My name is Nneka and I am the owner of Creative Cakes Ventures. All I do is cakes and more cake. I have been doing this now for over 3years and I can proudly say that handwork surely pays. Yes, I am a lady and it has made me finacially independent.. . I am a silent follower here on NL. I practically started from nowhere and now I earn a reasonable amount of income doing just cakes. I know I am not there yet, but I am close...

I am opening this thread to help and teach others who might be interested in starting a business like this. It's a handwork and its also a business.

I will be dropping tips, baking styles, methodologies, latest cake inventions, etc for your use. If you are already in this, do not hesitate to ask me questions on anything revolving around cakes. I am here to help.

And for those interested in my services, I am located in Portharcourt now (you can hookup with me if you wish, let's discuss business). I can also be reached on this number..you can call or send a dm on WhatsApp ::08137947602

I am available 24/7 to respond to your questions, comments and inquiries.

Let the class begin!!!

Below are some photos of my work and my humble self.

More.....

Thanks op, for this thread. Learning mood activated. Thanks

Tips in covering a square shaped cake with fondant...

--Apply buttercream all over the cake using a pallette knife concentrate on the edges..

--Roll out a big piece of fondant that its capable of covering the cake..

--lift the fondant gentling and place on the cake..

--use a smootner to smooth down the fondant on each side until its flat..

--using two fondant smoother smooth the body of the cake and the entire edges..

---boom! The fondant corners pops right off.. And you are left with a super clean corners...

---use your smoothners to smoothing the rest of the sharp edges

---Use your cutter to trim out the excess fondant, and you are good to go ...

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In this section am going to show you how to make a simple sweet cake ... You can as well try it at home...

Cake making recipe and procedures..

Butter -- 250g
Eggs -- 4large
Flour --- 250g
Sugar--- 125g
Flavour--1tea spoon
Browny--1tablespoon full
Brandy---3tablespoon full
Baking powder.. 1/2 tablespoon..
Fruits ..
Milk flavour...

Procedures...
--In a bowl mix butter and sugar using spatula .. cloak wise in other for air to be trapped in.. Mix until it the colour becomes whiter than the original colour when you started .. (Make sure mixture will be able to drop from the spoon thats when you know its ready for the next stage)..
--break eggs into a bowl whisk well until you have a smooth blend pour in .. Mix properly until the lumps disappears
---preheat your oven (150°c) so that it can start heating up while you finish mixing the cake..
--sieve flour in a sifter add baking powder.. Add small quantity of flour and stir very well with the wooden spatula.. Repeat this process till all the flour is incorporated .. (I warn you, this procedure can make your arm die a bit so be sure you are ready for the arm exercise before you start)..
--Add flavour.. Brandy.. Baking powder .. Fruits.. browny..then mix thoroughly....
--pour in your mixture neatly into the greased pan and put in the oven...
--allow cake to bake for like 1hr ..before attempting to check on it.. But if its a big cake you can check on it after 2hrs....
--for you to know when the cake is ready use a knife and Pierce in the middle of the cake.. if the cake mixture follows it out it means its not ready...

NB--cakes need very low temperature to bake......

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A traditional wedding cake I made today for a bride in Port Harcourt so cute.... chocolate flavour and vanilla milk soft and fluffy

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Hello awesome people.. Right now am going to discuss various ingredients involved in cake making and their uses.. We are going to start with brandy now...

BRANDY::The brandy is a preservative for cake.. With all those eggs in the cake, it can go bad before the event If you dont add brandy or any other preservatives to it..
Here, i am talking about if you will place the cake on the counter for few days while decorating it.. (Especially for wedding cakes)..
But if you are making a cake that you will throw into your freezer as soon as it cools down then no need for brandy
But please do not overboard with the brandy .. You dont want people to feel tipsy after eating your cake...

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@op,thanks for d info. Pls continue d good work, i am following the thread with rapt attention. Thanks

FLAVOUR::The job of the vanilla extract is just to add a vanilla flavour to the cake . if you want another flavour such as butterscotch which are used in wedding cakes .. Its really nice .. You can actually combine both flavours .. There are so many flavour extracts in the market.. These includes straw berry flavour... Banana flavour.. Pineapple flavour etc ..

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Nekkybrown:
FLAVOUR::The job of the vanilla extract is just to add a vanilla flavour to the cake . if you want another flavour such as butterscotch which are used in wedding cakes .. Its really nice .. You can actually combine both flavours .. There are so many flavour extracts in the market.. These includes straw berry falvour... Banana flavour.. Pineapple falvour etc ..

following

DRY FRUITS:: If you want to add dry fruits such as raisins' please soak these in brandy for at least 3days or 1week ( or up to 1month for wedding cakes )before adding it to your cake. This will make the cake not to taste funny after some time especially for wedding cakes which people like to keep for a longer time..

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SUGAR::If you think your granulated sugar is too coarse, you can grind it with a dry mill (the manual mill one used for grinding egusi, ogbono etc) before adding it to the butter for creaming... You can only need to grind it a little bit to reduce the size of the grains of sugar.. This reduces the creaming time...

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BUTTER::It is necessary to use baking butter and not margarine.. Baking butter include "napa" simas" etc .. Plese do not melt the butter before use it will definitely become soft and fluffy as you cream it...

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Yummy glazed donuts with toppings ( glazed with chocolate)

well done... Following with rapt attention. i will surely try it this weekend.

FLOUR:: You must use plain flour for you to have sucess in our normal nigerian cake recipe, detailed previously.. Plain flour has more control over the amount of baking powder that is added to the cake recipe..

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chiefboomite204:
well done... Following with rapt attention. i will surely try it this weekend.

thanks

TOOLS YOU WILL NEED TO BAKE A CAKE.:::::
The following are the minimal tools you will need to bake a cake
1)An oven with top and down heating capability is best
2)cake mixer
3)kitchen scale
4)egg whisk
5)bowls
6)spatulas
7)cake pan::10inches in diameter and 2:5 inches deep

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Hello guys right now we are going to talk on butter icing (butter cream icing) which serve as a yummy coating for cakes before covering the cake with fondant..... (you spread the butter icing all over ther cake before covering it with findant icing)...
Butter icing which is also known as buttercream is easy to prepare and does not require alot of ingredients...

RECIPE::
---butter. 250grams
---icing sugar 400grams
---milk. 4tablespoonful
---vanilla extract. 1tablespoon

NB::if using powdered milk dissolve 1 tablespoonful of milk in 4 tablespoon of water before you pour in...

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Good job you're doing here...thanks for the tips.

PROCEDURES::BUTTERCREAM ICING

1)Place soft butter in a wide bowl and beat until it is white in colour,, light and fluffy

2)sieve your icing sugar then gradually add it and continue beating until the mixture is fluffy again

3)finally, add the milk and vanilla extract(if you are using any) and beat until well combined and smooth..
Now you have a yummy butter for cake frosting, icing and decorations

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Nice one.....thanks

Nice one op, we appreciate d good work. Pls aw can one achieve the soft cake dt melt in the mouth after eating

Do u make your fondant by yourself? If yes, whatsthe process pls

Typical fondant icing design..... Cake made by me of course.. Thanks Asaba customers.. Am greatful

[quote author=nifdem post=51113117]Nice one op, we appreciate d good work. Pls aw can one achieve the soft cake dt melt in the mouth after eating [/qouote]

you can contact me on my whatsapp number 09073513392

nifdem:
Nice one op, we appreciate d good work. Pls aw can one achieve the soft cake dt melt in the mouth after eating

. You can contact me with my whatsapp number 09073513392

ITAB:
Do u make your fondant by yourself? If yes, whatsthe process pls

Yes i do make the fondant by myself ... I will post the recipe of fondant icing very soon but for you to learn more effectively You can contact me with my whatsapp number.. 09073513392

This cutie is going straight to bayelsa, Took alot to create this beautiful cake

Good morning beautiful people i guess your night was cool.. Today We are going to discuss on MARBLE CAKE

MARBLE CAKE:::This simply means the combination of two coloured cake mixture .. For example after mixing your normal cream colour cake you divide it into two parts then you add browny to one part to make it brown in colour
Then in a greased pan you pour in little of the cream colour mixture .
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After you pour in the white colour mixture.. Pour in the brown colour mixture.. Repeat this pattern till you get to the final layer ...
Then take a knife and mix them in a zig-zag pattern..