Cake decorating questions.

[~Kim~]

September is a big month for me, and in a week I have to make 2 birthday cakes (a police car and a dragon) and a christening cake.

I want to have a go at fondant and a 3D cakes as there is nowhere around here (in the country) that does them.

SO
Can anyone PM reasonably priced online cake decorating supply stores?

How close to the occasion does the cake have to be assembled (I have 2 functions on the one day)?

How do I store them?

[Sequoia]

I'm in WA and I order all my cake decorating pieces from cakedeco, they are in Melbourne.

[KatieRabbit]

Can anyone PM reasonably priced online cake decorating supply stores? Sorry can't help- I visit stores IRL and have never used a mail order one but my sister knows one in Melbourne that may do mail order- will find the name.

How close to the occasion does the cake have to be assembled (I have 2 functions on the one day)?
What kind of cakes are they? Fruit, mud, buttercake etc It will depend on the type of cake and what you want to ice them in. When you say fondant, do u mean the box of white ready rolled from the supermarket?

How do I store them? Again depends on the type of cake. Some mud and fruit can be kept out of the fridge for days/weeks whereas others need to be refrigerated.
If you can provide more details, I may be able to help out!

[~Kim~]

Cheers Sequoia I'll have a look.

KR - yes, I mean the stuff you roll out. I was thinking along the lines of mud cake as DH doesn't 'do' fruitcake and I don't really have the time to make fruitcake either.

[KatieRabbit]

The mud cake recipe I use can be made 14 days ahead and stored. You could ice it with the rolled icing a couple of days beforehand. Are you making all 3 cakes mud with rolled icing?

[~Kim~]

yep....you don't have a foolproof mudcake recipe do you?
Cool, as long as I could make them the week preceeding...that would work out well.

[{sarah}]

Kim, talk to Kitten2B, she can give you lots of info.