Help & advice needed regarding my sons football pitch birthday cake for sunday!!!

taggiesgirl

Please can you help me with a few bits??

1st of all how long does a homemade sponge cake last? if i baked it today/ and iced it decorated it would it still be ok for us to have for his party on sunday??

2nd would it still be ok to use buttercream? or would this go off by sunday??

3rd also son has requested football pitch so have brought all of the little men/goals etc to stand on top but how can i draw the white lines of the pitch with out them being all over the place???(dont have a very steady hand!!)

4th any tips to stop cake from dipping in the middle??? lol?

thank you very much x:D

tpsjrm

taggiesgirl wrote: »

Please can you help me with a few bits??

1st of all how long does a homemade sponge cake last? if i baked it today/ and iced it decorated it would it still be ok for us to have for his party on sunday??

2nd would it still be ok to use buttercream? or would this go off by sunday??

3rd also son has requested football pitch so have brought all of the little men/goals etc to stand on top but how can i draw the white lines of the pitch with out them being all over the place???(dont have a very steady hand!!)

4th any tips to stop cake from dipping in the middle??? lol?

thank you very much x:D

Hi there.
First. Yes, bake today and it will still be okay on Sunday, especially if you keep it in a tin.
Second. I take it you mean buttercream for the filling, rather than the top. Yes, buttercream will be fine for Sunday.
Third. Ice the top with a fairly stiff water icing, coloured green, and leave it to set. Next day, use a cone of greaseproof paper with a little hole cut in the end, (or a proper icing thing with a small round-hole nozzle), to mark out the white lines with stiffish water icing again, or butter icing. Because the green icing will be set, if you go wrong with your white lines you can wipe the white icing off gently and have another go.
Fourth. You're on your own with this one girl !!!!

Have a great party. :bdaycake:

NikNak_3

Hi

tpsjrm seems to have answered your questions with the answers I would have given. With regards to question "Number 4", I would suggest that when you're making the mixture, make sure you put enough air into it, by sieving the flour, don't mix it too heavily and make sure you add the baking powder (if the recipes calls for it).

Also make sure you cook it long enough, and when it's in the oven, don't open the oven door until at least 3/4 of the way through the cooking time because the sudden intake of cold air will make it sink.

Hope all this info helps. Can I show you a picture of a football cake I did too?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lanoci/2216971768/

Btw, I used sugarpaste/fondant icing rather than water icing as I find it easier to work with and less messy.

LJM

NIKNAK that cake is amazing my daughter would love that

NikNak_3

Thank you

Becles

Here's another idea for you:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/becles/birthday002.jpg

It's a sponge cake covered in butter cream. The fence is made from Cadburys Fingers cut in half and stood on the cut end.

The grass is made from dessicated coconut. Put it in a plastic box with a lid, add a few drops of green food colouring and give it a good shake. Repeat if it's not green enough!

The lines were iced on. You can either use the method with the greaseproof bag as suggested, or you can buy ready made decorating icing in tubes with a nozzle on ready to pipe.

The goals were made from wooden skewers. I just scored them with a knife where I wanted them to bend. The corner flags are more bits of skewers with some paper triangles stuck on.

My son had a football party in the leisure centre and him and his friends loved the cake.

whitewing

You can buy sugarpaper (edible) football pitches from shops that sell cake decorations/hire out tins. They are fairly cheap and look very good.

I bought one about 5 years ago in the West Mids. Haven't looked for them since though.

molly_mandy_2

Here's an edible football pitch that you put ontop of a cake. It's on Ebay.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wafer-Football-Pitch_W0QQitemZ230017953398QQihZ013QQcategoryZ57211QQcmdZViewItem

taggiesgirl

many thanks to all of you for your help
I done my football cake and it was great my son loved it will post pic when i find one x