No icing Birthday cake ideas please

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Curlewwoohoo · 15/10/2023 15:17

My daughter will be 9 next week. She'd like a pretty birthday cake, but without icing, frosting or cream as she doesn't like them. She also doesn't like chocolate or fruit cake. Any suggestions?!

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Luckydog7 · 15/10/2023 17:47

You could cover the cake in something else. Pineapple flowers or candied lemons, chocolate shards (that she can remove) then fill the top with raspberries or something she likes.

Poppins2016 · 15/10/2023 18:57

Curlewwoohoo · 15/10/2023 17:41

Wonder if I could make a marble cake but with coloured mix rather than chocolate and vanilla?

You can absolutely make a marble cake with food colouring rather than chocolate/vanilla... however, something to consider is that cakes made with food colouring are fairly golden/dull on the outside and are only vibrant when cut (which defeats the object of making it coloured for aesthetics pre-cutting).

FadedRed · 15/10/2023 19:04

Jam/lemon curd and desiccated coconut?

snackprovidersupreme · 15/10/2023 19:09

Maybe a chocolate marble in a Bundt ring - then you can either drizzle some chocolate over it or out fruit in the middle as a decoration?

If she likes almonds, my go to cake is Lisa Faulkner's fantasy cake which I make with raspberries. Then scattered with flakes almonds on top and dusted with icing sugar just before serving. It's so pretty and girly in a subtle way. It was my birthday cake this year :)

Mumaway · 15/10/2023 19:10

Blondies or lemon drizzle

Imtootiredtothinkofausername · 15/10/2023 19:19

Not suggesting fireman sam for a 9 year old but I made this for my 5 year old who was exactly the same. Liked jam Victoria sponge but no frosting, icing, buttercream etc. I melted fox's fruits in the oven to make the shards so you could do a similar thing to make almost like an aurora borealis type scene around the cake?

wellthatwentwelldinnit · 15/10/2023 19:20

Bear with me on this....

I used to make chocolate cakes and fill and "ice" them with Angel Delight. Sounds weird but works really well. Makes them super moist.

UniversalTruth · 15/10/2023 19:20

What about jam, loosened with a little boiling water, on a pastry brush on the top of a sponge cake to be sticky enough to allow hundreds&thousands to stick to it. You could do it in stripes of different types maybe.

Another idea - search Pinterest for cake bunting - I've previously made paper triangles on string, hung between two wooden skewers with the birthday child's name written on it. Looked lovely (imo 😆)

WhamBamThankU · 15/10/2023 19:26

Pile fruit and edible flowers on top?

waltzingparrot · 15/10/2023 19:47

Paper butterflies?