Do you all make birthday cakes or are you a shop bought hussy like myself?

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I did once and it looked like someone had sat on it.

Feel the need to make one for dd1.

But she wants a fairy/princess/ballerina/pink one and it would be v easy to toddle into m&s and buy one.

shop bought - waitrose do lovely ones but v expensive- asda - cheap and cheerful-

made cake for MIL once - the look on her face said it all.....proud to be a shop bought hussy!!

Shop bought

Definitely .

Luckily my SIL makes all of ours but otherwise it would be shop bought!

I make them - but - from a pack. Does that count,or is that cheating?

make 'em cos I like to

bloody easy to make the cake and decorating it is fun and satisfying and I like my cakes looking un-machine made

Hussy.

I made ds' first birthday cake and no-one ate it except me. My friend makes her children's cakes and they are amazing, but she has no wish to make them for others unfortunately!

if making a cake just do a bung it all madeira cake (6,6,6,3 goes in 8")

My mum buys my kids birthday cakes, either gets them made or from a shop.

make choclate wiht smarties on adn platic cricket football men
cost?
£2

BAke, defo.

I made DS a chocolate hedgehog cake this year, which collapsed a bit - I anxiously asked DH if it still looked like a hedgehog - "yes, just one thats been squashed by a car"

Bake it you lazy mare!! There was a recipe on here ab it ago about a girly cake - think they used a bowl to make the cake, turned it upside down and iced it then rammed a babie in teh top! Cake was teh skirt, obv.

I think KBear made one like that.

ds had a home made one for his actual birthday and shop bought one for his party (3 wks later). I nearly had heart failure looking at the ingredient list. more colourings and other additives than you could shake a stick at. ds loved it though!

6 6 6 3 8

wtf is that then?

code?

Make - enjoy doing it, and once you have done a couple they start to expect it. Am doing a wedding cake for a friend in thye next couple of weeks, expect to see me here stressed about that!

belgo - doesn't count

OO:

6oz of sugar/butter/flour and 3 eggs

6 oz flour
6 oz sugar
6 oz butter
3 eggs
8 inch tin

voila!

6663 8 = 6oz each sr flour, marg, sugar, 3 eggs all in 8" diameter tin hth

Beat you MamaG

666 is the sign of the devil you do realise?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Can I have a few more votes for shop please?

My Mum makes the cake and I decorate it. Mum makes and decorates birthday and wedding cakes etc so I beg, steal and borrow the special cutters, icings and ideas from her.

This year I'm going to do (or should that be "attempt" ) a mermaid cake.

Shop bought here.

Grrr Dior!

NO OLIVE - BAKE IT!! Go on, she'll love it if you do.

My favourite shop bought cake is M&S's caterpillar one. It is smothered in thick chocolate...mmmmmm.

yes is flour, butter, sugar, eggs (can pro up to 8,8,8,4 in 10" tin etc) shove it all in and whisk for 2 minutes then bake at 180 for up to an hour

g'wan .. you may like it .. and its fun to lick the bowls

how do I make a fairy/princess/ballerina/pink cake then?