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Donna
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|  Subject: Cake decorating  Sun 10 Feb 2008, 7:40 pm | |
| I am planning my youngest grand daughters Bday party.She will be 3 in March.
I am wanting to decorate her cake made here at home,,usually we buy the cake.Ii did make one cake for the oldest grandson once,,and he loved it,,so I thought ,,,why am I still buying them!?$$
I have been watching them decorate cakes on videos on google,,and all kinds of designs.Anyone a cake decorator with tips and hints for me.I dont have a theme yet for the party,,,maybe sponge bob or baby dolls,,or dress up stuff,,(she loves that)LOL |
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Vicki
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Localisation : Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Mon 11 Feb 2008, 12:19 pm | |
| I love doing cakes. I always do a search on the internet to see if someone has posted ideas on the theme I want. I found thinning the icing out worked better than using it right out of the can. I also found to color the icing the paste works better. Make sure the cake is really cool. I like to make mine the night before and refrigerate it before decorating.
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gayla50
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Localisation : Western North Carolina
| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Mon 11 Feb 2008, 1:46 pm | |
| I do all our cakes with usually a Wilton pan Like Vicki I use paste color I pre bake the cake a couple days before then I take it out and frost.. There are so many useful hnts and trick on the net .
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Sissy
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Tue 12 Feb 2008, 11:18 am | |
| | On my 3rd birthday, my grandmother made me a doll cake. She bought one of those dolls that looked like a Barbie doll, but was a lot more inexpensive. She baked a cake in a tube pan, put the doll down the center and then decorated it with the "star" decorating tip. She added fresh flowers from her garden. Oh yea, she gave the doll an "icing" top that blended into the cake to make it look like a dress. It was pink and white. I have a pic of me with it. |
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gayla50
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Tue 12 Feb 2008, 12:21 pm | |
| I made them for my DD and for the Grandkdis.... they like it cause they get the doll to play with after that very easy ..
On thinkg you might is a cup cake tree I mad them for brithday , showers and I recenty did it for a wedding
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kim
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Tue 12 Feb 2008, 1:54 pm | |
| | I used to make cakes...and the best thing I found to do is make the cake and freeze it and frost it right out of the freezer...and homemade icing works better for the piping bags and tips. |
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Donna
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Tue 12 Feb 2008, 7:17 pm | |
| | Thanks so much for the tips..hubby and I are trying to figure out what kind of party to have,,Im hoping to make a cake with that theme..Ill let ya know how it goes! |
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kim
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Wed 13 Feb 2008, 5:09 am | |
| | On good cake is the barbie cake...where the cake is the barbies dress...I made one of these for Ash a few years ago |
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Donna
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Age : 46
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Wed 13 Feb 2008, 5:38 am | |
| To make it ,,do I need a special pan for this,,also,,the barbie part,,,,I can find that at a Joanns maybe?I think she would like that.
Shes into barbie sponge bob and hannah Montana,,except she calls her Hannah tanna...lol |
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Sissy
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Wed 13 Feb 2008, 9:00 am | |
| Donna, my grandmother just used one of those tube pans that you use for angel food cake. A bundt pan would probably work just as well. The doll would fit down into the hole of the cake. I think the dollar store might have the dolls, also.
The fun part about this cake is you can dress it up anyway you want with different decorating tips. You can put little fake flowers on the dress and in her hair, add a parasol, put a big ruffle on the bottom of the dress to finish it off. The possibilities are endless. |
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Donna
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Wed 13 Feb 2008, 5:14 pm | |
| | I have a bundt cake pan..I just might do that..Im off friday..i will check the stores then/Thanks for all the help..I will let ya know how it goes. |
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kim
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| | Subject: Re: Cake decorating Thu 14 Feb 2008, 5:21 am | |
| I typed a rspnose to you Donna ...explaining how I made the doll cake, but it's not here! Not sure why...sorry...but Sissy was ble to help  So, I hope you enjoy making your doll cake!! |
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