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Competition cake finished!!!

194 days ago by Karen Flude | 12 comments »

Well at last after weeks and weeks of working on it, my cake is finally finished.I’m really pleased with the way it’s turned out.The worry now is how best to transport it without getting there with a pile of dust!!So any tips would be greatly appreciated. The cake is called “An Autumn Wedding” and it really tells the tail of two weddings.The first wedding is the farmers daughter, who has a cake with two mice as the Bride and Groom on the...

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Competition cake chronicles

237 days ago by Karen Flude | 1 comment »

This week I’ve been starting to put together the cake and characters I’ve been working on over the last few weeks. When I build a cake from my imagination I have to listen to the story the characters are telling me, and that sets the scene for the finished cake. My Mother always said I had an over active imagination.But I suppose thats how Authors write books sometimes. They have to let the story tell itself and when it’s done they can “picture” the story. ...

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Preparation for my first cake competition..cont'd

251 days ago by Karen Flude | 2 comments »

I’ve been working on some of the characters for the competition cake again this week. I’m quite pleased with them so far, but there’s loads to do yet. Also this week I’ve been trying out recipes and icing techniques for Christmas biscuits…yes Christmas seams to arrived early to my kitchen this year! I’m preparing ready for my Craft Stall later in the year and don’t want any nasty surprises with soggy biscuits or the taste not being just right....

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Preparation for my first cake competition

261 days ago by Karen Flude | 3 comments »

I’ve been sooooooo busy in the last few weeks. Cake pops for a wedding, and I’m starting to work on the characters for the cake I’m planning to enter into my first cake competition. My fingers are starting to dry out already from the delicate shaping of the tiny fondant bits and pieces (must buy some really good hand cream this weekend). I’ve planned out the shape and size of the cake, the catagory section is “A wedding cake of two or more tiers. So I’m goi...

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20 000 Cakes? When? Take a guess and win!

419 days ago by Michal Bulla | 31 comments »

I posted an announcement of the Cake Decorator of the Week yesterday and ConceptualConfection added a comment that inspired me to do a competition. Rules: Post a comment to this thread with your guess, when we will reach the 20 000 cakes on CakesDecor Use this format: month/day/year Each member can post only one guess Member of the guess which will be the closest to the day, when we’ll reach the 20 000 cakes, wins! If there are two or more exactly the same guesses, the ...

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