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Some amazing cakes posted here, really makes me feel rather inadequate considering how often I bake stuff. Here's a thing I did a while back. First time attempting piping of flowers and general decorating-ness.  Actually my brother did the majority of the roses 
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 Happy Australia day cupcakes! Devil's food cake with a white meringue frosting. Not necessarily Australian-themed, but I take whatever opputunity I can to bake, as nobody in my household actually likes eating cakes/sweet things, but I just like baking stuff  This is a really poo photo and I will probably do a proper photoshoot sometime later.
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Jan 27, 2011 15:03
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Susical posted:I'm making cupcakes for a party tonight, and my boyfriend gave me a box of Duncan Hines Butter Recipe Fudge cake mix. Instead of adding oil to the mix with eggs and water, you add a softened stick of butter. I don't have any butter on hand, can I just use oil in place of the butter? Do I need to adjust the amount of eggs and water? Oil is more liquid and will mess with the consistency of the batter. I've never substituted oil for butter and I'm not too sure it'll work. clarabelle posted:I have to bake a chocolate cake for a birthday and the recipe I'm using for the filling is a combination of double cream and dark chocolate. I'm a little worried that the filling might wind up a little too bitter, is it ok to use half dark and half milk chocolate? I do this all the time. Adjust to your liking. I tend to do a 3:1 mix of dark to milk.
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May 2, 2011 18:29
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 Passionfruit and milk chocolate macarons. I love making these, unfortunately
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Jun 15, 2011 15:28
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Nagelfar posted:These are so cute I want to hug and cuddle them before eating. Macarons were never the craze here in Europe, are they really that hard to get right as some say? Yes. These bastards are the most finicky pastry I've tried making. And even though those ones look good, there's some issues with holey shells, not that it affects the taste, it's just a nitpicky thing. Despite all their troubles it is a lot of fun to think up of new flavours  RazorBunny posted:They kind of look like little hamburgers Luxemburgerli look more like burgers to me, but I see where you're coming from 
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Jun 16, 2011 12:10
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Freckles posted:Baking goons in Australia: where can I find cake flour? I've looked in several different stores, and all I've seen is plain flour and self-raising flour. Some places seem to carry bread flour too, but is there such a thing as cake flour here, or do I just need to use plain flour? You can get it at a decently-stocked Coles or Woolworths. I think it's the Lighthouse brand.
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Aug 20, 2011 10:24
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 Made some black forest cake. It's the first time I've really worked with chocolate and it was a spectacular failure. Next time I'd use darker chocolate for the curls and make a chocolate whipped cream as opposed to whipped ganache. Other than that, it's okay
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Oct 27, 2011 05:24
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Pragmatica posted:I did a fun 2 tier for a baby shower today. They wanted something simple, classic, and girly. The layers are filled with bright pink icing as well. Wow, what is your frosting? Is it just a regular buttercream?
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Nov 13, 2011 08:05
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yoshesque posted:
I tried making it again:  I made it for my boyfriend's graduation and didn't have time to photograph it before eating, hence the half-eaten cake. Only gripe with this one is that maybe next time I'll try tempering the chocolate for the curls.
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Dec 20, 2011 02:12
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I made a cake: Kind of a ferrer rocher inspired cake. I wasn't able to add hazelnuts or wafer as I had to make this a day in advance, fly interstate for a job interview, then come back for the party. So I was a bit rushed. Didn't really matter anyway as most people didn't have a slice. Also because there were pregnant women eating this I didn't brush the layers with frangelico. Cake would've been pretty awesome if I did though. Veeeery chocolatey, not enough hazelnut flavour. Super rich, too, which is why thin slices only.
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Feb 3, 2012 02:55
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I've always shaped my pavlovas with a slight depression for the cream. It's not like anyone is going to see it.
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Apr 11, 2012 15:38
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   Dobos torte for my birthday. Considering this was my first try, it wasn't bad at all.
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Jun 18, 2012 02:56
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I think I'm just a snob when it comes to cakes. It was my brother's birthday last week and we bought a cake, which was the most disappointing cake I've had. I'd prefer to be able to make a cake I've never done before and know it's going to be good rather than buying a cake of questionable quality. Plus I take all opportunities to bake, so birthdays usually are a must for me.
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Jun 18, 2012 06:16
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cocoavalley posted:I've always wanted to try making one of these, it looks great! Any particular recipe I should file away? No recipe in particular, I just kinda mashed a load of recipes together. Traditionally a dobos torte is supposed to be made with a sponge, but I used the smitten kitchen best birthday cake recipe. I made a full batch of it and the cake was a lot taller than I would've liked (for a 9-inch round), so I'd suggest making a two-thirds batch if you're going to use that. The frosting I used is just a chocolate italian meringue buttercream, and I added a load of hazelnut spread to my frosting for additional hazelnut flavour. If I were to do this again I'd probably also add some hazelnut liqueur to the layers. For baking the layers, it's a simple affair of tracing a circle on some baking paper and measuring out approximately the same amount of cake batter for each layer. It's definitely the kind of cake you don't want to make if you're in a hurry. Oh, and finally for the toffee-coated cake layer, you want a cake layer that's as thin as possible. For some good tips on constructing the cake, I used this as a guide.
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Jun 18, 2012 15:09
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 Some thing with raspberry curd and rose-scented buttercream. Does anyone have any good suggestions for a yellow cake recipe? The one I used here is just awful.
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Jul 28, 2012 13:51
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I made a cake:   I was experimenting with flavours and tried a honey-jasmine cake. It didn't really taste like either, unfortunately, but it was still a good cake! My writing sucks though.
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Feb 8, 2013 02:52
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My brother volunteers at an art gallery and they're having a video games exhibition tonight. While it was originally my brother's idea to make pixel cakes for the event, I took it over: Just mini chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. Marshmallow fondant squares for the pixels. It was probably staying up late until 3 to finish this but I'm pretty happy with this!
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Dec 12, 2013 02:46
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Mother's day cake! Lychee rosewater mousse with raspberries and white chocolate. I screwed up the white chocolate ganache that I'd planned on covering the cake with so I had to cover my shame up with flowers and chocolate. 
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May 11, 2015 01:23
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Thumposaurus posted:B-day cake for a guest at work today. What's your recipe for the white chocolate glaze? Is it similar to the chocolate one you posted earlier?
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May 27, 2015 03:36
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Thumposaurus posted:White chocolate mirror glaze Cool, thanks! Gonna try this on the weekend
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Jun 2, 2015 05:48
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