Hints, tips and useful documents to help you create your special cake:
Size of Novelty Cake Tins
For your assistance, as some of the novelty tins have quite large external dimensions, we have quoted them at the widest OUTSIDE points, so you can check that the tin will fit in your oven. When calculating the size of cake board you need you can usually work on 1/2 to 1 inch less overall, for example if a cake tin length was 17 inches then the maximum size board you would need would be 16 inches. PLEASE ASK US BEFORE ORDERING IF YOU ARE UNSURE AS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ORDER WHAT FITS YOUR NEEDS BEST. We have found the oval 16 x 14 inches silver drum fits a lot of the novelty cake tins very well, which is why we have often recommended them on the products to review section.
Care and Use of the Hired Cake Tins
The following tips should help you produce a high quality novelty cake:
1. Prior to use soak the tins for 10 minutes in warm soapy water. Then wash thoroughly with a soft cloth and rinse and dry with a soft cloth.
NEVER USE ABRASIVES OR CLEANING CHEMICALS APART FROM WASHING UP LIQUID. DO NOT PUT THE CAKE TIN IN A DISHWASHER.
2. Use white vegetable fat (Trex recommended) for greasing, and gently sprinkle and shake around a light coating of flour to make a non stick surface.
3. The novelty tins make a single layer cake, so use a 12-14oz Victoria Sponge recipe and bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes until golden brown and springy to the touch.
4. Remove tin from oven, when cake is cooked and shake the tin very gently to make sure the cake is not stuck to the sides of the tin. Leave to cool completely in the tin for about 2 hours.
5. When cool, using a sharp serrated knife, cut the dome from the cake to make the cake level with the top of the tin. Use a very gentle sawing motion, as the sponge will be really soft.
6. Spread a small amount of fresh buttercream onto the cakeboard, underneath where you will be positioning the cake.
7. Place the buttercream part of the board on top of the upturned cake tin and over the cake.
8. Holding the board and the tin together, gently turn the cake out onto the board.
9. Coat the cake in a generous layer of buttercream around the sides and top of the cake.
10. Wash tin gently in warm, soapy water to clean and dry it as prior to using it.
11. Knead and roll out approx 1500gms to 2000gms of sugarpaste in chosen base colour and place over the cake. Smooth and shape with fingers and trim using a blunt instrument around the bottom edges of the cake.
12. Using the tin as a guide, make patterns to cut pieces of coloured icing to make the character or them of the cake.
13. If preferred, mix various colours of buttercream according to the style of the cake, and using piping bags and star nozzles fill in pattern or colours as required to completely decorate the cake using buttercream instead of sugarpaste.
Care and Use of the Hired Cake Tin Sets
The following tips should help you produce a high quality sponge cake:
1. Prior to use soak the tins for 10 minutes in warm soapy water. Then wash thoroughly with a soft cloth and rinse and dry with a soft cloth.
NEVER USE ABRASIVES OR CLEANING CHEMICALS APART FROM WASHING UP LIQUID. DO NOT PUT THE CAKE TIN IN A DISHWASHER.
2. Use white vegetable fat (Trex recommended) for greasing, place a disc of greaseproof paper cut to the correct size in the bottom of the tin coated in white vegetable fat and gently sprinkle and shake around a light coating of flour to make a non stick surface.
3. Use your normal sponge recipe in the tins.
4. Please thoroughly wash the tin/s gently in warm, soapy water to clean and dry as prior to using it.
Care and Use of the Hired Cake Tins Number Frames
The following tips should help you produce a high quality number cake:
Prior to use soak the frames for 10 minutes in warm soapy water. Then wash thoroughly with a soft cloth and rinse and dry with a soft cloth.
NEVER USE ABRASIVES OR CLEANING CHEMICALS APART FROM WASHING UP LIQUID. DO NOT PUT THE CAKE TIN IN A DISHWASHER.
PREPARATION AND RECIPE FOR NUMBER CAKE FRAMES
Cut a piece of baking parchment or greaseproof paper the size of the frame allowing at least a 1 border all round.
Cut strips of baking parchment or greaseproof paper 2 Ό wide to line the inside of the frame. Use several short strips rather than one long one which would be difficult to manoeuvre inside the frame.
Position the frame, with the number reversed, on the paper and trace round the INSIDE of the frame.
Draw your cutting line around the tracing allowing at lease ½ all the way round.
Cut out carefully and then snip the border at about 1 intervals from the outside edge to the tracing line. Where the shape changes direction make sure that you cut into the angle.
Fold in the flaps. Where there is a curve it may be necessary to add a few snips.
Grease a baking sheet and the number frame and position the frame with the number reversed.
Ease the tracing into the frame pressing the paper onto the greased surface of the baking sheet and the flaps onto the greased side of the frame.
Press the paper strips onto the greased side of the frame, overlapping where necessary and using a little more butter to stick the overlaps.
Your frame is now ready for use.
Thankyou for purchasing some cake decorating or craft products from our webshop; here are some handy hints and tips for using decorating products that you purchased
If you need any further information, please refer to the website, www.cakestinsandfavours.co.uk, email info@cakestinsandfavours.co.uk or telephone us on 0161 962 1635
MAGIC SPARKLES (edible decorations)
Sprinkle sparkles dry over cake or icing shape, the sparkles can be crushed finer with the back of a spoon in the pot if required. If you need them to stick to something, then use a very small amount of edible glue. Leave to dry for a few minutes, until the glue is tacky and then sprinkle over the sparkles, they will then adhere to the surface or shape. Do not use water or use on wet edible glue otherwise the sparkles will dissolve.
EDABLE ART DISCO GLITTERS
Sprinkle using a pinch in your fingertips for maximum effect.
Please note: These decorations are suitable for use in cake decorating and craft. They are classed as non toxic and not harmful if swallowed.
EDABLE ART DUSTING POWDERS
TOP TIP: We recommend the Edable Art painting solution for making the colours up to use as liquid. It can be used with other makes of powders too and washes off tools with warm soapy water.
SUGARFLAIR SUGAR ART PENS
Available in a wide range of colours, these edible food colouring pens have a fine tip and are suitable for a variety of drawing and colouring on set sugarpaste. Not suitable for those following an alcohol free or Halaal diet as they do contain a small amount of alcohol.
EDABLE ART ANGEL HAIR
TOP TIP: Use to make sparking hair on your sugarpaste models or achieve unique effects on cards and crafts. Angel Hair is a non food based decorating item but is food safe and non toxic if swallowed.
EDABLE ART DISCO SHAPES
TOP TIP: sprinkle sparingly for maximum effect or use edible glue to adhere the shapes to sugarpaste. Disco shapes are a non food based decorating item but are food safe and non toxic if swallowed.
DIAMANTES/ GLITTER BUTTERFLIES/BERRIES/PEARLS/CRYSTAL DROPS/PEARL CLUSTERS/ FEATHERS
These can all be used for a variety of cake decorating or craft projects, but if used as a cake decoration are non edible and must be removed before cutting and serving the cake.
