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[AverageGayLad]

As you were

Not sure where the bb came from!

We had so much to eat last night we didn't want breakfast this morning! Might go down to the sea today.

AGL A nice healthy pursuit for you!

:)

Looks beautiful. Great for recharging the batteries.

Morning all!

what that cake is stunning! I'm so incredibly jealous! I tried to make my DS a Toby cake (from Thomas & Friends....)

It looked like a turd with eyes

Thank you Better. A piece of MN is definitely more in keeping with my "healthy" eating.

It looked like a turd with eyes

That cake will be remembered many years later though.

Reminds me of my godawful attempts at making stuff at school. Was a bit of a family joke trying to guess what the hell I'd made/painted this time. My "creations" were never forgotten though!

a turd with eyes

At least you tried, Jess! In our family, the only Thomas cakes were baked by Grandma, with me at a safe distance from the kitchen.

I'd eat that Toby cake

I got my DP one of those Thorntons plaque things that you can leave a message on. The guy in the shop said he wasn't very good at writing on them and showed me his efforts on a piece of receipt paper. It was terrible. So I asked if I could do it myself. My handwriting it quite neat but it turns out writing with icing is bloody hard. It looked awful! You could barely read it! But he said it tasted just as good and was pretty funny.

Ha! Thanks guys! I remember saying to DS 'look, it's Toby! A Toby cake!'. He left the kitchen to fetch his Toby toy, returned, placed it next to the Turd With Eyes and gave me what could only be described as a baleful stare....

He's into Lego now so I might attempt a Lego cake....how hard can that be?

Yes, cake - and chocolate plaque - decoration is an art to be mastered! It just looks easy!

Jess - Just buy him a Colin the Caterpillar chocolate cake from M and S. (See earlier thread for full discussion of deliciosity of said cake)

better. Agree. I blame bloody Pinterest - although you do find the occasional 'fail' on there; I'm always touched they were proud enough to post anyway and give them a 'love'.

better. Ooh, not tried the M&S one - did get one from Co Op (obviously ) but the 'feet' (are they feet? Do caterpillars have feet?) were the most lurid green and rather unappetising. I wonder if I could shave a bit off Colin to make him more blockish and turn him into Toby?!

Colin the Caterpillar chocolate cake from M and S. (See earlier thread for full discussion of deliciosity of said cake)

Yes, it's become quite famous and I can vouch for the fact that it's delicious.

Toads eat caterpillars, especially if made of chocolate :)

Jess I actually think that's a very good idea. You could transform Colin into Toby with a few adroit adjustments! He's just the right shape and ready made for you - just hide the packet from your son!

PS the M and S feet are delicious and fiercely fought over whenever I've bought a Colin. which has been often.

I have just Googled Colin; had no idea that he was a celebrity! Although not sure about him 'boasting fans like Boris Johnson and David Cameron' .....

I could do a 'Stars In Their Eyes' type thing..... 'Tonight, Colin, you are about to become.....Toby the Tram Engine!'

M&S caterpillar cake is ace. DH always buys me one for my birthday.

Jess you can buy Lego fondant and icing molds on ebay

Jess You can get a huge lego brick shaped cake mould, you could dye a sponge red and use that?

He left the kitchen to fetch his Toby toy, returned, placed it next to the Turd With Eyes and gave me what could only be described as a baleful stare....

Storm and AGL. Thanks, I think Lego cake should be failsafe - I'd feel guilty mutilating poor Colin, he's too cute! Although food dye and I do have a rather unhappy past..... Mary Berry I am not.

Oh, please don't put me off by mentioning Boris and Call Me Dave, Jess! I had no idea I was in such bad company!