english cake makers

Comment by Jess Shelton-Smith on December 15, 2010 at 9:15am

Hello, where do you find the best pace to buy fondant is?! I am new to cake decorating, Just a lot of the sites i'm given are american!! Thank you x

Comment by Jackie Reece on December 15, 2010 at 9:29am

I buy mine from a local cake decorating shop in Birmingham. I've never bought any online because the postage is so expensive. I've also bought supermarket brands but they're not as good quality but are a good standby product if you have nothing better.

Comment by Les Brown on January 6, 2011 at 10:49am

hi Jess

I buy mine online from surbiton sugarcrafts they are really helpful delivery  is very fast and their delivery charges are quite reasonable especially if your buying in larger quantities, they are also so handy for a host of other bits and bobs which can sometimes hard to find in a smaller local shop, of course the drawback their is I can always find loads of extra things that I cant live without lol so always spend more than I intended.

Good luck and welcome to the dreaded hobby its a bit like quatermass gets seriously out of hand if you let it!!!!

best wishes

Les

Comment by sue limb on January 24, 2011 at 3:47pm

You can't really go wrong with Asda or Tescos own brand they are quite good and a very affordable price.  Regal-Ice by Renshaw are one of the most popular fondants which you can purchase from any sugarcraft supplier on line available in many colours - or you can add paste colours  like I do to make your own shades.

Comment by Debbie Haines on January 25, 2011 at 2:52pm

I agree... i use the Tesco one and colour it myself, even though i am new to all this cake making i've not had a problem with it x

Comment by mary hnatyszyn on January 31, 2011 at 1:05am

i've just purchased some tea bubble straws,they are wider and slightly thicker than mormal ones they come in packs of 50

Comment by mary hnatyszyn on January 31, 2011 at 1:29am

forgot to say i got mine of e bay they work out around £3 with postage they came in 2 days

Comment by cristian marabelli on March 10, 2011 at 6:26am

..............joy!!!!!..... sweety!!!

Comment by Tracy Conod on March 10, 2011 at 3:48pm

Jackie, do you go to DIY Icing in Bham?

I use covapaste for covering cakes as it is quite a firm paste but very smooth. I use regal ice white for making my modelling paste unless it is black, red or navy in which case I now use M&B which is in a different class to the 250g packs of coloured regal ice (apart from the yellow).

I use the regal ice for modelling because it is much wetter than covapaste and doesn't dry out so quickly. I bought some from the supermarket once for the kids to use but it was sticky and virtually unusable. PS I always roll out on the large green board which means you don't have to use any icing sugar or cornflour and therefore prevents drying out.

Comment by mary hnatyszyn on March 11, 2011 at 11:38am

i like cova paste its very pliable ,i do sometimes use supermarket brand like silverspoon, but they tend to be sticky when you add colour ,but work out a lot cheaper ,is your green board specialised like the formers material tracy where did you get that from

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