ideas for birthday cake....

[sarahe]

Hi everyone,

I know this is a bit daft, but am making my hubby a birthday cake, and need some ideas as my brain has stopped working. The cake is a kariba theme, so thought you might have some suggestions??? So far I have a man sitting in a boat fishing, the trees sticking out of the water, a mummy and baby hippo, bottles of castle.... It's really just the little details that i need help with. Like the bottles of castle in the boat... Is there anything else that you wouldn't be without on a boat in kariba that i could put on a cake???

Any ideas and suggestions very much appreciated!!! :smiley20::smiley20::smiley20:

[petals]

For Gods sake dont forget the opener!!!!! Much too hard on the teeth....:naughty:

[sarahe]

ha ha. good point :smiley36::smiley36:

[Tricky Nicky]

Lady in a bikini?

A crocodile to go with the Hippo?

Fish Eagle sitting on one of the trees?

An Elephant at the waters edge?

We need a photo of this cake when it is finished - it sounds absolutely fabulous!

[zimajays]

well done that lady!

I am also about to make a cake, although nothing to exciting - its my boys fifth birthday, and he wants an omnitrix.

NOW - for those of you who have no boys aged 4-12 this is what an omnitrix looks like:

http://www.freewebs.com/gwen10000/Omnitrix_image.jpg

How the hell am I gonna do BLACK icing?

[zimajays]

A better picture:

http://answer5wh.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ben-10-omnitrix-fx.jpg

[sarahe]

How the hell am I gonna do BLACK icing?

wow that looks complicated!! black icing can either be bought ready done, or you can get paste colours which are more concentrated than normal food colourings so don't make icing go sticky. Think sugarflair do a black one called "liquorice". They're about £2 from most cake shops, or i go to my local market who sell them cheaper :smiley2:

[sally]

is that part of the Ben 10 toys??

[petals]

Pretty certain I noticed black food colouring in Sainsbury's the other day.....gosh, you girls are great trying such way out themes....to think I refused to ice Sam her request for..."a bobo on a gomo, Mom, that's what I want!":smiley9:

[sarahe]

Lady in a bikini?

A crocodile to go with the Hippo?

Fish Eagle sitting on one of the trees?

An Elephant at the waters edge?

We need a photo of this cake when it is finished - it sounds absolutely fabulous!

Oooh, i like the idea of the fish eagle on the tree! Not sure if i'm good enough to make it look any good but will have a fiddle tonight and see! and the croc could go round the base of the cake.... Got me thinking now! Thank you so much :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[sarahe]

Pretty certain I noticed black food colouring in Sainsbury's the other day.....gosh, you girls are great trying such way out themes....to think I refused to ice Sam her request for..."a bobo on a gomo, Mom, that's what I want!":smiley9:
:smiley36::smiley36: I don;t usually do fancy cakes, but our oven broke over a year ago and just got it fixed last week, so am going baking mad! Also, have to make up for a year of no homemade birthday cakes.... I've got a lot of IOU's stacking up!

[zimajays]

is that part of the Ben 10 toys??

Yeh it is

Pretty certain I noticed black food colouring in Sainsbury's the other day.....gosh, you girls are great trying such way out themes....to think I refused to ice Sam her request for..."a bobo on a gomo, Mom, that's what I want!":smiley9:

Well its a long and complicated story, but basicallt my mom in law is an expert icer - she is presednet of the sugar guilde in zim and has won lots of awards in sa etc. So my plan was always to get her to do the kids cake (she did my wedding cake, which was three mud huts) but ofcourse this has backed fired coz we are now in uk and she is still in zim, so I have a lot of live up to! SUCKS!

[sarahe]

Well its a long and complicated story, but basicallt my mom in law is an expert icer - she is presednet of the sugar guilde in zim and has won lots of awards in sa etc. So my plan was always to get her to do the kids cake (she did my wedding cake, which was three mud huts) but ofcourse this has backed fired coz we are now in uk and she is still in zim, so I have a lot of live up to! SUCKS!

tell her fedex it :smiley2::smiley2:

[sprout]

Hats off to all you ladies! I can offer no input as my family has banned me from baking cakes. My first attempt at a 'birthday' cake looked like an odd blue frisbee. *sigh* at least I tried..

[zimajays]

tell her fedex it :smiley2::smiley2:


I tried, her answer, send me ingredents! LOL

[Tricky Nicky]

You girls are all FAR too talented. I cannot bake! Simply and plain, I don't sew, I don't knit, I don't crochet, I don't do ANYTHING crafty at all. I am hopeless. My scones come out like rock cakes.

I can make good ice cream tho! And not bad with Cheesecakes - don't have to actually bake them - the oven it don't like me.

Hats off to you guys tho - all my kids cakes have come from Asda - they do great character cakes! :biggrin:

[dallas]

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Hats off to you guys tho - all my kids cakes have come from Asda - they do great character cakes! :biggrin:[/quote]

Hear hear!! sarahe dont forget the fish in the boat!!

[sarahe]

Hear hear!! sarahe dont forget the fish in the boat!!
good point! and i just remembered he'll need a box of worms too... Kirk's having fun rolling out little worms out of icing now... Got a feeling this could get messy...:smiley36:

[gertrude]

Fishing rods???

[gertrude]

I usually just make a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. If the birthday person is REALLY lucky, I might write Happy Birthday on the top..

[petals]

Tsk Tsk! No, now REALLY!!!!! That's just not good enough!!!!! Surely you can plonk a candle or 21 on too?!!!!:naughty::naughty::naughty::smiley2:

[gertrude]

Tsk Tsk! No, now REALLY!!!!! That's just not good enough!!!!! Surely you can plonk a candle or 21 on too?!!!!:naughty::naughty::naughty::smiley2:

erm...candles??? I suppose the big ones what we need most nights would work okay. Don't know the last time I saw birthday candles in this country....:smiley36::smiley36:

[gertrude]

At least I write Happy Birthday in frosting...not ink!! :smiley36:

[petals]

Erm....yes, well, sorry about that! Grief, I've only been here 8 months and I'm already taking such things for granted!!:smiley9::smiley9:

[sprout]

I can vouch for Gertie's carrot cake..it is DEVINE!!! (hint hint, my birthday is coming up?!)

[sarahe]

I've finally finished the cake! Thanks so much everyone for your help, managed to do the fish eagle nicky so thank you so much for the idea. It does look rather like a giant pigeon though rather than a fish eagle!!!:smiley9:

As requested, this is a picture of my kariba cake....

I hope... If i can work out how to attach it...:smiley2::smiley2:

[sally]

that is fantastic!!!

[jiggs]

Well done Sarahe - fine effort

[zimajays]

well done that girl!

[zimajays]

This is one I did for a friend of mine on her 25th

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[sally]

Wow ZJ, that is amazing!!!

[Tricky Nicky]

Sarah - that is fabulous - your fish eagle is perfect.

ZJ - fabulous

[sarahe]

wow ZJ that's fantastic!!!!! Did you make all those flowers from scratch? Definitely a pro!!! Can't wait to see your ben 10 cake!

[Nyala]

Ladies, hats off to both of you, very talented indeed.

[jiggs]

This is one I did for a friend of mine on her 25th

9778

ZJ that is really good - you got tallent

[zimajays]

wow ZJ that's fantastic!!!!! Did you make all those flowers from scratch? Definitely a pro!!! Can't wait to see your ben 10 cake!


Nah didnt do the flowers, bought sprays and just re-arrange them (by the way my mother in law saus the flowers were terrible - to thick) Mande everything else including the chocolate decorations.

[joemac]

Squid ink for natural Black colour.

[petals]

Wow!!!! They're both fantastic! Sarahe, tell the kids their worms are A.1.....Dad won't run short of them in a hurry!!!:smiley32::smiley32::smiley32::smiley32:

[cujimmy]

Very impressive!



Of course, to go with the theme it should really be a fishcake...

[boards]

can you do me a cake?

[Cez]

:smiley32: WOW girls those cakes are fantastic!! :smiley20:

They put my decorated Easter Eggs to shame :(

[dallas]

you guys should open a business with it!!! Fantastic!!!!

[zimajays]

:smiley32: WOW girls those cakes are fantastic!! :smiley20:

They put my decorated Easter Eggs to shame :(



aww thanks hun. As you have seen mom-in-laws cakes that is quiet a complement!

[Tricky Nicky]

can you do me a cake?

Mmmm, what shape would you like you cake to be.............

[Cez]

aww thanks hun. As you have seen mom-in-laws cakes that is quiet a complement!

:smiley3: sweetie for a second i thought it was one of your mom-laws-cakes!!! had to re-read and double check i'd read it correctly!! brilliant!! :smiley20:

still puts my Easter Eggs to shame :smiley19:

[pennymac]

oh my goodness girls, those are REALLY amazing! my mom always told us she couldn't do cakes, so I never used to get a swiss roll for my birthday.
maybe I should lift my game? I buy all of mine.

[zimajays]

Penny, if I can do it then anyone can!

[sarahe]

you guys should open a business with it!!! Fantastic!!!!
I would love to, but nobody wants to spend money on cakes like this when you can get them for less than £10 at asda.... Plus to be able to register my kitchen for food preparation my husband would have to finish off some diy.... could be a while then.....:smiley2:

[dallas]

totally understand that!!! (that is why when we bought our house I made sure all of it was done so we didnt live in a hovel!!)

[Strawbs]

Fabulous cakes, very impressed!

[Chick]

Sarah, can I put in my cake order now please.... most clever

[Sam Edwards]

Wow girls they both amazing, I bet they both went down very well. I love the Kariba cake too cool for words. ZJ your 25 cake is stunning aswell.

Pretty certain I noticed black food colouring in Sainsbury's the other day.....gosh, you girls are great trying such way out themes....to think I refused to ice Sam her request for..."a bobo on a gomo, Mom, that's what I want!":smiley9:

I have to tell you I was very very very upset that my mom would not do me a bobo on a gomo for my birthday cake,:smiley19::smiley19: I seem to think I got a zebra instead???? :smiley36::smiley36::smiley20: Mom was also very clever at doing our cakes.:smiley32::smiley32:

[Chick]

"Quote from Petals "to think I refused to ice Sam her request for..."a bobo on a gomo"

Thats just cruel, a zebra instead of a bobo on a gomo - a child can be scarred for life after that experience - lol.

[boards]

a bobo on a gomo - sensational!!! right ladies lets have a cook off and see who can do one of these... if sam lives too far away then a photo would work for her and you can dhl the cake to me

[Sam Edwards]

Sounds good to me, LOL

Mom has been cooking a black mamba cake ....Seriously choclate cake, with cream and cherries and nuts...too yummy by far. I have helped a bit. (for my brother's and his Mrs's Engagment party tomorrow)

I got to make a lemon sponge today think they would appreciate a bobo on a gomo for a engagment cake???

[Chick]

I got to make a lemon sponge today think they would appreciate a bobo on a gomo for a engagment cake???

The ultimate engagement cake decoration.

[pennymac]

Yup, I think they'd love it. (well Dan probably would)

[Tricky Nicky]

Excellent idea!