I have just PM it to you Siany.

It certainly will when they see how good you are Tiddy. I got my gas and electric bill emailed earlier today and because of the solar panels I had fitted I am £159 in credit so I'm now gonna use that as my excuse for spending, because I'm actually saving money 

AGod if my internet gets any slower I'm investing in a carrier pigeon, it has to he quicker than this :/ lol

Thanks roxy I got it, can't open it cos of poor t'internet but I have it. I'll ipen it on the PC tomorrow.

 Lol,my internet has been playing up lately to.

I'm off to bed night everyone 

AMorning, does anyone know if the cake lace can be cut?

ARoxylee, I put mine in the over for 15mins, then turned the oven off and just left it in there till it was coldish, I deform think its made easier with the Claire bowman knife.

ATiddy, brilliant bag, clever!

morning!

I was thinking myself it will be easier with the knife Nanny, I will let you know later how my air dried ones turn out and next time put them in the oven for the same time as you did see how that goes.You can cut the lace with scissors,

AGood to know Roxylee, oops, just bought another mat, the peacock one.

That looks a nice one Nanny,I was looking at them all last night I was good though didn't buy any. YET 

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Yep, scissors or scalpel depending on the pattern. I took all the short edges off the ophelia pattern for my cake so that there are no definite joins all the way around :-)

Nanny I have just took the air dried lace out of the mats, they turned out great and were easier to release they seemed a little more flexible.

Morning all!

Good to see the lace is working better for you Roxy/Foxy! 

On the subject of BC, I've been using SMBC for my cakes. It is lovely, not sweet like American BC. A recipe for filling and covering an 8" cake has 1 C + 2 Tbsp of sugar + 1-2 tsp of vanilla flavouring. I omit the Tbsps of sugar depending on how much vanilla flavouring I'm going to put in (depends on what cake it's going on). I find it just the right amount of sweetness. 

I have a recipe for SMBC in my craftsy class but have not tried it yet. how does it compare to BC for covering a cake and standing up to temperature changes . Would you mind sending me your recipe please Petitecat so I can compare to mine, I would rather use one with less sugar.

AFab, trial and error I guess with something like this till we get used to it.

Yes Nanny I guess it is. I will have to try airbrushing some to colour them see how that turns out.

AWow you lot have been chatty I've had so much to catch up on.

Maisie your pig cakes are lovely,I love the little ducks that such a cute extra touch.

Tiddy your handbag cake it great too, fantastic for a spontaneous cake!

Glad you have all been enjoying Lakeland haha. And you have me wanting to try a baileys cake now too. Can't believe I've never tried one. Made a baileys trifle once though that was amazing!

I'm so jealous of all this lace too it all looks so pretty. I really must get in to it at some point...

AOh and who was it that mentioned they had just bought a dinky? Where did you get it from at that price? Jealous much haha.

That was Tiddy Sugarluva she has a trade account with culpitt, lucky her wish I could get one but then I'd never stop spending  

AAh that explains it haha.

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Hi roxy, if you look for How to Cook That on you tube, the lady who does the videos has one comparing several types of buttercream, including SMBC. It's quite interesting. It doesn't hold up as well as ab as there isn't so much sugar giving it structure, but I did see recently that if you add a bit of shortening (trex etc) it helps with stability.

Not sure what it would do to the taste as I've not tried it, but then I haven't had any real problems with the standard SMBC yet - I guess it's cos it's generally not too hot here! :-)

Thanks Lizzy I'll take a look

yeah twas me  cannot wait for it to turn up!

haha foxy roxy, what did i do.think that may stick now 

Well the plan was to go bribe the headmaster with cake but would you believe its flipping raining in sunny wales today! Typical.....hope it stops for this afternoon because soggy bag cake wont be a good look!

Cant wait for my lace to turn up so I can have a play :) Got to catch up on these minecraft cakes today though as theyre going tomorrow eeek!

Haha Tiddy I think you might might be right 

It's raining here in Manchester today to, looks like it's on for the day

Tiddy, fantastic cake! Shame about the rain- it's raining here too!

Roxy, here is the link:

http://cakecentral.com/a/basic-vanilla-swiss-meringue-buttercream

I have covered SMBC with fondant no problem, but yes it is a tad softer than regular AB. I get raves about it though so no way I'm going back to AB! I might try adding shortening next time in small amounts and see how it holds up like Lizzy said. I think it's really only when you put it under a blazing sun where you'd have problems! 

My cousin asked me for my buttercream recipe, so I gave her the SMBC recipe. She said 'Oh, I didn't realise it's so much work to make it. I might try something else'. LOL

Roxy, have you tried rolling out your MMF?

Thanks Petitecat, no I haven't tried rolling my MMf yet but will do later on today. I am going to try covering my square dummy with it but have the dummy upside down so the corners are sharp and see how it does on them, I will post a pic showing the result.

No one ever realises how much work goes into making a cake do they until they have to do it themselves.