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Yvonne
I’m thinking of making a wedding cake. Would you recommend your chocolate cake as one of the tiers. I’m looking for a recipe that gives a moist cake and is good for carving.
Do you do online courses for wedding cakes?
I’m thinking of making a wedding cake. Would you recommend your chocolate cake as one of the tiers. I’m looking for a recipe that gives a moist cake and is good for carving.
Do you do online courses for wedding cakes?
Hello Yvonne
Paul’s moist chocolate cake has been used by many members, icluding myself, as a wedding tier and for carving. It can sometimes be a challenging recipe, some members have had a few issues, however most have been resolved. There are many hints and tips for a successful bake here:
At the beginning of the thread one would be forgiven for thinking that the recipe was unachievable. However if you continue reading through the later comments you can see how site members have overcome many of the initial problems. I would always recommend making a small trial cake before ever attempting the full recipe. The recipe is straightforward as long as the ingredients and instructions are adhered to. Many intial problems had been as a result of the recipe not being followed accurately.
There are various tools on the site which may help with things like scaling recipes, portion guides and ganache quantites, if you’d like to see them they are here:
http://www.cakeflix.com/blog/how-to-work-out-what-size-cake-tin-to-use
http://www.cakeflix.com/blog/how-to-decide-on-the-cake-portions
http://www.cakeflix.com/blog/how-to-ganache-cakes-without-gnashing-your-teeth
Paul has created many wedding style cakes. They can be found here:
http://www.cakeflix.com/online-cake-decorating-course-category/wedding-styles
Exploring all the the tutorials in the other catagories also enhances different ideas.
The site has teamed up with award winning baker, Mrs Jones, for some baking tutorials. Her cakes can be found in the baking section here http://www.cakeflix.com/online-cake-decorating-course-category/baking
The vanilla sponge and Christmas cake recipes have received excellent reviews by the site community. Member feed back suggests both recipes have successfully been used as wedding tiers. However if you have questions about any of Mrs Jones’ recipes you can contact her directly at her own website here:
http://www.mrsjonescakes.co.uk/
Throughout the site, members make references to favouite recipes from celebrity bakers which they have used. It is always a good idea to post in Q & A for recommendations.
Paul Bradford Sugarcraft School does not have specific baking tutorials for wedding cakes, it is mainly devoted to bringing the most up to date designs, including structural cakes and to the decorating aspects of sugarcraft. The school is The Cake Masters Magazine 2014 winner for best online learning experience.
Hope some of this information helps. If you need further information please post again.
