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Birthday cake ideas
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24-02-2014 9:34pm#1
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http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3028705/rainbow-cake
i made this for my fellas second birthday, big hit with everyone, he ate the plate!!
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http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3028705/rainbow-cake
i made this for my fellas second birthday, big hit with everyone, he ate the plate!!
Oh this is what I was thinking of making. Did you use this recipe? The comments underneath weren't great. Also dud you buy food dye gels rather than liquids?0 -
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Harriet the Hedgehog has been a firm favourite in our family since we were all kids. I made it for A's 1st and 2nd birthday. She loved it!
I usually add the gated zest and juice of an orange to it it make it a chocolate orange cake.
"Harriet Hedgehog"~
THE CAKE~
- Margarine, 175g/6oz
- Caster sugar, 175g/6oz
- Eggs, x3
- Self-raising flour, 150g/5oz
- Baking powder, 5ml/1tsp
- Bournville cocoa (or any other cocoa), 25g/1oz
You will also need an oven-proof basin, greased, that can hold 1.2 litres/2 pints.
DECORATION~
- Butter, 100g/4oz
- Icing sugar (sieved), 175g/6oz
- Bournville cocoa (or any other cocoa), 30ml/1 good tablespoon
- Large packets of Cadbury's chocolate buttons (or any other chocolate buttons), x2
- Glacé cherry, x1
- Roasted coffee beans or seedless raisins x2
METHOD~
"Cream the margarine and sugar together really well. Gradually beat in the eggs with a spoonful of the flour. Sieve the flour, baking powder and cocoa together and fold in. Add a little milk if the mixture is too dry. Turn into the prepared basin and bake in a moderate oven (180C, 350F, Gas Mark 4) for about 1 hour. Test with a warm skewer to see that the cake is cooked in the centre. Leave in the basin to cool then turn out.
Make the icing by beating in the butter with the sieved icing sugar. Dissolve the cocoa in a very little boiling water and mix into the butter icing. Spread the flat, top side of the cake with butter icing then cut it in half down the middle. Sandwich the two ends covered with icing together. Spread butter icing all over the cake and lift it onto a plate or cake board. Put a little extra icing at one end and form this into a point for the 'snout'. Cut each chocolate button in half and stick them into the butter icing at an angle, covering all the cake except for the front quarter. Make the points go in the same direction as they represent 'spines'. Mark the 'face' with a fork and put the cherry on the end, with the coffee beans or raisins in position for the 'eyes'."0 -
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@pwurple, that looks so fantastic...my mother is law is a great baker though so I feel like I have to try slightly harder to impress her
@xdancer, I think harriet the hedgehog is the winner...I'm a bit confused about the assembly so will have to google some pics.
I wanted to make the rainbow cake but I know that normal food dyes fade alot once baked and I don't know where to buy the gels.
@moocow100, nice cake but I don't think my one year old would get the jesus bit just yet!0 -
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yellow hen wrote: »
@xdancer, I think harriet the hedgehog is the winner...I'm a bit confused about the assembly so will have to google some pics.
I would upload a pic, but I don't have any on my computer. When the cake is baked and cooled, ice the top of it and then just cut it in half as if you were cutting it into slices and sandwich the iced parts together to make a dome.
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Harriet is adorable! Reminds me of cakes my mum used to make us when we were small. And no artificial colours or funny tasting fondant. Win win. I'd gobble that up right now.
She used to do a rabbit version as well, vanilla buttercream with dessicated coconut stuck to it.0 -
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Cunning Stunt wrote: »well for some! Coming from a family with 7 kids, we used to get a shop bought swissroll with a few candles in it
Still, wouldn't change it for the world. Swiss rolls still make me feel nostalgic!
I come from a family of 7 kids too. Luckily our birthdays are well spaced out throughout the year so my mother somehow managed to make us cakes.0 -
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Cunning Stunt wrote: »well for some! Coming from a family with 7 kids, we used to get a shop bought swissroll with a few candles in it Still, wouldn't change it for the world. Swiss rolls still make me feel nostalgic!
Swiss roll (or to give it it's correct title, Jam Roly Poly!!) with hot custard is one of my all time favourites. I'm an easy girl to please!0 -
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