Birthday cakes

vivw_2

Want to start making birthday cakes again. Used to make wonderful cakes when children were younger but have got into the habit now of buying them....not very OS.
Has anyone any good ideas for cakes that look good but are quick to make. Would like ideas for both adults and children as I now have grandchildren?
Are there any good books on this?

Queenie

For cake decorating books, check out your local library - you could also do a search on Amazon and then see if your library has it/them or even ask them to order them in for you.

There are a few websites which might be useful to you:-

Culpitt

Decorated Cakes

Both the above links were located from a Google Search on Cake Decorating, Instructions <---- have a browse through

nik0510

Hi, for my sons 7th birthday made Nigellas choc malteser cake, went down really well, even the adults had some. My daughter wants one for her birthday as she said her brothers was nice. For my ds2 birthday am going to make a vanilla sponge with ovaltine butter icing in middle and ontop and decorate with white maltesers. Have fun with whatever you choose and enjoy the practising mmmmm

vivw_2

nik0510 wrote:

Hi, for my sons 7th birthday made Nigellas choc malteser cake, went down really well, even the adults had some. My daughter wants one for her birthday as she said her brothers was nice. For my ds2 birthday am going to make a vanilla sponge with ovaltine butter icing in middle and ontop and decorate with white maltesers. Have fun with whatever you choose and enjoy the practising mmmmm

Love the sound of that one

scruffy96uk

Just search birthday cakes under images in google. You will get heaps of ideas, some basic and some more complicated. At least it will give you some inspiration.
Good luck and make sure and post photos of ur handy work!

LJM

oooh just got nigellas bokk will look this one up

apple_mint

When I first started to go OS (and had just got the BERO recipe book - as a result of one of squeaky's threads) I made the chocolate cake out of the Bero recipe book - filled and covered it with the chocolate fudge icing (which I think is at the back of the BERO recipe book) and covered it in white and ordinary malteesers. DD thought it the best Birthday Cake ever ... and I have spent a fortune over the years on bought cakes!

It was a case of death by chocolate ... but she loved it

honey28

Does anyone have the malteser cake recipe please?

nik0510

Hiya, have had a couple of beers, but if no one has posted it tonight, i will post it tomorrow, really just a basic choc sponge, but the icing has horlicks in, but as i say will post tomorrow. nik x

honey28

Thanks Nik, enjoy the beer :beer:

nik0510

Hi, well here is the recipe, such as it is:
Make a chocolate sponge, just a normal recipe for choc sponge
Icing
250g icing sugar
1 tsp cocoa powder, 45g horlicks, mix these 3 together seive them first, then add soft butter (125g), mix altoger add 2 tablespoons boiling water, makes the icing really soft and easy to spread

Spread some inside the two, then rest put on top and add on maltesers. Job done, hope you enjoy.
If need a sponge recipe I have one that has never let me down and taste delicious. just pm me.
Regards nik