To make this Pink In the Night Garden 1st Birthday Cake, I first made the models for the cake, as this was the most time consuming part. If you would like advice on how I did this I will happily answer questions! I then made a vanilla sponge cake, filled with buttercream and jam. I … Read more
This In the Night Garden 1st Birthday Cake is a cake I made for my granddaughter Caitlin’s 1st birthday last year. I am not really that good at making and icing cakes, but decided to have a go. As she was a real fan of Upsy Daisy, Iggle Piggle and co. this was the theme. … Read more
This In the Night Garden cake is a birthday cake I made for my son’s first birthday. He loves In the Night Garden. It’s a jam and butter cream sponge cake decorated with sugar paste so is all edible. It’s also my second cake I’ve ever made but my first go at In the Night … Read more
I made this Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake for our son’s 3rd birthday. This is the first cake I have ever made and decorated (I usually do cupcakes). I had my up’s and down’s – mostly my down moments were about trying to replicate the exact colours (specifically orange fondant). Once I realized I would never … Read more
My daughter is a huge fan of Upsy Daisy from the children’s show “In the Night Garden”. Even though I had very little decorating experience, I couldn’t be talked out of making her an Upsy Daisy Cake for her second birthday. I enlarged a picture of Daisy to cake size and made 3 copies. Using … Read more
For this Iggle Piggle In The Night Garden cake I used two vanilla Madeira cakes (baked in 32cm x 22cm pans) laid side to side. Both were cut and filled with jam and buttercream and then covered in more buttercream and approx. 1kg of white ready to roll fondant icing. I downloaded an Iggle Piggle … Read more
I decided when my daughter was born that I would do what my mum always did for me and make a full blow out decorated Birthday cake every year. First year I made a duck pond and sculpted ducks frogs and plants out of fondant for the top. For her 2nd Birthday I got a … Read more
My friend wanted a 3rd birthday cake for her son who loved ‘In the night garden’. I came up with the design of this In the Night Garden Cake by learning more about the programme and about the characters. I then designed the cake before making it! The cake was a chocolate sponge, 9″ with … Read more
This In the Night Garden Birthday Cake was a cake that I was asked to do for a friend. I’m no professional, but I said I’d have a go, as she couldn’t find one anywhere and didn’t want to pay the £70 quoted by a cake shop in our town. I must admit, I’m rubbish … Read more
I am a mum of 2 little In The Night Garden fans so it was an easy choice to make an Igglepiggle Birthday Cake. It really is easy to do ~ start by making a few basic sponge cakes! I used 3. Recipes on blog: http://somethingcakey.wordpress.com/ Then its just a case of cutting out the … Read more
In the Night Garden is an extremely popular TV program the UK for very young kids. My daughter loves one of the main characters, Upsy Daisy, so I decided to make her an Upsy Daisy cake for her second birthday. I downloaded an image of Upsy Daisy from the BBC website and then enlarged it … Read more
I made my cakes a week before and froze. The icing is the marshmallow icing that you melt the marshmallows in the microwave for 40 seconds until they are puffy. You can add your color now or after you add the icing sugar. Add equal parts of mellows to icing sugar. Kneed as you would … Read more