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Post by dkcrooby on Jan 22, 2006 6:20:07 GMT -2
Hi, Just to let you know that there have been some new pics posted in Photobucket. Emma, your cushion cake is brilliant!! It must have taken you ages. How did you get the shapes? Shianne  |
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Jan 22, 2006 13:19:05 GMT -2
Thanks for the compliment Shianne. The cushion cake; I made two square cakes for each cushion and carved each to form the top or bottom half of the cushion, I then sandwiched them together with jam and buttercream. I can't say it was my idea though - it's one of Colette Peters - although the cushions are my own designs. It took an evening to make all the cakes and a day to decorate them all. I charged £120 for it, although it was half what I'd normally charge as it was for a work colleague and she was taking it to a very big party so I thought it would be good for a lot of people to see my work.
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Post by dkcrooby on Jan 22, 2006 15:13:00 GMT -2
Well that would have wowed them all! Where do you live again? It's great to be able to charge so much for them. I live near Cardiff and in the area i'm in, i certainly wouldn't be able to charge even 120 pounds for that kind of cake. Well done anyway!
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Post by kmcguire on Jan 23, 2006 1:04:35 GMT -2
Emma,
Colette better watch out.......you are catching up. Great work
Ken
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Jan 23, 2006 4:50:57 GMT -2
Thanks chaps. I live in Devon. I used to live in Cardiff so I know the area you're from. If you promoted yourself in Cardiff you ought to be able to charge full price for cakes like that - there'sd a lot of money sloshing about in Cardiff itself so I'd aim for there if I were you. I sell my cakes in a very rural area mostly and a few in Exeter.
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Post by rach on Jan 23, 2006 7:23:37 GMT -2
Brillant Emms...love the colours..the gold looks amazing..
I would love to do something like that...I would worry though about the cakes falling off ..was that a problem for you
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Jan 24, 2006 4:56:11 GMT -2
I had each cake layer supported with doweling and then one long dowel pushed through the whole cake. The gold is edable art;'s 'golden ginger' and it's the best gold I've found by a long shot - it's just glorious!
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Post by dkcrooby on Jan 24, 2006 5:38:33 GMT -2
Emma, did you mix the gold with rejuvinator spirit or did you use something else?
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Post by rach on Jan 24, 2006 5:47:50 GMT -2
I have just come back from Devon flew down there last week for a course..flew in Plymouth and wentto Batson near Salcombe for my course..lovely place
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Post by Nauseen on Jan 24, 2006 14:25:23 GMT -2
Hi Emma, Love the cakes,all of them.. Well done.. How long have you been at this now? You must have alot of experience. What do you use for your modelling bits?
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Jan 24, 2006 15:08:04 GMT -2
I mixed the gold with rejuvenator spirit as suggested as it was perfect - odd because all the other lustres I have mix perfectly well with vodka.
I have been cake decorating since October 2005 - so not that long, but I've always done a lot of arty things like pottery, painting, jewellery making etc. so really I've been doing arty things for years and years.
For the modelling bits I use squires mexican modelling paste - I LOVE it, it's the only stuff that I can get to hold the shapes I want it to. It takes a while to dry, but it's well worth it, it's very smooth so you never get cracks in it like I seem to with other stuff.
Thanks for the nice comments about the cakes. I'm making a cake soon for a competition run by Devon Library Services. They are running a comp for children to design a cake and I've been asked to help choose the winning design and also to make it. I am a teacher and the woman who runs the promotions at the libraries was the mum of someone I taught - so a lucky connection!
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