Recent content by HanlHughes

Thank you so much for your help! I'm so glad I researched and found this page before I started rather than following my usual slap dash style. Apart from a few last minute dashes to get yet more butter after underestimating the amount of frosting I'd need, it worked out really well, I'm really...

Oh that's reassuring. I've never known to layer it up so perhaps that's where I'm going wrong! I may give it a go because it's much nicer than roll out icing, I think. Thank you so much!! I'll let you know how I get on

Returning to the icing- if I wasn't use rolling icing, would 'regular' butter cream work okay for the exterior? And the piping detail? I've often found it hard to get smooth, and I read that swiss buttercream is better, though I worry that will be too 'faffy' to make (given I'll be staying up...

Wow thank you so much!

Hello, I am so pleased to find this group. I've learnt so much from reading all the forums! I am attempting to make my first novelty cake for my daughter's 'Disney' themed party. I don't want to be too ambitious but I am adamant that it will be a home-made cake. I am thinking something like...