A Thread For All Uk Bakers!!
Decorating By hailinguk Updated 25 Aug 2017 , 10:29am by Magic Mouthfuls
Hi, does anyone have a spreadsheet they use and wouldn't mind sharing for their book keeping please if they are self employed and run a small cake business. i'm finding it difficult for people to understand what i'm talking about when you need to break it down into cake supply language and they've all been way too confusing the one's I've had!?
an excellent chocolate cake recipe
hersheys chocolate cake
http://www.hersheys.com/pure-recipes/184/HERSHEY'S
If I can help with scratch recipes, I will be glad to do it.
I work only with scratch recipes
Hi guys - I will be back in the UK in the first week of August, and was trying to find a decent cake design/decorating class or two...any theme or subject really (intermediate to advanced flowers, royal icing piping, decorative techniques etc). I only really want 1 or 2 days. I will be in Lincolnshire but can travel no problem. Does anyone know of any? Preferably without spending 995 GBP at LVCC or Peggy Porschen's academy!! Anyway they have no courses worthwhile in August...
Or maybe I can see about setting up a one on one with someone uber-professional for a couple of hundred quid. Ideas? Or have any of you done this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there try "fair cake" their classes are amazing and they have star tutors from well known bakeries and off of food network etc.
so, after reading many posts from U.S bakers, and ending up a little confused, i now need some information from you lovely U.K bakers
- is there a uk equivalent to pudding mixes?
- what do you use to flavour your cupcakes in the UK, the US ladies seem to use a lot of coffee syrups and lorrann oils.
- same goes to flavouring buttercream, what do you tend to use?
- is there a uk equivalent to bettercreme??
thanks so much
Hi there I spoke with a US lady who said apparently our equivalent to pudding mix is Angels Delight - who'd have thought it?!
I use good quality extracts - like the madagascan vanilla etc.
ooo i'm not sure on that one you've got me thinking now!
Thanks for all your suggestions on classes everyone. I still haven't found what I'm looking for though - perhaps my problem is I don't know what I want to learn really
Have you tried Windsor cake craft in warrington. They advertise local classes. I'm going to Debbie browns class in November, she may have other classes.
Nobody shares the same enthusiasm as me when I try to talk to family/friends about exciting cake news sooo... I thought I'd share here!
I've bought the majority of the equipment needed to try my hand at pulled/blown sugar and I am super excited! I'm making a DIY sugar pump which only cost me £8.01 to get the stuff for.. whether it works is another step! And I finally managed to find somewhere that sells Silpat in the UK. I'm going to get my dad to build me a DIY sugar warming box. All I need now is some sort of blowtorch, all the sites I've read have suggested a DIY store rather than a catering one, but they are like £40 and I'm trying to keep costs down. I'll find something, I've very frugal hehe.
My aim next week is to make pulled sugar flowing water pouring out of a tilted teapot. Fingers crossed it goes well
Hi all, I'm currently emailing the owners of The Cake Decorating company and suggesting US products they could get in. They've emailed me back asking for any suggestions so they can have a look at them. I've suggested SPS to them, and they are very interested in that.
Does anyone have any other ideas I can suggest for them? I can't remember what stuff I want from the US now I've been asked lol!
Hi all, I'm currently emailing the owners of The Cake Decorating company and suggesting US products they could get in. They've emailed me back asking for any suggestions so they can have a look at them. I've suggested SPS to them, and they are very interested in that.
Does anyone have any other ideas I can suggest for them? I can't remember what stuff I want from the US now I've been asked lol!
ooh that's a good idea! what about The Mat? and CakeSafes?
I love their range of designer stencils, my only problem is deciding which set to buy, i want them all!!
I suggested The Mat but I don't think they were that interested, doesn't seem like a product they would stock.
I think Maureen @ Agbay wants to be the sole distributor but I will mention it to TCDC and see what they say.
[quote="jillyscakes"]How about the agbay [/quote
At the risk of sounding stupid wot is an agbay?
A cake leveller. Google Agbay products and their website will come up and if you search for them on you tube there are a lot of videos on there.
[quote="mo63"]
How about the agbay [/quote
At the risk of sounding stupid wot is an agbay?
Its a cake leveler. I have one and its just amazing. Here is the link for you to have a look.
http://www.agbayproducts.com/
I suggested The Mat but I don't think they were that interested, doesn't seem like a product they would stock.
huh, what a shame, i would have bought it..as it's not too expensive (if you dont have to pay international postage).
i got my' the mat' from ebay, it only cost me £22 with postage http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cake-fondant-rolling-Mat-Sweetwise-/330534840846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf5696a0e
i got my' the mat' from ebay, it only cost me £22 with postage http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cake-fondant-rolling-Mat-Sweetwise-/330534840846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf5696a0e
Livlou, well there goes 22 pounds! Would you recommend it? Rolling out sugarpaste is the one thing i struggle with most and if the mate works i would buy it in a blink - please tell me it changed your life?!?
i have only used it twice, first time, was great, second time i got in a muddle and gave up but dont think i kneaded it enough so fondant was very stiff, loved how it stuck to the mat while lifting over the cake and when i needed to readjust it, think you need to have a few practices with it, they say it needs breaking in. i had been wanting one since first seen it but couldnt as wouldnt pay over £30 just for postage so when found it on ebay i ordered it straight away
Oh right. Thank you Bashini. Thought it was something to do with E bay haha I just had look at your link and I think I want one!!
Hi guys - I will be back in the UK in the first week of August, and was trying to find a decent cake design/decorating class or two...any theme or subject really (intermediate to advanced flowers, royal icing piping, decorative techniques etc). I only really want 1 or 2 days. I will be in Lincolnshire but can travel no problem. Does anyone know of any? Preferably without spending 995 GBP at LVCC or Peggy Porschen's academy!! Anyway they have no courses worthwhile in August...
Or maybe I can see about setting up a one on one with someone uber-professional for a couple of hundred quid. Ideas? Or have any of you done this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there try "fair cake" their classes are amazing and they have star tutors from well known bakeries and off of food network etc.
I have attended 2 classes with Debbie Brown - she is a great teacher. Her classes are quite small so plenty of attention and opportunity to ask questions... and also we had great fun! I believe she will do "One on One" classes too.
Hi all,
Please can any one tell me if and where i can buy these impression mats in the link below in the UK. Has any one got them and where did they buy theirs from. It is used on this name tag for the cake below.
http://www.globalsugarart.com/.....ion%20Mats.
Here is the cake link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2.....669406393/
Cheers
Hi all, I'm currently emailing the owners of The Cake Decorating company and suggesting US products they could get in. They've emailed me back asking for any suggestions so they can have a look at them. I've suggested SPS to them, and they are very interested in that.
Does anyone have any other ideas I can suggest for them? I can't remember what stuff I want from the US now I've been asked lol!
Please tell them to stock these impression mats by Makins.
http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=24778
Also if we're putting together a list of US items, candy melts would be good!! Ideal for cake pops etc! You can get them at Hobbycraft but so much easier if we can get everything in one place- and SPS is definately a good one as I've yet to find it anywhere in the UK
i got my' the mat' from ebay, it only cost me £22 with postage http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cake-fondant-rolling-Mat-Sweetwise-/330534840846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf5696a0e
sorry to ask another question livlou but i was just wondering, were you charged customs or anything like that, since its coming from abroad? thanks!
They already stock merckens candy melts which are alot better than the Wilton ones.
does anyone have an easy recipe for an egg free sponge?
I am making a cake for my friends birthday for saturday & she just informed me that her daughters new boyfriend will be there & is allergic to egg so she told him 'never mind my friend can make you an egg free cake!!' all a bit last minute!
Got this out a cake decorating mag but not tried it yet. makes a 6in round
200g sweetened condensed milk
140g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
60ml melted butter or 60ml margarine
1 tsp vanilla essence
75ml water
sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda together. mix flour flour mixture, condensed milk, melted butter, essence and water, beat well.
Bake in oven at 200 degrees C for 10 mins then reduce temp to 150 degrees C and bake for a further 10 mins
Cake is ready when it leaves the sides of tin and is springy to touch
Thanks so much for the egg free sponge recipe, i actually thought it smelled awful (didnt taste it) but the customer was very happy, her boyfriend can never usually eat cake!! she commissioned another for the following weekend too!
I now have a wheat free cake to do for friday (too bust so little girls mum buying a ready made cake & I am decorating it, which I dont usually do but this is an exceptional case) little girl will be 13 and has never had a decorated birthday cake because she is allergic to wheat!!
hi, idontknow, i was not charged anymore on top
thanks livlou, i've asked the seller and he says he hasn't had any reports of customs being charged either. so i'll go ahead and buy it as well as one of those textured rolling pins, they look great!
I need about 50 gold cupcake cases in a bit of a hurry, (cake for 4weeks time, but I am away for 2 and half weeks between now & then and really want to get cases sorted before I go). loads to choose from on eBay (and in my experience ebay sellers usually deliver the fastest! compared to shops) , but wondered if anyone could recommend any as dont want to get them & they are rubbish, really brassy looking or anything
Thanks
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