What ingredients will I need?
All you will need is eggs, milk, oil and butter.
Note: this will differ for vegan cake kits.
What tools do you provide and what will I need?
We have made a real effort to ensure you need as little as possible to create our cakes and so that you are not having to add extra costs for decorating tools. Each cake kit product page will tell you exactly what you need, and most of the time this includes a large mixing bowl, a hand/electric whisk and measuring cups.
What sort of quality can I expect?
It is our mission to bring our expertise in the cake decorating space to our cake kits, and with that, knowing what quality is out there and what tools work best. We supply only products that we too use for cake decorating.
How do these disposable cake pans work?
These disposable paper cake pans make baking and cleaning up a dream. No need to source expensive cake pans, no greasing required, can go in the oven up to temperatures of 220 (we bake at 160) and they hold their shape beautifully. Once your cake is ready, simply remove the cake pan by peeling it away from the cake and place in the bin.
What is the pre-made icing option?
Our pre-made icing is a ready-to-use vegan and gluten-free icing that can be coloured and flavoured. This icing is similar in texture to Swiss meringue buttercream and less sweet than our standard American buttercream recipe.
By selecting our pre-made icing option you will no longer require the ingredients to make your buttercream and you won't need to physically make it. You will just need to colour it. This option is great for time-poor parents or those that don't want to make the buttercream for their cake from scratch.
How early can I purchase my kit?
Our kit ingredients have best before dates of 3-6 months. If your celebration is within 3 months time then you can order your kit now.
If your celebration is greater than 3 months away, you can still order it now, just make sure you tell us the date you require it so that we can ensure the ingredients are suitable for the date you require it.
Alternatively, we can schedule the cake kit to be sent to you closer to the time required. Just let us know in our order notes at check out.
When is the best time to make the cake?
We recommend the day before its required, that way you can take your time and won't feel the stress on the day of celebration. This is totally up to you though and what you’re comfortable with. Just make sure you put aside enough time as recommended on our instruction cards.
How long does it take to make the cake?
Each cake kit will have varied completion times, ranging from 2 to 5 hours. For those more involved designs, we recommend splitting up the baking and decorating activities over two days or bake the cake weeks ahead and freeze it until you are ready to decorate it.
What’s the shelf life of the cake kit?
Our cake kits have relatively short best before dates, so if you’re wanting a cake kit in advance, please get in touch with us at howdy@clevercrumb.com.au so that we can organise something that suits your needs.
How do I store my cake kit, freshly baked cake and decorated cake?Cake kits should be stored in a clean dry place, out of direct sunlight.
Freshly baked cakes can bewrapped in glad wrap/sealed in an airtight container and frozen ahead of time or left at room temperature overnight.
Your decorated cake can sit at room temperature, covered and out of direct sunlight.
How long does my decorated cake last?
Our cakes are good for a week, however, they are best consumed on day two, where flavours are at their best and products at their freshest.
