Birthday Cake for One Year Old

shellsuit

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I've made cakes since, too

Well I said can you make one cheaper than £6 and you mentioned the one you made 16 years ago ~ I thought it was a typo at first :rotfl::rotfl:

I wouldn't know how much it would cost to bake a cake, I haven't even got a cake tin!

FatVonD

How about buying a chocolate swiss roll (I actually prefer the Tesco Value one to the more expensive ones) and cover it with chololate buttercream yourself (bit like a yule log) and then put Smarties on for eyes like the shop bought caterpillar cakes?

shellsuit

Just had an idea, would a gateaux not do instead?

The day before my son was 1, my eldest son was 14, and as he's a bit big now for a 'birthday' cake, we got a chocolate gateaux from Iceland for £3 and it was huge.

The kids and the baby enjoyed that more than the sponge cake, and it's not as stodgy and dry for the little one x

poppy-glos

using free range eggs (11p each as i buy tray of 30 from egg farm for £3.25), tesco value sr flour, any spread on offer (i used 2 for one olive spread last time), and caster sugar, a 3 egg sponge (6 biggish slices or 10 small ones) costs me about a pound when the ingredients are broken down by weight.
33p is added when i put in a teaspoon of vanilla extract but i do cos i like it . so £1.30 max for the cake, plus what ever decoration you choose.:beer:

the recipe i use is 3 eggs, weighed out of shells (usually about 160g) then put in the same weight of spread, sugar and sr flour, and the vanilla extract (if using) and about two tablespoons of hot water. mix with food mixer for about 5 min, into one big tin (9" cake tin) and bake for an hour at 160 degrees (this is a fan oven so 170 if not).

For the icing, spread and caster sugar, or butter and caster sugar, or a mary crocker pot of icing from the supermarket , then sweeties to make a picture or write '1' or his name. or buy some rolling icing in white, then use a bit of foodcolouring powder or liquid mixed in to get other colours to add, this makes it a bit expensive the first time but the colours last ages...

good luck if you decide to go for it. poppy x

poppy-glos

if anyone can tell me how to upload a jpeg from my computer i'm love to put a pic on of my dd's birthday cake, no probs if not ;-)

mummyslittleboy

I made my sons similar to a previous poster recommended swiss roll covered in mary crocker chocolate fudge icing and smarties he loved it cost about £3. you could do the number 1 my mum has done a few of these for people and i used to do my friends kids a chocolate sponge cake with chocolate buttercream filling and on the top and sides then round the sides i put chocolate fingers and dark and white chocolate buttons on the top they would always ask for the same one every year.

Happynewmum

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Something like this would be easy enough. I did similar for my twins' first birthday but iced their names on each cake instead.

Loved that cake!
Thanks for all the tips and advice.Think I will get the Costco cake for everyone else ( I cant eat it-it seems to be something I end up eating ALL THE TIME-and loads of it as well ) and make the little one one for his bday.I know hes not going to be too bothered what it looks like but something for me to celebrate his bday and try and carry out some sort of tradition.I'll take a pic of it, stick it in his baby book for him to see when he was older!:beer:

wogglemaker

I made birthday cakes for both my children right through 'till they were too old to have birthday parties.

They got to choose which one from my two birthday cake books. trains, race tracks, ghosts, castles, guitars etc.

The secret was a 12" adjustable cake tin, butter icing, smarties, strawberry bootlaces etc for decoration/features.

I really miss making them. - they were much more personal than bought ones and tasted like proper sponge cake not commercial pap.

Dazi

wogglemaker wrote: »

I really miss making them. - they were much more personal than bought ones and tasted like proper sponge cake not commercial pap.

I miss making them too, like you I had books they could choose from, but was a bit stumped the year my daughter wanted a 'Kylie' cake, this was just after Kylie left neigbours and every 8 year old wanted to be Charlene who made a record :rotfl:

I ended up making two flat cakes, used roll out icing and stood one upright, stuck a black licorice lace round the outside, stuck a pic of kylie on, couple of licorice wheels on the side - a telly, stood it on the other flat one and various licorice bits - video player :rotfl:DD was well impressed .

Getting back to the OP I had cake made for DD's 1st birthday, wasn't into doing stuff like that then, it was in the shape of a teddy, which looking back I could have made a sponge in my roasting tin, cut the shape out and either bought or made roll out icing and decorated it myself - was young and didn't realise what I could do. After that year, and the bill! I soon found out I could do things and was quite creative :rotfl:

Reverbe

I don't wish to offend but I really wouldnt bankrupt myself or fret too much on a cake for a one year old.It is very unlikely that they will remember or even be able to eat it or blow any candle out. It is more about a cake for you at that stage, to make it feel special for you.Something Hm will work just fine. I'm with panda on this - something HM, simple and small that won't tax your time or budget too much.