Need B'day cake for DS's B'day Saturday - M&S say 7 days - what do I do!

[Twinkie1]

Right DS wanted a pirate party for B'day is on Saturday - thought plenty of time to get cake sorted from M&S but they have said 7 days - what do I do - don;t say make one!

Where do you live and how much do you want to spend?

I'd be happy to make one for you but I'm too far away. (I'm in North Herts)

Make one.

Go on make one.

Straight forward sponge in a tin. Cover with yellow icing. Put caster sugar in a bag, add a few drops of yellow colouring, rub away, sprinkle over icing...voila sand!

Put some little figures on the top, bits of lego, etc. Make a cross out of some licorice string.

Treasure Map!! Easy. Will impress the kids too. You could even get your ds to help you make it, or at least draw a picture of a map for you (as a plan).

Do you know where Twinkle is, nimnom? I would make her one if she's not to far away

It says on her page that she's in Essex.

Why didn't I think to look there. Well I'm in Kent so it depends on where in Essex, I suppose.

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I had this problem for my DM's birthday in the summer. I went to Waitrose. Although they have a 7 day lead-time as well, they usually have a few celebration cakes in stock, behind the bakery counter, so you might be lucky.

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Asda or Tesco do fab ones for under £10....whats wrong with them????

open 24 hrs...got any theme you could want.

sorry, but am i missing some thing here, has there been a thread about what a God awful parent you are if you BUy a cake from Tesco or Asda?

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tastes like shit...who cares, looks good.
give BIg bits to kids mates, get rid of it on them, only £7 quid,

doitdoitdoit.

dont be pissing around making it, you av enough to do

Go to Asda with a favourite/cheeky photo of your DS and they will put it on one of their cakes. You can get different sizes and they are a brilliant price.
They copy the photo onto the icing and it takes about 10/15 mins. We did this and our DD loved it.

go on, shovel it into party bag jobies, they eat nowt but shite at parties any way!

Am near Colchester - do not have the time to make one and come to work and our kitchen is being remodelled at mo so nightmare!

Sorry too far! I make a mean Pirate Ship cake compete with cannon and cannon balls!

I know I could get him one elsewhere but I loved the pirate one - bloody Waitrose have a 7 day lead time and 14 days for the pirate ship cake!

May have to trawl the shops on Friday afternoon!!!

Don't even have any work surface in the kitchen so complete nightmare! Granite man coming tonight and said maybe able to sort out surfaces for Friday afternoon but even so have got to do the bloody cleaning and everything else before all the brats turn up and wreck the joint!

HELLOOOOOO....TESCO/ASDA.
have a looky on line, see what they have got..

Ok will do that - although I am a bit of a nightmare when it comes to me M&S and Waitrose - it's just what you are used to!

MAKE ONE!!! I have pics of Pirate cakes on my profile. It was easy.

Thank you very much, seeker and nimnom for offering to make one.........! That's OK - sorry we live too far away....