**Help- Ideas for First Birthday Cake?**

[zebrastripes]

As I am quite a good baker, I've decided to make Willow's birthday cake myself.
I'd like to make one as a "trial run" before her actual party.
I want it to be really special, a little bit different, but not too complicated.
Any ideas? Recipes, photos etc would be much appreciated.

 

[emeraldsroses]

ERhttp://www.easy-birthday-cakes.com/kids-birthday-cakes.html

 

[valentine]

Oooh - I'll be watching this thread!

I'm doing the same zeb - just hired a number 1 cake tin for 3 days at a grand cost of £3 (plus £10 deposit which you obviously get back) and planning a chocolate cake with pink butter icing and her name iced on. Would love a good recipe though. I did a trial run recently (in a normal round cake tin) of a chocolate cake from the BBC Good Food magazine website, but it didn't taste that good in my opinion.

Valentine Xxx

 

[zebrastripes]

Oooh thanks so much emeraldsroses!

Valentine, I have lots of cake tins of different sizes so was thinking just do a couple of tiers then squidge them together I have one of those little felt dolls from Myriad- they are about 3 inches high and hold a flower which blooms in the season the birthday is- this one holds a wild rose- and I'm going to put it on her cake every single birthday

 

[nickilubs]

My mum used to make the best birthday cakes!

We had a ginger bread house! if you google it you get loads of pics! then you could have your little felt doll in the door or garden.

Ermmmmm a train.....which was a swiss roll as the main bit with a square built at the back little round biscuts as wheels and a jamie dodger as a face!!!! then fill the back with dolly mix another one if you google you get a load of pics!


Oooooo then theres bunnie rabbits, or fairys orrrr just some really cute fairy cakes eeee I love cake! We wanna see pics when your done.

 

[beanie]

This was Seren's (her nickname is bee so we made a beehive). Not the best as I am no delia but I was dead proud as it was the first cake I had ever made

 

[leckershell]

That bee cake is awesome!!!

I think I'm just going to get a shop made Thomas cake

 

[Nic'n'Keeley]

That bee cake looks lovely

Good luck with all your baking ladies... your both braver than me

 

[zebrastripes]

beanie that cake is fantastic!

Oooh I wonder could I make one in the shape of a willow tree?

 

[jools221181]

This was Seren's (her nickname is bee so we made a beehive). Not the best as I am no delia but I was dead proud as it was the first cake I had ever made

Wow that is brilliant

 

[Kylie1007]

http://z.about.com/d/entertaining/1/0/V ... rklein.jpg
Thats a cute one!
http://bowlingtrophy.files.wordpress.co ... d_cake.jpg

 

[emeraldsroses]

ER

 

[zebrastripes]

Yay encouragement
I'm sure it couldn't be that hard

*cough*