One of my school Mum\u2019s had never made a cake, let alone a birthday cake. Her son was quite specific about he wanted too \u2013 A Lego style theme! So the heat was really on.<\/p>\n
When she posted the cake of Facebook we were all rather surprised how great it really was. We asked her a few questions, and this may help you decide if this is something you would like to do?<\/p>\n
Given that you\u2019d never made a cake before, what made you decide to make your own cake instead of buying one?<\/p>\n
I think there\u2019s something about making things yourself which brings about a sense of achievement and satisfaction. I knew finding a cake with everything my son was currently into would be a challenge and so I decided to take on the challenge myself and add a Mummy\u2019s personal touch! I did have a look at the price of cakes and felt I wasn\u2019t able to justify the expense and so found it so much cheaper ordering what I needed from the internet. I took inspiration from google images and Pinterest and thought I\u2019d give it a go.<\/p>\n
What was the theme and why did you choose it?<\/p>\n
It was a mix of Lego with a little touch of football and pirates! This was part of the reason why I decided to make it myself, as I wanted to incorporate all his favourite themes onto the cake and make it extra special.<\/p>\n
How easy was it?<\/p>\n
I did ask a friend to help with the sponge as I am no baker! I then iced the cakes and the cake board (after a couple of goes at it) and handmade the decorations. I wanted everything to be edible and so it was (except for the little Lego men). I know the way children love to pull bits off the cake and gobble them up! I made the decorations whilst in front of the TV a couple of nights before the actual party to make it more manageable<\/p>\n
Would you do it again?<\/p>\n
I would definitely do it again! Once you start a challenge like this, you\u2019d be amazed at how rewarding it is and how creative you can actually be.<\/p>\n
What was your son\u2019s reaction to the cake?<\/p>\n
I was up on the last night putting together all the final touches pretty late, but in the morning I showed my son and he hugged me and told me how much he loved it! To see his genuinely sincere reaction showed me he was impressed and I had passed! It was all definitely worth it just for that.<\/p>\n
Making a birthday cake is of course a fair bit more work than buying it, but it can be a lot of fun, and as Sarah said herself, it\u2019s a great way to involve your child in the party planning<\/a> process. It\u2019s always nice to have your own personal cake at the end of it for your child\u2019s birthday party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my school Mum\u2019s had never made a cake, let alone a birthday cake. Her son was quite specific about he wanted too \u2013 A Lego style theme! So the heat was really on. When she posted the cake of Facebook we were all rather surprised how great it really was. We asked her … Continue reading “Birthday cake from scratch”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,85,56,18,57],"tags":[48,83,52,91],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-crafts","category-birthday","category-children","category-cookery","category-party","tag-birthday","tag-idea","tag-parties","tag-theme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}