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Sending a birthday cake to Afghanistan

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  • Seakay
    Seakay Posts: 4,269 Forumite
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    Unless by chocolate cake you mean brownies then I would follow an earlier poster's advise and send the sponge and icing separately for self assembley on arrival. That way you can cling film the sponge(s) and put a paper plate or circles of thicker card top, bottom and in between and not have to worry about damaged icing. Buttercream with cocoa in makes very chocolatey icing!
  • fb88
    fb88 Posts: 17 Forumite
    When my brother was in Iraq I made a gingerbread biscuit dough and cut it into the letters for Happy Birthday, then used those little gel icing bottles to decorate it. They all fitted into an old margerine tub that I covered with paper.
    They travel and keep well, and there's nothing in there to melt!

    What a lovely idea, thank you :)
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