Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Baked a cake for my in-law's 50th Anniversary

Collapse

X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Baked a cake for my in-law's 50th Anniversary

    We were having a garden party on Saturday for my in-law's 50th Wedding Anniversary, and I'd already agreed to make loads of salads for the buffet when I thought to myself...'no one has mentioned a cake - I'll make one for them'.

    Now I don't do things by halves, and I'd bought this 3D cake tin in the shape of a steam train (FIL is an enthusiast) ages ago, but had had no opportunity to use it. Here are the results...
    Attached Files

  • #2
    Those Wilton tins are great aren't they! looks brilliant! Good reason to feel proud!
    Never test the depth of the water with both feet

    The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

    Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

    Comment


    • #3
      Well done you, that looks amazing

      Comment


      • #4
        Thank you! Baking the cake was the easy bit - the sugar paste icing and piping took hours and hours. I've never really done anything like it before, so it was a bit mad of me really. Still, at least no one knew I was doing it, so if it had been a disaster it could have gone in the bin without anyone being any the wiser .

        Comment


        • #5
          Brilliant. I always think the icing bit is the true talent. Glad it didn't make the bin!
          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

          Comment


          • #6
            Well done you! I know what you mean about the icing! What were their faces like when they saw it?
            Happy Gardening,
            Shirley

            Comment


            • #7
              Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post
              What were their faces like when they saw it?
              MIL walked in at the wrong moment and got a sneak preview! But she loved it, and FIL only just gave me time to put it on the table before he gave me a huge hug!! He was a bit teary eyed too which was sooo sweet. 'Ruby' is the name of his own model steam train BTW.

              They wouldn't cut it either, I had to lift the train part off for them so they could keep it - don't know what they intend to do with it, its got cake up the middle!!

              Comment


              • #8
                Gosh..well done!! I bet that put a few smiles on faces!!
                "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                Location....Normandy France

                Comment


                • #9
                  That looks amazing! Well done for getting the icing on - I had to do a cake for my neighbour's 60th birthday and i wimped out on the icing! Modelled lots of different flowers in left-over icing and marzipan instead

                  Dwell simply ~ love richly

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    That's beautiful Becki, I bet they were really 'chuffed'!
                    Into every life a little rain must fall.

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Originally posted by SueA View Post
                      I bet they were really 'chuffed'!
                      LOL! Yes they were!!

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        That's brilliant Becki! I know from bitter experience how hard it is to ice things well, so I'm full of admiration!

                        Has it given you a taste for it? Full steam ahead to the next one?
                        I was feeling part of the scenery
                        I walked right out of the machinery
                        My heart going boom boom boom
                        "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                        I've come to take you home."

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Seahorse View Post
                          Full steam ahead to the next one?
                          Absolutely - and thank you!

                          My OH has threatened to sell the cake tin, but I've got lots of different shaped cookie cutters to make iced bicuits with, a la Peggy Porschen - She's a cake decorating goddess!

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            WOW! That's brilliant! Aren't you clever? Gosh, I wish I could do something like that - Im kak-handed and wouldnt have the patience.
                            Bernie aka DDL

                            Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              That is fantastic I paid £25 each for my daughters and sons special birthday cakes and she said if it was for anyone else they would have been £30 each. So well done you.
                              Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
                              and ends with backache

                              Comment

                              Latest Topics

                              Collapse

                              Recent Blog Posts

                              Collapse
                              Working...
                              X