Helen
This is just a basic (but large – 8 eggs!) Victoria Sponge cake. I made up the design myself – it’s a round sponge on top of a square sponge (using the tins I already had). I cooked the turret sponges in clean food tins, lined with grease-proof paper (one large soup tin and one … Read more
My homemade Minnie Mouse birthday cake design was inspired by a range that I saw on this website (so thanks to all the contributors of Minnie Mouse cakes!). I used two 7 inch tins for the ears and a 9 inch tin for her face. I chose a chocolate sponge for the face and plain … Read more
This is a traditional Princess birthday cake… make a sponge “skirt” and then put an appropriate doll in the top. I did mine by cooking two Victoria sponges, one in a large Pyrex bowl and the second in a smaller Pyrex bowl… I did find that they took ages to cook and started to burn … Read more