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Wedding cake: my wedding cake diary THE HAPPY ENDING

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- CommentAuthorRachie :D
Loving the gold goblet idea ft :)

Croc we just really want samples lol

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorEcoFreak
A birdcage just came up in my ads here on UKB
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- CommentAuthorStave
Waiting patiently for the cake making agenda of today............................
- CommentAuthorUnknown
looks good! you must be so patient as i dont think i would have the patience/time or be brave enough to make my wedding cake xx
- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
Croc how deep is the top tier? and is this tier the dummy cake or real cake? I am also bookmarking this thread!

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- CommentAuthorStave
I think that this is going to be the most bookmarked thread, that it may as well be sticky!
- CommentAuthormadison_uk
looking good can you talk through all your steps please just so i can pick up some tips, having a icing cake problem it keeps slipping on the sides and looking bumpy :(
- CommentAuthor*Kat B*
All this talk of cake's making me hungry

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- CommentAuthorLiz3yy
You could write a book about all this Croc, you'd make a fortune from us lot alone!

Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
- CommentAuthorCroc
  
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hello ladies.....

Day 2 on cake watch!!!

this is what i have done so far today... i decided i loved the birdcage for a topper and wasnt going to be defeated by american postage... the croc is never defeated and will keep going until i get what i want or its perfect!!!

so ive been out today only to the bank but passed a shop with a birdcage and spent he next 2 hours sourcing the rest so got some stuff and this is what i have created for my cake topper a birdcage with 2 love birds in it ..... what do we think?? how can we improve it????

DIY bird topper

madison... ill write some tips to remove bumps etc later tonight after i have done some more tiers as i know how to do it but will have to jot down as im doing it what it is i do to stop all that (if it makes sense)

lisa... top tier is a dummy ( dummys are harder to ice imo as they slip more as they are light so you cant apply too much pressure otherwise they move around the turn table where as a cake is solid and heavy so doesnt fly lol) and the size of the top tier is 17cm heigh which is 6.69 inches

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- CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
i LOVE the topper croc, its gorgeous!
- CommentAuthorStave
Very pretty, is it a tea light in the middle?
- CommentAuthormadison_uk
thanks croc that will be great, loving the bird cage glad you found one :)
- CommentAuthorCroc
it is indeed Jae.... i dont know weather to take that bit out and fill the whole and wire in a paper rose to block the gap the same as the paper roses round the bottom that ive wired in ....

the birds are from yankie candles and all i did was bend 2 of the metal leaves into the cage and they slipped over that...

im seriosly considering perhaps spraying the cage gold... but only once the cake is complete so i can see if it needs it

i just dunno if it needs adding to

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- CommentAuthorStave
Ahhhhh the little birds ...........
- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
It's going to look amazing! Have you sourced dummy cakes that are that deep? Or have you used a couple of dummies to get that height? The ones that I have found are only 3" deep

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- CommentAuthorCroc
lisa..... i have dummies that size all the dummies i have are that deep .... the industry standard is 3" deep for dummies hence why most on the tinternet only 3"the place where i got mine from had them specially done and was £35 for a 6 tier cake .... how ever if you can stick 2 3" ones together but use pva glue and make sure the joins are well covered other wise you may get bumps or indents when smoothing over the icing.... am sure thou after my wedding when i have a little more time i could source you what ever shape or size you needed if you wanted them as i know someone who makes bespoke polystyrene shapes!!

"better a witty fool, than a foolish wit" shakespeare
- CommentAuthorCroc
TOPPER ON TOP TIER

and this is what it looks like on the top tier with a 4 row of champagne pearls on the base of top tier

"better a witty fool, than a foolish wit" shakespeare
- CommentAuthorNHR115
Croc it is going to look amazing. I can't wait to see it finished. I love the cake topper too, it looks ace the colour it is now. Good on you. xxx
- CommentAuthorRachie :D
  
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Kel how about some crystals or pearls round the cage?

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorsarahwasabride
aww wow looks fab hun! really like the birdcage xx
- CommentAuthorJilly17
  
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Oooooh meant to be! I would probabably spray the cage gold and then wrap pearls around the knoby bit of the handle on the top just above where the solid piece meets the cage..if that makes sense!!! I would be tempted to fill the bottom of the cage with pearls or crystals too unless it is too high for the bottom to be seen that is!!! Fab!
- CommentAuthorCroc
AFTER some suggestions

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- CommentAuthorRachie :D
We should go into business Jilly we'd make a fortune!

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorJilly17
ha ha very true! I love the design side, is just the doing side my arms and hands hate! ha ha
- CommentAuthorRachie :D
Lol I can do that bit and we have croc to help too lol

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorJilly17
as long as I could get over my OCD'ishness we would be fine! ha ha ha
- CommentAuthorlemlau
Wow i love that!!!

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- CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Croc - your talent is astounding! Defo bookmarking this thread :)

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- CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
You have done so well already croc and even though it's just 1 tier it already looking amazing and I can not wait to see the finished product x

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- CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Wow it looks amazing so far Croc, good job!

Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
Croc are you using pillars or putting each tier, directly on top of each other?

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- CommentAuthorRachie :D
How about a few sparkly lights to make it pop and give a wow factor on the night??

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorExcited_bride_to_be
Wow Croc! It looks absolutely amazing! :) Xxx
- CommentAuthorCroc
wheres mog and das when ya wanna prove a point lol

lisa... the tiers will be spaced by spacers which are acrylic rounds basically so that there are gaps to put flowers ... but there loads of different types of spacers some you can fill with beads, coloured water, mirrored etc ...

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- CommentAuthorRachie :D
peed off back to their little shop with any luck!

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
I really like this cake, but I don't think it would look right if I used pillars/separators because of the black. I would love to know what you would have?
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- CommentAuthorRachie :D
Could you add another tier and put on glass square vases? or have flowers in between??

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorkimmy
Some really great ideas ladies!!!
- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
Do you think it would be ok to have flowers in between? I'm unsure because of the black ribbon

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- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
Sorry Croc for hijacking your thread

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- CommentAuthorStave
Oooooo updates!
- CommentAuthorCroc
if i waas having that cake you could use a seperator a bit like

but in black satin
filled with black pearls
possibly displayed on this

i would seperate the to tier from the 2nd and 3rd tier

this is my favourite way for vintage cakes to be seperated
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abit like this its called a trophy seperator

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- CommentAuthorStave
This thread is making me want loads of different wedding cakes!
- CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
OOOOOOO croc i love that seperator on that last pic :-)

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- CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
Love the idea of black pearls in those clear separators. This might sound stupid, but do you have to put dowels in dummy cakes? If you do, how do you do it?

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- CommentAuthorRachie :D
Lisa you could use a thiner black ribbon??

9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
The Crazy Cat Lady and the Transformer Man!
- CommentAuthorCroc
lisa.... dummy cake layers are strong enough to stand on...so simply hot glueing the tiers together is enough to stop them moving... you only dowl a cake to support the weight of the other cakes on top... so dummy cakes or dummy tiers dont need dowling :O)

"better a witty fool, than a foolish wit" shakespeare
- CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Croc - you're becoming our resident cake advisor! Love it! Hx

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- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
croc thats the best cake topper eveeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrr all them professional ones r rubbish compared ta==yyyyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyy

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