What are you baking?

[Looby]

I watched a bit of Nailed It yesterday and want to bake something for my bezzers birthday. I’m definitely better than them. [emoji1]She’s obsessed with pizza so I’m thinking a pizza cake. Anyone made one? Don’t know what recipe to use. Her second love is chocolate but my chocolate cakes always go a bit dry.

I might go and beg a box from Papa Johns later. [emoji106]

ETA- chocolate is a stupid fucking idea unless I want to make burnt pizza.

 

[Saffy]

A lemon bundt cake for afternoon tea at a friend's house.

 

[moose]

That looks lovely Saffy
Simple cakes are the best cakes (don't mean that in a derogatory way, obvs)

 

[Saffy]

Absolutely get what you mean.
It was a big hit and people were fighting over the leftovers to take home.

 

[campanula]

Grandaughter's birthday cake - a cat's tea party/
Ignore the filthoid kitchen table

 

[kittyP]

Grandaughter's birthday cake - a cat's tea party/
Ignore the filthoid kitchen table

Brilliant!

 

[Epona]

Grandaughter's birthday cake - a cat's tea party/
Ignore the filthoid kitchen table

That's cute as anything! I love the little cats - I am assuming they are little toy model cats - as clever as it would be to have those made out of icing, little toy models will last longer and provide ongoing enjoyment and memories for a child

 

[campanula]

That's cute as anything! I love the little cats - I am assuming they are little toy model cats - as clever as it would be to have those made out of icing, little toy models will last longer and provide ongoing enjoyment and memories for a child

They surely are (plastic) as I still have shuddery memories of wrestling with FIMO to make a load of 'woodland creatures' for last year's cake.
Cheers, Epona and Kitty.

 

[BoatieBird]

That's amazing campanula.
I love it!

 

[polly]

Not for the first time I wish you were related to me campanula Amazing cake!

And exemplary kitchen table.

 

[UrbaneFox]

I like the marzipan? roast chicken

 

[blairsh]

(Another) Carrot cake

 

[wtfftw]

I'm baking multiple disasters.

dorset apple cake yesterday is probably raw in the middle judging by the feta and pepper muffins today. There's another cake in at the moment but it's taking three days which is scuppering my other plans. booo.

 

[Biddlybee]

Help please!

Sticking biscuits to a cake which has chocolate fudge icing on it... is there a foolproof way to make sure they don't go soggy?

 

[Looby]

I don’t know if there is. What sort of biscuit? I’d stick them on at the very last minute I could.
Sorry that’s probably not very helpful!

 

[Biddlybee]

Lots of different sorts

 

[Biddlybee]

Anyone else?

 

[Rebelda]

Anyone else?

Um, fiddly but could you put cling film on the back of the biscuits? Or squares/circles of baking parchment but I feel like that would be slidey. Oh oh or a layer of icing that you let go hard before you stick them on.

 

[blairsh]

Oh oh or a layer of icing that you let go hard before you stick them on.

This sounds like a plan

 

[Rebelda]

This sounds like a plan

Third time's the charm

 

[Biddlybee]

Um, fiddly but could you put cling film on the back of the biscuits? Or squares/circles of baking parchment but I feel like that would be slidey. Oh oh or a layer of icing that you let go hard before you stick them on.

What sort of icing? (the baby might eat cling film )

Would melted chocolate work either on the biscuits or a thin layer on top of the cake. When it hardens it might be like a barrier? How quick does melted chocolate harden?

 

[Rebelda]

What sort of icing? (the baby might eat cling film )

Would melted chocolate work either on the biscuits or a thin layer on top of the cake. When it hardens it might be like a barrier? How quick does melted chocolate harden?

Just icing sugar and water. Chocolate would work I reckon and would set quickly in the fridge.

 

[Saffy]

Royal icing might work?

 

[Biddlybee]

Just icing sugar and water. Chocolate would work I reckon and would set quickly in the fridge.

No room in my fridge I'll just have to eat loads of things.

Royal icing might work?

I've never used royal icing before, do most people make it or buy it?

 

[Saffy]

You can buy a box of it and it saves mucking about with egg white.
I'm not sure it it will work but I know royal icing can dry rock hard. It might stop the biscuits from absorbing the choc icing.

 

[mrs quoad]

1.5kg of butter, and counting

 

[Saffy]

Wow...
What's in the top 2 photos?
Brilliant cake!

 

[mrs quoad]

Wow...
What's in the top 2 photos?
Brilliant cake!

This week’s two failures provided great learning material #rofl

Since dog, I’ve barely had time to bake so am well out of practice.

It’s salted (burnt) caramel / toffee apple macarons.

Fail:

 

[Saffy]

Proper lol

 

[mrs quoad]

I think that’s the lot