16th Birthday DIY Graffiti Cake
I had to think whether to post this picture or not. You see, as a cake
maker, I feel it's expected that I'll make my children large,
extravagant cakes. But sometimes, they don't know what they want; I
don't know what to make them; and - to be very honest - time doesn't
always allow for such creations!
Yet, it's my elder son's 16th birthday
and he had to have SOMETHING, right?
So I had an idea... Not big.
Not extravagant. But FUN! And that's what birthday cakes should be
all about. I baked then iced the flavour that he said he'd love to try
(he does like me to try new flavours out on him! He asked for chocolate with mint - I ended up making a mint and chocolate marble cake) and after covering
with a layer of ganache, I iced it. Now, in an ideal world, this would
have been done 24 hours ahead of when I needed it (not an hour and a
half!!) so that the icing could set a little bit.
But once his friends
arrived for lunch (before they all headed off to football - Come on you
O's!!!!!) I called them into another room and asked them to write a
message or draw a pic on the cake using edible markers. It wasn't easy
as the icing was so soft... but they had such a laugh making it! And
Matthew loved reading them all!
I wonder if this could catch on? I
could provide an iced cake and three or four edible pens ..... DIY
graffiti cake.... Whadyafink?
Anyway, here is Matthew's 16th birthday
cake.
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2 Comments:
I love that idea. Very personal. Hope it catches on. Lisa xx
I love it my son has autism an doesn't want a fancy cake
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