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3D Lightning McQueen Cars Cake Tutorial

  To make this Lightning McQueen, Cars Cake you will need: Cake: cake pans 11inch (27.94 centimetres) x 15inch (38.1 centimetres) (I had two so I could bake two sheet tins at a time) chocolate cake x 3 This quantity will make about 40-45 serves. Template: Template for cutting the cake and fondant pieces     Frosting: 2 x my chocolate buttercream recipe 3 x ganache recipe cooled in t... »

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Thomas The Tank Engine Birthday Cake

  If you have little boys, then sooner or later you are likely to be making a train cake, possibly even a Thomas the Tank Engine.  The train itself is fairly simple: slabs of cake, coated in butter cream with biscuit wheels, licorice details and carriages filled with lollies.  But the face is tricky. It does ... »

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How to Make a Lego Ninjago Cake & How to make Italian Meringue Frosting

Italian Meringue Frosting With a new baby in the house, this cake needed to be simple to make. We had a lego themed party which went down a treat - read about the party games here.  The cake is a layered chocolate cake with chocolate mousse covered in Italian meringue.  The figures and words are ... »

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Star Wars AT-AT Cake

When my eldest son asked for a star wars AT-AT walker cake (All Terrain Armored Transport) my immediate thought was that it is not really a cake-friendly shape.  So I suggested we had a ginger bread 'cake' instead. To my surprise the kids ate all that was on their plates and even asked for more.  Which, as ... »