Comments on: Coffee cake

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:01:32 +0000

Just bought your book, Sweet & Simple Party Cakes, and it is absolutely fabulous, very inspiring. I wanted to ask though what chocolate do you use to get your chocolate buttercream icing such a great dark chocolate colour, like the cupcakes on page 86? I made some and my icing comes out as a pale wishy washy colour! Thanks

By: Maisie

Maisie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:58:13 +0000

A lot of my stands are vintage and I’ve collected them over the years. Sometimes they are hard to find, but keep your eyes peeled and you may get lucky. I bought a lovely modern glass stand from LSA at John Lewis. You could try there. Here is a link to their website http://www.lsa-international.com/ Good luck x

By: Maisie

Maisie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:54:31 +0000

Hi Karen, yes the coffee cake recipe is perfect for fondant icing. It isn’t crumbly, It’s a lovely light moist sponge. happy baking x

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:41:27 +0000

PS:! Can you advise me as to where you get your fab cake stands, they are lovely!
Thank you

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:40:24 +0000

Love love love your book and can’t wait until your new one is out.
This recipe (coffee cake), would it be ok to use as a birthday cake covered in fondant icing? Sounds a daft question but some other recipes I have tried are too crumbly and soft and when covered in icing the result isn’t as good as I’d like!
Going to try recipe anyway as it sounds and looks delicious!

By: Maisie

Maisie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:05:52 +0000

Hi June, thanks for your message. I’m really pleased that you like my book. Good luck with the wedding cake for your nephew! Best wishes.

By: Maisie

Maisie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:24:26 +0000

Hello Andrew, what is your site URL and we’ll let you know. Thanks.

By: AndrewBoldman

AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:16:47 +0000

I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance.

By: june canning

june canning — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:32:35 +0000

I absolutely love Maisie Fantaisie cakes. I bought Sweet & Simple Party Cakes a few months ago & two of my friends also bought it after my recommendation. I’ve been going to sugarcraft classes for about a year now & am doing my first wedding cake for my nephew in August. I am copying one of the cakes from the book.