http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/tutorials/the-basics/basic-rules Hints, Tips and Information on Baking and Decorating Cakes Sun, 20 May 2012 22:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/tutorials/the-basics/basic-rules/comment-page-1#comment-1438 cake decorator Mon, 11 May 2009 21:46:51 +0000 http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/uncategorized/basic-rules#comment-1438 A great information article. Your section about feeding the cake is interesting. I have seen cakes where people have 'over fed' - and then marzipanned and iced - what happens is the alcohol tries to escape, and in doing so takes the colour of the cake through the marzipan and the icing, making your lovely white icing patchy with all sorts of unwanted colour! I find mixing a bit of sherry and brandy together along with a few teaspoons of glycerine and brushing this on the cake just once is enough to feed the cake and keep it moist as glycerine naturally attracts moisture. <a href="http://www.cake-links.com" rel="nofollow">cake decorator</a> A great information article.
Your section about feeding the cake is interesting. I have seen cakes where people have ‘over fed’ – and then marzipanned and iced – what happens is the alcohol tries to escape, and in doing so takes the colour of the cake through the marzipan and the icing, making your lovely white icing patchy with all sorts of unwanted colour!
I find mixing a bit of sherry and brandy together along with a few teaspoons of glycerine and brushing this on the cake just once is enough to feed the cake and keep it moist as glycerine naturally attracts moisture.
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]]> http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/tutorials/the-basics/basic-rules/comment-page-1#comment-87 Piece a Cake Bakery Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:51:09 +0000 http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/uncategorized/basic-rules#comment-87 This looks so yummy! I am going to try. Thank you so much for the recipe and instructions. Steph This looks so yummy! I am going to try. Thank you so much for the recipe and instructions. Steph

]]> http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/tutorials/the-basics/basic-rules/comment-page-1#comment-21 Sheila Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:31:06 +0000 http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/uncategorized/basic-rules#comment-21 Dear Katy - First of all do not panic. "Feed" your cake with the brandy/sherry mixture and wrap it up well in greaseproof paper, then store it upside down in a airtight container. If the cake has not risen up and cracked very much,the weight and moisture will compress it back down. Any slight rise can then be made up with marzipan. If your cake has really risen up to a point and has not flattened out during storage, simply trim the top off it at the point where you marzipan it. (This has the added benefit of being able to sample the cake!!). Dear Katy – First of all do not panic. “Feed” your cake with the brandy/sherry mixture and wrap it up well in greaseproof paper, then store it upside down in a airtight container. If the cake has not risen up and cracked very much,the weight and moisture will compress it back down. Any slight rise can then be made up with marzipan.
If your cake has really risen up to a point and has not flattened out during storage, simply trim the top off it at the point where you marzipan it. (This has the added benefit of being able to sample the cake!!).

]]> http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/tutorials/the-basics/basic-rules/comment-page-1#comment-8 Katy Drinkall Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:19:28 +0000 http://cakefrills.co.uk/home/uncategorized/basic-rules#comment-8 Help! My Christmas cake has risen up and cracked on the surface. What should I do now? Help! My Christmas cake has risen up and cracked on the surface. What should I do now?

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