help! its my first 1/2 sheet birthday cake order!

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Permalink Reply by Kelsey Ann Thornton on January 3, 2010 at 3:11pm

Thank you so much Sherry! that info helped me so much!! .. cant wait to hear if its good!!!..sounds like it will b a winner! =)

thanks again kelsey t.

SherryQ said:

Kelsey

You can make it the night before and it will still be good the next night. Definately refrigerate, but I would take it out an hour before she picks it up (or you put finishing touches on) let it come to room temp. I wouldn't freeze it. You actually don't have to even put it in the fridge if you use a butter cream that contains no butter. I am trying out a new buttercream recipe today...I will let you know how it works out. Its a recipe from a lady that has been doing cakes professionally for about 30 years and she swears by it, so I am going to give it a go.

Happy Caking
Sherry

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Permalink Reply by Renee' Minard on January 3, 2010 at 6:04pm

Basically you should have fun with your cakes ,so it may take some pressure off if you bake one for yourself this week. Bake the same size so you can get the feel for it and enjoy decorating not stresing! Have fun. Renee'

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Permalink Reply by Crystal Stricklin on January 20, 2010 at 5:49pm

I started getting information off of youtube and a buttercream icing recipe I found that was good was one from seriouscakes.

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Permalink Reply by Marnee Kaufman on January 20, 2010 at 7:47pm

Hello,

I made my first 11x15 cake this past December. I am very new at decorating cakes however, I made the cake a week ahead of time. Let it cool overnight and wrapped with plastic wrap and foil. Each layer separate. I put the cake together the night before and it was easy to flip my layer on because my cake was frozen. I have a picture of the cake on my site. It is the snowman cake. Again I had only had 3 classes total before I did it. It was moist and received 2 orders that night.

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Permalink Reply by Annette Hatch on January 22, 2010 at 5:01am

I am not sure if I am reading this right, but are you leaving yourself an hour to decorate & put the finishing touches on? You might want to give yourself a little more time. The cake can always sit in the refrigerator for an hour if need be, & you won't be rushed if you run into any difficulties. I know when I first started, some of my cakes took forever! Good luck and have fun!

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Permalink Reply by Marnee Kaufman on January 23, 2010 at 9:44am

I agree don't stress yourself out an hour before. I have made decorated my cake the night or day before and they always seem to be fine. Have Fun, I look forward to seeing your pictures!
Marnee

Annette Hatch said:

I am not sure if I am reading this right, but are you leaving yourself an hour to decorate & put the finishing touches on? You might want to give yourself a little more time. The cake can always sit in the refrigerator for an hour if need be, & you won't be rushed if you run into any difficulties. I know when I first started, some of my cakes took forever! Good luck and have fun!

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Permalink Reply by DeAnne Chalus on February 1, 2010 at 3:23pm

Just wondering how your cake turned out and what recipe you decided to use for the buttercream?!

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Permalink Reply by Kelsey Ann Thornton on February 5, 2010 at 6:23pm

I ended up using pillsbury extra moist white cake mix and it really turned out good, it tastes great and was easy to frost and put fondant on. For my buttercream I actually used the Wilton buttercream recipe on their website. and it was def. a good frosting to work with. It tasted like a buttercream icing as well. Everything turned out great, especially for being my first cake order. =)

DeAnne Chalus said:

Just wondering how your cake turned out and what recipe you decided to use for the buttercream?!

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Permalink Reply by Melissa on February 6, 2010 at 5:10pm

I know this is after the fact, but I second Serious Cakes buttercream recipe. She has some really helpful youtube videos also!

Kelsey Ann Thornton said:

I ended up using pillsbury extra moist white cake mix and it really turned out good, it tastes great and was easy to frost and put fondant on. For my buttercream I actually used the Wilton buttercream recipe on their website. and it was def. a good frosting to work with. It tasted like a buttercream icing as well. Everything turned out great, especially for being my first cake order. =)

DeAnne Chalus said:

Just wondering how your cake turned out and what recipe you decided to use for the buttercream?!

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Permalink Reply by Pearse Hashmi Franklin on December 1, 2011 at 8:19pm

sherry  do you mind sharing the buttercream recipe. thanks in advance

Thank you so much Sherry! that info helped me so much!! .. cant wait to hear if its good!!!..sounds like it will b a winner! =)

thanks again kelsey t.

SherryQ said:

Kelsey

You can make it the night before and it will still be good the next night. Definately refrigerate, but I would take it out an hour before she picks it up (or you put finishing touches on) let it come to room temp. I wouldn't freeze it. You actually don't have to even put it in the fridge if you use a butter cream that contains no butter. I am trying out a new buttercream recipe today...I will let you know how it works out. Its a recipe from a lady that has been doing cakes professionally for about 30 years and she swears by it, so I am going to give it a go.

Happy Caking
Sherry

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