I'm off to cover a cake in fondant and I'm not having much luck with the sodding stuff. The air is going to be blue here. I'm already fecked off with the blasted thing as I used my usual recipe and ingredients but it had a mind of it's own and went all crappy. I've had to cut tons off it and now it doesn't look how I'd like already. Oh and I've just realise I haven't take the bloody butter out of the fridge. FECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lisa.........Breath!!!!!!

Have a quick run around the living room with Amelia waving your arms all
Around and screaming.

Then go back to the cake

good luck hun x

have a break and go back and start again. xx I had one of those days yesterday, Chloe opened the oven door at a critical point so my wedding cake ended up with a big hole in it!

Good luck!
I may have to become a cake queen like you guys! think is i'd end up the size of a house coz i'd eat them all!

Hahaha Kell I have that problem as I'm a bit over generous with the ingredients and end up making cupcakes with the left over batter.

Kelly I'd love to have a good run about but Amelia's at nursery, oh well I might just have to do it on my own! LOL

Mandy what did you do?!?! How did you fix it? My cake sank in the middle in the oven. No idea why and it's never happened before and nothing was any different from every other cake I've ever made. Bloody thing!

ooh good luck! wish i could bake

Claire wrote:

ooh good luck! wish i could bake

Right now so do I Claire!!! It's usually quite easy, there are a few recipe's in the CAKE thread in cooking and baking, you should give one a whirl xx

It went in the bin and I started again. They usually sink either because you've opened the oven at the wrong time and cold air gets in or if you use baking powder (I don't anymore for this reason) If you're a little heavy handed with it, it gets too much air into the mix and it can't sustain itself so collapses. I had loads of cakes sinking then realised the seal around my oven door had come loose and was letting air in.

On a different note, my mixer is fab definitely recommend it!

AhhhhhI did open it as I forgot to take the shelf above out!!! Typical, I'd forgotten about that. I used self raising flour so it's got to be the cold air. Luckily the cake doesn't need to feed a set amount of people it's just a token, not the highlight, thank god. So I got away with levelling it quite dramatically. I'm not happy with it but I'll make sure that the customer is!

Aww, I hope your cakes coming together now Lisa

Mandy, I noticed the FB post about your mixer the other day and its the same as my mum's. They are very good - I keep hinting for her to give it to me, cos she never uses it

Well I take it all back and hope that the little cake forgives me.

It's sandwiched perfectly and iced up a treat!!! I'm sooooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've just edged the board and I'm going to do all the decoration tonight. There's still time for it to go tits up but so far I'm really happy with it. All down to you lovely ladies and your luck, so thank you!!!! xxxx

Cant wait to see pics! well done.xx

aww welldone xx