I made this cake for my daughter who was turning 2.
I used the Betty Crocker devils food cake mix and bought a tub of chocolate fudge icing for the filling in the middle.
I used 2 square 10″ cake tins and put them together.
I then bought a tub of vanilla frosting and used green food colouring to dye it green which gave it a grass effect.
I then used an easy cook icing pen, with the thick tip on it to go round the outside in red. I then put edible silver balls all around the outside.
For the characters, I went on eBay and bought an ‘in the night garden’ character pack and used them to decorate accordingly.
The three characters I had put in the cake do fall down as they are not too sturdy so you will need to make a small hole in the cake and then fill it with more icing to make them stand upright. This can be quite a pain.
I then bought the daisies from eBay, (edible) and wrote her name in pink icing pen across the top.
The cake was delicious (even though i cheated by using a mix) and the slices were quite thick.
hi could you tell me where on eBay did you get the daisies from as I have looked but cant find them? thanks
Hello What a lovely cake, I am now determined to make my own now. Can you tell me how many cake mixes you used for each layer. Thanks
You have really inspired me to try to make this myself. I have purchased all the characters – I just have to make the cake and put it all together eeeek!! Fingers crossed I manage to achieve it for my 1 year old. Thanks for the inspiration.
thank you for a great idea, i tried this for my sons 1st birthday and everyone loved it, i was really pleased with how it turned out – thank you x
Thankyou so much for such an inspiring idea! My 2 yrs old daughter loves the night garden and this is quite easy to put together and looks fantastic. Thanks again!