When Mr now Eight-Year-Old was planning his party (which he has been for months) he decided he wanted a Wonders of the World party. Cool, that left lots of scope for games and bits and pieces.
I asked him what sort of cake he would like?
Stonehenge he said.
Stonehenge?
Stonehenge.
Gulp goes mum.
When in doubt, have a go...
I am delighted with the result, and it was easier than I thought it would be.
Damn chuffed with it, actually.
Amazing what you can do with icing.
Happy Eight-Year-Old.
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Brilliant Vanda! Now we all know who to contact when our birthdays come along... Do you make elephants? Octopi? The odd Foraminiferan? x
Great cake! well done
A superb cake which looks a lot better than the actual Stonehenge.
And I thought I did well when I produced tiny buns with icing in three different colours.
Your cakes rock!
Thanks guys - I told Mr Eight-Year-Old the only reason he gets birthday parties is because I like eating the party food and making cakes!
The banana cake hiding underneath Stonehenge was so yummy, and disappeared so quickly I had to make another one today. (Also poor Hubby didn't manage to get a piece of the Birthday cake, it all got scoffed.)
You really are a Domestic Goddess! Great cake.Aren't kids birthdays so much fun, despite the hardwork?
Hey, I've been asked to make a Stonehenge cake.. just been looking for inspiration and found yours.. would you share your icing secret for the stones - no idea how to get the colour or well any off it sorted really :-)
I used Bakel's Pettinice white icing, which comes in blocks, and got the marbled stone look by using a black gel food colouring (not liquid - makes the icing slushy), and sort of folding it through the rolled out icing an a random kind of a way. Sort of like making pastry. To make the stones I started out with a map of Stonehenge - great what you can find on the internet, and then just ripped chunks of the coloured icing, then channeled my inner child like I was playing with plasticine. It was a lot of fun!
Good luck!
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