Cake Decorating Supplies on the Sunshine Coast? HELP!

[MrsMiggins]

Does anyone know of any cake decorating supply stores on the Sunshine Coast?

I don't care where they are - I'm willing to drive there if they have what I'm after!

When I lived in Sydney, there were 2 great places near where we lived & between them you could get pretty much anything. This is the first time I've needed one since we moved here & it's just struck me that I have never seen one!

I had a look in the Yellow Pages & there are only 2 listed that look as though they have what I'm after (unsual decorations/cake toppers - so I need somewhere that has a good range). One is House of Flowers at Maroochydore, the other is Melt Me at Gympie.

Before I pack us all up in the car & head on out there, has anyone ever been to either of these stores??

Does anyone know of anywhere else??

[bel_aiden]

have you been to look at spotlight? i get most of my stuff of the internet for my cakes, but i find that spotlight offers alot.
http://cakedeco.com.au/ these guys have alot of stuff and post, i use to get stuff off them in victoria.
sorry i cant help any more, i too have strugled to find things here on the coast.

good luck!

[3boys1girl]

Spotlights new big store is the place to go!! Depends on what your after, if your after just flowers and stuff like that some of the wedding places around here might be able to help. Sometimes health food stores. what in particiular are u after?

[justtwogirls22]

i was going to say try spotlight too
i used house of flowers back in 96 for my wedding cakes & obviously my flowers too - it has probably changed since then but it was mainly flowers & different sized cake tins to hire & a few bits to go on top of the cake - maybe give them a call - i know they were helpful when i used them
good luck

[MrsMiggins]

I actually did go to Spotlight the other day & ended up getting a whole heap of stuff for Claire's birthday at Sparty's. They were having a sale. The stuff that I got has a tropical fish theme (Claire loves fishies!) so I thought of maybe doing a brightly-coloured fish cake or something along those lines.

I've been online to get some inspiration, but I haven't totally fallen in love with anything I've seen so far. I was thinking I might just wing it & do something on my own, so I was hoping that there would be a really great cake decorating place somewhere so I could just have a bit of a browse & get inspired!

These are some of the cakes I have found online (it's a bit hard to find them because when you do a search for fish cakes, obviously you end up with hits for something completely different! :laughing: ) What do you think?

Under The Sea Cake (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50216)

Fun Fish Cake (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50135)

Hawaiian Beach Party (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50151)

Another Under The Sea Cake (http://www.freedsbakery.com/under-the-sea#WSsrtPWPsmYw5QpCF4zNQQ)

Here is a great website for birthday cakes if anyone's interested!

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/specialfeature/cakefinder-birthday/

[justtwogirls22]

my SIL did a really good one for my nephew but i cant find the photo - she free handed a fish & cut it out of a slab cake then used blue jelly for water

try www.cakecentral.com - i have found some great cakes in there

[MrsMiggins]

bel_aiden, that site you posted is great!!

I had a quick look & I noticed that they actually had a really great looking fish cake in their gallery!

I'll have a better look when I have a bit more time.

Thanks!!

[justtwogirls22]

just looked at cakecentral & there are 16pages in their gallery of fish cakes - there are some pretty impressive 3D ones that im sure you will be able to whip up!

[MrsMiggins]

Mel, that site you suggested is great too! So many to look at!!

Thanks!!

[bel_aiden]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CAKES-WILTON-Tropical-Fish-Pan-NEW-RELEASE_W0QQitemZ150024686324QQihZ005QQcategoryZ20 627QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



heres a fish cake tin, saw it and thought of you.. well rembered this thread any ways:hugs:

[MrsMiggins]

Wow! That is exactly the sort of thing I want! Although with the price of postage putting it up near the $40 mark, it's a bit more than I'd be willing to pay. After all, I could only really see me using it the once!

Still, I added it to my watch list!

Thanks!!

[bel_aiden]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2006-Wilton-Tropical-Fish-Nemo-Cake-Pan-Tin-NEW_W0QQitemZ200019278679QQihZ010QQcategoryZ20627Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

add this to your watch list mrs miggins... its a bit cheaper :D

[MrsMiggins]

Thanks for that bel_aiden!!

That looks great! I may just bid on that one......