Helen's 50th Birthday Cake....

My good friend, gym buddy, and cake baker extraordinaire, Jenn, sent me a picture recently of her fabulous "rainbow cake". Fortunately, an opportunity to make this amazing cake presented itself in the form of my sister in laws 50th Birthday... I was ITCHING to try it..... It's a time consuming cake but SO worth the wow factor when you slice it .... take a look and see for yourself.  (The original idea is from an American College Student, whose blog "whisk-kid" has some seriously courageous and inventive cakes) Good on her I say... and also "why didn't I think of that " !!!

 looks innocent enough.....

THANKS JENN for getting me on to this funtastic cake xxxx

my niece's 3rd birthday cake.... I forgot to post this a while back.... My niece is a real girly girl. Loves dressing up and especially for "tea parties" which she hosts most days ...... This cake is right up her street

Christophers' first birthday cake

so I found a good lemon slab cake recipe and times and a halfed it as a knitting group friend loaned me a number 1 wiltons cake tin.  HUGE but fab and the lemon sponge recipe worked out really well because it was very firm and easy to decorate and then slice....
Definitely use it again for "shaped" cakes....

The firework is from Bulgaria, it lasted about 30 seconds and all the kids were thrilled with it....