Having a new-found love of my kitchen and making things along with my recent success at making an Easter Cake I decided recently to bite the bullet and make my first ever birthday cake.
For 14 years all the families birthday cakes were store-bought and I wanted to make my daughters 14th birthday cake a personal one!
So with the theme of pink glitter I decided that white chocolate fingers are just too nice to not add onto any cake .. and with some pink sprinkle sugar purchased it was time to make a start!
I won’t lie I was totally shaking when I started but as I got baking I got carried away. I used a vanilla sponge that I turned pink with food colouring and added jam and buttercream middle and then covered it with buttercream icing over the top and sides, followed by white chocolate fingers and pink sugar shimmer (I got mine from Poundland from the Jane Asher range) followed by some icing flowers .. but really the decoration can be anything you like.
I have to say although this is not perfect in the grand scheme of things for my first ever birthday cake I am rather proud of myself … and next time I would go a little slower adding the chocolate fingers so there was no buttercream icing coming out between the fingers.
What I loved about this cake was the fact that anything goes with it, you can add chocolate fingers, KitKats or even Twix bars round the edge and the inside you could use any thing at all from Maltesers, M&M’s or Chocolate Buttons! it really is down to personal preference!
Showing my daughter her first ever home-made cake I was anxious, but I am pleased to report … she blooming loved it! .. phew!
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ohhhh this looks amazing!! thanks for the recipe
It looks fab, I bet your daughter loved it. It’s great when you get a bit of baking confidence and start trying out new things. No more shop bought birthday cakes then? 🙂
For your first ever birthday cake, you did an awesome job!! x
What a showstopper! It looks absolutely fantastic. Your daughter must have been thrilled.
That looks amazing – what a great centrepiece for a Birthday party x
That just looks absolutely amazing, wow x
This is a very pretty birthday cake. I can’t believe it’s your first attempt, no wonder you are proud, and I bet she loved it too!
The birthday looks really pretty and the fingers add a lovely finishing touch to it.
It looks amazing and I know how far you have come and you hated baking and cooking. What a fabulous cake
My boys are always impressed when I make cakes. I flipping well love yours!
Wow, wow, WOW!! That cake is amazing!
This cake looks amazing – honest I just want to tuck straight into it. x
It’s so beautiful! I’d be really happy if anyone made a cake like this for my birthday 😉
Oh wow aren’t you clever! This looks amazing! No wonder your daughter loved it x
These always look so pretty on other peoples timelines.
I’ve made a cake surround by chocolate fingers before, they make for fab decoration. Yours looks (and sounds) yummy!
oh this looks so good and I’m impressed with how professional it looks too! x
Love this! What a delicious looking cake! I can imagine how proud your daughter must’ve been of you and I bet she loved it a lot more than any mega expensive shop bought one! I’m useless and always have a cake made by someone else but I’d like to try and create my own x