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Children's Birthday Cakes

A selection of Children's Birthday Cakes for all ages. We cover easy Kid's Birthday Cakes right through to more challenging for the experience cake maker.

Minion Birthday Cake & Party – Bake of the Week

February 25, 2015 by Helen 42 Comments

minion birthday cake

Well, its a bit of a different Bake of the Week from me this week. I hadn't realised how long it had been since I did a properly decorated cake until Tara said 'Wow Mummy, did you do that ALL by yourself?!' Bless her! We had our crazy happy ...

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Scooby Doo Birthday Cake

May 13, 2013 by Helen 3 Comments

Why did no-one tell me about the joys of plastic figures earlier? I spent years of my life that I will never get back making teeny sugar figures and now I discover how brilliant pre bought figurines are. When I was asked to make a Scooby ...

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Ice Age Cake

October 22, 2012 by Helen 8 Comments

Two tier white ice age cake with marzipan figures

I've got a confession - I've never seen Ice Age. In fact, there's tons of children's films I have never watched. I've never seen Shrek either but I can more or less repeat the script word for word thanks to my girls watching it on the iPad ...

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Numberjack 4 Cake

June 25, 2012 by Helen 2 Comments

A bold coloured cake can either be a complete success or a complete disaster in my experience. I had major doubts about this cake before I made it. The shade of blue and the shape of the 4 had to be spot on to do the number 4 ...

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Cake of the Week – Birthday Cakes

June 3, 2012 by Helen 1 Comment

The cakes for this week may not be the biggest or the most elaborate but they are definitely no less special. I'm giving you two cakes for the price of one this week. The first cake is a 21st cake for Daniel. Daniel is the son of a good ...

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Raa Raa The Noisy Lion Cake – Cake of the Week

May 7, 2012 by Helen 8 Comments

A totally new cake for me this week (Yay!) and the reason that Cake of the Week is running slightly late - Oops, we were out partying and then out with friends last night (Yep, we have some!) Anyway, on with the cakes - I have to admit ...

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In The Night Garden Cake

April 29, 2012 by Helen 5 Comments

One tier pink birthday cake with sugar figures of Night Garden characters on top

Of all the characters, I make, Upsy Daisy has got to be one of my least favourites. There's so much that can go wrong with her (her spikes can break if you just look at them funny) and there's tons of detail that takes forever. Every time I ...

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How to make a Peppa Pig Cake Topper – Tutorial

April 24, 2012 by Helen 55 Comments

sugar Peppa Pig Cake Topper sat down on a blue surface

I've made thousands of Peppa Pig cakes over the years (maybe a teeny exaggeration but not much!) so now it's your turn. Here's how to have a go at making your own Peppa Pig Cake Topper using our good old friend, the Walnut Whip (walnut gets ...

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Disney Castle Cake with Mickey and Minnie

April 15, 2012 by Helen 13 Comments

4 tier castle cake in the style of Disney

I wasn't going to post about this Disney Castle Cake. It was a really difficult cake to make - not just because it was massive and Disney characters are really hard to get right but because of what the cake meant. I got asked to make this ...

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Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake

February 19, 2012 by Helen 4 Comments

There was no choice to be made about what would be Cake of the Week this week - Baby T is One and this is her cake. A Very Hungry Caterpillar cake. It is an absolute miracle that there is any semblance of a cake as this week has been so ...

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Hi, I'm Helen. Mother of 3, Wife of 1. Tired since 2002. To be found in the kitchen or poolside.
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