Making someone a birthday cake is a great way to let them know you care. Yes its easy enough to buy one but to spend time and energy creating something just for one person is lovely. If you are having to watch your budget making somene a birthday cake can act as a great gift and the sillier the cake the better. My favourite book for cake making inspiration is an old one by Jane Asher called "Jane Ashers Party cakes" My mum (who is the best cake maker ever) used it a lot for inspiration and has now pased it to me. I used some of her idaes when I made this birthday cake for my little girls birthday.
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| This may be out of print but of you can get a copy its great |
So here is how I made a classic princess Birthday cake. I have made at least two versions of this for my daughter and one for a good freinds birthday last year. Its so easy.
I began by baking a sponge cake. I always follow a recipe using buttermilk as it makes for a slightly firmer cake which is helpful if you are going to be loading a cake with icing. I don't have a round mould so used a pyrex dish-the end cake doesnt look that promising but I figure thats why god invented Royal icing-Ive filled it with jam-bish bash bosh
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| The cake in all its undecorated glory You can buy dolls which are specifically made for these type of cakes but I just stuck one of my daughters dolls in the centre and having painted the cake with warm apricot jam to act as glue I put the icing on (I used royal icing)-I've made the icing look like folds of fabric by overlaping it
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