to see apart from his cards. The surprise worked really well, should have seen hubby's face when he opened the door to see his best friend and his wife at the door LOL. Ah well left overs for the next few days saves me cooking! I know I've already tasted the cut offs when I was carving the cake, but the flavour improved and tasted even better last night. I had some with cream 

Wow nanny 11 turrets? Seems a lot for a two tier! I used the same technique as sugarluva for doing the quilting.

Marvel and Argylealice, thank you!

We've devoured half of the cake now

ALovely time yesterday with Debbie Brown. We did a Cinderella topper. There was a young lady there who had already made 3 wedding cakes and she was only 14 years old....amazing![IMG ALT=""]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3305420/width/350/height/700[/IMG]

Great Castle cake Gray. You must be pleased with how the car turned out, Jean. Looked like it went down well. Loved the colours and the bird on your lace cake Barbara. You did right to turn that cake down for the New Year. With your order book before Christmas you will need some "downtime" with the family.

Good luck with the new venture Kuuushy.

Not having a great day as my poorly cat seems to have taken a down turn. Very sad!

AYes definitely Lynne.

Jean, it has 4 turrets on each tier and 3 on top, too much but hey oh!

AHii everyone. Currently ill with throat/chest/cold thing. Love the topper Lynne. Gray....- just do it! !! Barbara - the quilting in my avatar was done by hand with a diamond cutter just pressed gently over the sp. Could not get on at all with the impression mat. Off for a lemsip break. Kathy

afternoon all :) just popping in quick while I have chance 

life all gone to pot lately :( just wanted to say hi to the newbies 

AAw kathy, you not well either?

Ha right, I have a cutter like that from my playing cards set, maybe next time i'll use that.

ALots of poorly people. I've a bit of a cold but mostly jusy exhausted.bi fell asleep on the sofa!

Tiddy, are you poorly too?

Lynne, your poor cats x

ALynne you did a fab job on the cinderella. I'm guessing the stairs is cake?

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Thanks Jean. It's actually sugarpaste with some CMC as this was a topper, but it could be carved out of cake.

AThe Debbie brown cake is fab

AEvening all. :-) I can't believe how much I had to catch up on! I'll do my best but, you know me and my memory, I'm bound to forget someone do apologies in advance!

Welcome to the thread smysha and argylealice. Re sugarpaste I like SPD and culpitt. Tesco's is ok if that's all I've got, don't think much of dr oetker's and I hate Renshaws.

Lovely m and m cake, can't remember whose it was tho.

Jean your car was brilliant, you did really well, bet you were chuffed.

Lovely cakes nanny, the bag turned out great, you were worrying about nothing! And I can't see anything wrong with your quilting, looks perfectly good to me.

Congrats on winning the bake off m4rvel, love the peppa pig cake, they're hard to make aren't they. Or maybe it was just me! Love the apron.

Gray I think that's the best castle cake I've ever seen! Sorry to everyone else who's put castle cakes on here btw. It's fabulous Gray, you and mrs Gray make a good team. Make the globe cake Gray, you know you want to! :-D

Gorgeous topper Lynne! 14?! Blimey, I'd love to see her cakes.

Enjoy your holiday sugarluva, I'd love to see photos when you're back, I'm sooooo jealous.

Get well soon Siany. X

RIP Kuuushi's car. :-( And good luck with your new ventures.

Nanny I'm going to your cake shop Wednesday to hire a tin and pick some edible images up. I spoke to them on the phone, said you'd recommended them on CC so you should ask them for an "introducing new customers" discount next time you're there. :-)

I've been sooo busy this week and I'm even busier next week. Why does everything come at once?! I've got hospital appointments (to take other people to) at four different hospitals in two weeks! I haven't made my niece a cake, I just haven't had time. I probably won't be making my friend one either. My stepsons will take all my time I think, I'm dreading it! Looking forward to having a go but so worried it's not going to turn out well.

I've been to the theatre with Leah today to a frozen singalong. It was very noisy and very expensive and Leah loved every second. :-D

I'll check again later to see if I've missed anyone but I swear I've been on here an hour already! Loving the baked hubby's and tragic gum btw! :-D

AMaisie, thank god, thought you'd deserted us.

What time will you be at that shop on wed? I'm going there too, perhaps we could meet up there? No pressure though, just an idea.xx

AThat would be lovely nanny! I'm taking my auntie to physio in Pontypool at 11 then I have to take her home to Cwmbran before I can leave. I know my wY to Blackwood, I've followed the signs to ystrad before but it was years ago, I'm hoping it'll come back to me as I go! I won't know a time until after physio. If you're ok with that I could text you when I'm about to leave? I'm just getting busier and busier, my house is fast becoming a pigsty!

AOk Maisie, i'll wait for you to text me then, it would seem such a shame to both go there and not meet up.

AYes I was really pleased with the bag, as I had no idea how I was going to do it.

AYes it would be a shame nanny. I'm looking forward to it now, it'll be lovely to meet you. :-)

AMe too maisie.

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Had a little practise with my new toys from last week, they will go on my xmas cake.

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I love the red one, they are all sooo Christmassy