Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
>> Help me! Every time I've made a cake, it's come out dry. I need to
>> make this the highlight of the evening. Please. Please. I've got
>> to do this right.
>
> This sounds like an excellent gift. But I would probably have chosen
> to tell her that she has some great ideas and you will try to use as
> many of them as you can in making the cake, but it won't be exactly
> what she is asking for because you may not have the supplies. A great
> trick for enhancing a boxed cake mix is to add the pudding like
> everyone else has already said. I would think a simple buttercream
> frosting would be easiest, or go with creamcheese for a little
> different flavor. Either use the frosting for the filling between
> layers or use a fruity filling, strawberry jam, raspberry preserves,
> maybe a white chocolate frosting with pink tint would be more up her
> alley if she loves chocolate.
>
> How about a 9X13 for the base and two 8" or 9" rounds offset to one
> side of the 9X13 so you can write on the 9X13 just beside the stacked
> rounds.
>
> If you want something a little fancier for the top of the rounds, make
> another smaller cake in a 6" diameter pyrex bowl. The cake baked in
> the bowl will give a dome effect on top of the two rounds. Adds
> effect without costing anything for tools or decorations.
>
> And if she wants ribbons and bows, how about bulk ribbon from
> Michael's or JoAnne's. Buy the picot ribbon that has the little loops
> along the edge. You can usually catch it for less than a dollar for
> 10 yards, and often on sale 2 for a dollar. It will cut down on
> expense for bags, tips, icing, and still be perfectly suitable for a
> birthday party. Might want to do something glittery in the piping
> along the edges of the cake and for the words. the "glittery" sugar
> crystals are really cheap and can be used alone or stirred into
> frosting. You can add silk or fresh flowers to the cake, or beads
> (mardi gras beads are everywhere on clearance right now in the party
> and decorating store). If she loves that teenage princess thing, a
> 99cent tiara and strings of beads and ribbon would be just the
> ticket.
>
> Man that got long. Cakes are one of those things I love to do. Hope
> you have fun.
>
> Cindi
>

I think a white chocolate icing with a tinge of red food coloring would be
wonderful! I love all your suggestions. (Psssst - come on over, I may
need your help!) <g>

kili

>
> I think a white chocolate icing with a tinge of red food coloring would be
> wonderful! I love all your suggestions. (Psssst - come on over, I may
> need your help!) <g>
>
> kili
>
>


> I think a white chocolate icing with a tinge of red food coloring would be
> wonderful! I love all your suggestions. (Psssst - come on over, I may
> need your help!) <g>

(you can get the pink sparkles too and use those sprinkled over the still
soft icing)
http://tinyurl.com/38vnz7

In two weekends I am making a football field cake. My brother and I have
birthdays 5 days apart, and my two nieces (a band geek and a cheerleader,
twins go figure) graduated and are getting ready to go away to college. So
we decided to combine them all and have a Pep Rally themed party with a
football cake, brats, nachos, french dipped sandwiches, Wii football on the
big screen so the big kids have something to play.

I love this kind of thing, and having a decorating partner makes everything
easier. I'll be there in spirit. Oh and I found tiny football players, a
couple of marching band members, and a few cheerleaders for the top of the
cake I'm making. Can't wait to see how it comes out. I always make something
different for the kids for birthdays, too cause I am not paying what a
bakery charges, and I think it's fun.

Good Luck

Cindi

Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
>
> (you can get the pink sparkles too and use those sprinkled over the
> still soft icing)
> http://tinyurl.com/38vnz7
>
> In two weekends I am making a football field cake. My brother and I
> have birthdays 5 days apart, and my two nieces (a band geek and a
> cheerleader, twins go figure) graduated and are getting ready to go
> away to college. So we decided to combine them all and have a Pep
> Rally themed party with a football cake, brats, nachos, french dipped
> sandwiches, Wii football on the big screen so the big kids have
> something to play.
>
> I love this kind of thing, and having a decorating partner makes
> everything easier. I'll be there in spirit. Oh and I found tiny
> football players, a couple of marching band members, and a few
> cheerleaders for the top of the cake I'm making. Can't wait to see
> how it comes out. I always make something different for the kids for
> birthdays, too cause I am not paying what a bakery charges, and I
> think it's fun.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Cindi

Sounds like you're going to have a great time! I'll be expecting your
spirit here on August 22. :~) Thanks again for your suggestions.

kili

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:57:29 -0400, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
>>> Help me! Every time I've made a cake, it's come out dry. I need to
>>> make this the highlight of the evening. Please. Please. I've got
>>> to do this right.
>>
>> This sounds like an excellent gift. But I would probably have chosen
>> to tell her that she has some great ideas and you will try to use as
>> many of them as you can in making the cake, but it won't be exactly
>> what she is asking for because you may not have the supplies. A great
>> trick for enhancing a boxed cake mix is to add the pudding like
>> everyone else has already said. I would think a simple buttercream
>> frosting would be easiest, or go with creamcheese for a little
>> different flavor. Either use the frosting for the filling between
>> layers or use a fruity filling, strawberry jam, raspberry preserves,
>> maybe a white chocolate frosting with pink tint would be more up her
>> alley if she loves chocolate.
>>
>> How about a 9X13 for the base and two 8" or 9" rounds offset to one
>> side of the 9X13 so you can write on the 9X13 just beside the stacked
>> rounds.
>>
>> If you want something a little fancier for the top of the rounds, make
>> another smaller cake in a 6" diameter pyrex bowl. The cake baked in
>> the bowl will give a dome effect on top of the two rounds. Adds
>> effect without costing anything for tools or decorations.
>>
>> And if she wants ribbons and bows, how about bulk ribbon from
>> Michael's or JoAnne's. Buy the picot ribbon that has the little loops
>> along the edge. You can usually catch it for less than a dollar for
>> 10 yards, and often on sale 2 for a dollar. It will cut down on
>> expense for bags, tips, icing, and still be perfectly suitable for a
>> birthday party. Might want to do something glittery in the piping
>> along the edges of the cake and for the words. the "glittery" sugar
>> crystals are really cheap and can be used alone or stirred into
>> frosting. You can add silk or fresh flowers to the cake, or beads
>> (mardi gras beads are everywhere on clearance right now in the party
>> and decorating store). If she loves that teenage princess thing, a
>> 99cent tiara and strings of beads and ribbon would be just the
>> ticket.
>>
>> Man that got long. Cakes are one of those things I love to do. Hope
>> you have fun.
>>
>> Cindi
>>
>
>I think a white chocolate icing with a tinge of red food coloring would be
>wonderful! I love all your suggestions. (Psssst - come on over, I may
>need your help!) <g>
>
Maybe watching a couple of how to videos will help too
http://video.about.com/baking/How-to-Frost-a-Cake.htm# You'll need to
enable the IE tab if you're using Firefox. If you poke around there
is a video on how to "fill" a cake... you might want to do a raspberry
filling, for instance.

Baking with a cake mix -
http://baking.about.com/od/hintsandt...emixbaking.htm

Make icing -
http://baking.about.com/od/frostings...andeasyfru.htm

BTW: fresh flowers are lovely on a cake, what's growing in your yard?

Just for fun and maybe a gift someday:
http://video.about.com/weddings/Make...ng-Bouquet.htm



--

A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

sf wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:57:29 -0400, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
> Maybe watching a couple of how to videos will help too
> http://video.about.com/baking/How-to-Frost-a-Cake.htm# You'll need to
> enable the IE tab if you're using Firefox. If you poke around there
> is a video on how to "fill" a cake... you might want to do a raspberry
> filling, for instance.
>
> Baking with a cake mix -
> http://baking.about.com/od/hintsandt...emixbaking.htm
>
> Make icing -
> http://baking.about.com/od/frostings...andeasyfru.htm
>
> BTW: fresh flowers are lovely on a cake, what's growing in your yard?
>
> Just for fun and maybe a gift someday:
> http://video.about.com/weddings/Make...ng-Bouquet.htm

Thanks for the links, sf! I appreciate it.

kili

On Jul 16, 9:24 am, "kilikini" > wrote:
> sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:57:29 -0400, "kilikini"
> > > wrote:
>
> > Maybe watching a couple of how to videos will help too
> >http://video.about.com/baking/How-to-Frost-a-Cake.htm# You'll need to
> > enable the IE tab if you're using Firefox. If you poke around there
> > is a video on how to "fill" a cake... you might want to do a raspberry
> > filling, for instance.
>
> > Baking with a cake mix -
> >http://baking.about.com/od/hintsandt...emixbaking.htm
>
> > Make icing -
> >http://baking.about.com/od/frostings...andeasyfru.htm
>
> > BTW: fresh flowers are lovely on a cake, what's growing in your yard?
>
> > Just for fun and maybe a gift someday:
> >http://video.about.com/weddings/Make...ng-Bouquet.htm
>
> Thanks for the links, sf! I appreciate it.

Once you see the garbage at the end of the links, you may feel
differently.
You'd just likely be too nice to say so.
>

--Bryan
> kili

On Jul 16, 8:56 am, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:57:29 -0400, "kilikini"
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
> >>> Help me! Every time I've made a cake, it's come out dry. I need to
> >>> make this the highlight of the evening. Please. Please. I've got
> >>> to do this right.
>
> >> This sounds like an excellent gift. But I would probably have chosen
> >> to tell her that she has some great ideas and you will try to use as
> >> many of them as you can in making the cake, but it won't be exactly
> >> what she is asking for because you may not have the supplies. A great
> >> trick for enhancing a boxed cake mix is to add the pudding like
> >> everyone else has already said. I would think a simple buttercream
> >> frosting would be easiest, or go with creamcheese for a little
> >> different flavor. Either use the frosting for the filling between
> >> layers or use a fruity filling, strawberry jam, raspberry preserves,
> >> maybe a white chocolate frosting with pink tint would be more up her
> >> alley if she loves chocolate.
>
> >> How about a 9X13 for the base and two 8" or 9" rounds offset to one
> >> side of the 9X13 so you can write on the 9X13 just beside the stacked
> >> rounds.
>
> >> If you want something a little fancier for the top of the rounds, make
> >> another smaller cake in a 6" diameter pyrex bowl. The cake baked in
> >> the bowl will give a dome effect on top of the two rounds. Adds
> >> effect without costing anything for tools or decorations.
>
> >> And if she wants ribbons and bows, how about bulk ribbon from
> >> Michael's or JoAnne's. Buy the picot ribbon that has the little loops
> >> along the edge. You can usually catch it for less than a dollar for
> >> 10 yards, and often on sale 2 for a dollar. It will cut down on
> >> expense for bags, tips, icing, and still be perfectly suitable for a
> >> birthday party. Might want to do something glittery in the piping
> >> along the edges of the cake and for the words. the "glittery" sugar
> >> crystals are really cheap and can be used alone or stirred into
> >> frosting. You can add silk or fresh flowers to the cake, or beads
> >> (mardi gras beads are everywhere on clearance right now in the party
> >> and decorating store). If she loves that teenage princess thing, a
> >> 99cent tiara and strings of beads and ribbon would be just the
> >> ticket.
>
> >> Man that got long. Cakes are one of those things I love to do. Hope
> >> you have fun.
>
> >> Cindi
>
> >I think a white chocolate icing with a tinge of red food coloring would be
> >wonderful! I love all your suggestions. (Psssst - come on over, I may
> >need your help!) <g>
>
> Maybe watching a couple of how to videos will help toohttp://video.about.com/baking/How-to-Frost-a-Cake.htm# You'll need to
> enable the IE tab if you're using Firefox. If you poke around there
> is a video on how to "fill" a cake... you might want to do a raspberry
> filling, for instance.
>
> Baking with a cake mix -http://baking.about.com/od/hintsandtips/a/cakemixbaking.htm

This pig puts sodapop in cakes. What a piece of trash.
>
> Make icing -http://baking.about.com/od/frostingsandicings/r/lightandeasyfru.htm
>
Great. A recipe from the fat, White-trash pig, Carroll
Pellegrinelli. Guess what? It has whipped topping.

--Bryan