Zoom to the moon....it's a rocket cake!

I am not that good at decorating cakes.  Baking them?  Yes.  Eating them?  Most definitely!  But when it comes to decorating them I have always found myself a little lacking.  I even wrote a manifesto for cake a while back that celebrated the fact that my cakes, although very tasty, were no supermodels.  My low cake esteem has never been helped by the beautiful food photography that graces the pages of the food magazines...how do they get them to look like that!?

So I hadn't really given this much thought when I offered to make a cake for a very special two year olds birthday party.  'Rockets & space, that's what she really loves at the minute, do you think you could make a rocket cake?' says her Mum.  'Uhhh sure, I'll have a go' says me!

So here it is...

I wimped out a bit & didn't make an actual rocket shaped cake!  But I did make a rocket cake topper from ready to roll coloured icing & made the cake a star shape.  I just printed off a colouring in template & used that to cut out the rocket shape, then hand (yes hand!) cut a number 2 to finish it off. I added a scattering of stars cut with a mini cookie cutter I have & finally a couple of candles.

Although it wasn't the most technical creation in the world, it was pretty effective & both mum, toddler & party guests seemed pretty please with it!  Also worth pointing out I used a Madeira Cake recipe rather than a Victoria Sponge.  I prefer the richer taste & texture, but there's also the fact that I seem incapable of baking a Victoria Sponge that doesn't resemble a pancake!  Must master that one day...

Have you created any spectacular birthday cakes?  Would love to hear about them.  I'll be back next time with the results attempting to make my own....wait for it.....cheese!

Till then, Rebecca x