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Fire Engine Birthday Cake for novice cake baker?!

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philopastry · 04/02/2009 11:03

I would like to bake my DS a cake this year after 4 years of him having shop bought ones.

I have never made one and am nervous. Does anyone have a simple recipe for a fire engine shaped one?! TIA

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SoMuchToBits · 04/02/2009 11:12

I have never made a fire engine shaped one, but did make one with a picture of a fire engine on it. I used white roll-out icing as a background, and other colours of roll-out icing cut to shapes to make the fire engine picture. I will try to put the picture of it on my profile if you like.

SoMuchToBits · 04/02/2009 11:16

I have now put the picture on my profile if you want to see it.

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philopastry · 04/02/2009 18:29

Cheers SoMuch - this looks like something I just might be able to pull off

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PlaymobilPolice · 04/02/2009 19:49

That's ok!

PlaymobilPolice · 04/02/2009 19:50

OOPs sorry, I'm SoMuchToBits and forgot I had temporarily changed my name

ladyjuliafish · 04/02/2009 19:54

here is one that doesn't look to difficult.

boogiewoogie · 04/02/2009 22:08

I've made one very recently for ds.

Basic cake mix:

3 eggs
6oz Self raising flour
6oz butter
6oz caster sugar

Mix butter and sugar in a bowl until fluffy, stir in the beaten eggs one at a time, fold in the flour.

Bake in a greased square tin at gas 4 for about 40 minutes or until risen and a skewer comes out clean.

When cool, slice in half and stick them with butter icing and jam.

Leave overnight. Use red coloured fondant icing to cover the cake. I made it stick by applying a thin layer of butter icing first.
you should now have a red cuboid. Stick liquorice wheels for the wheels, unroll a liquorice wheel to make the ladder. Use doly mixtures for the headlamps, brake lights and sirens. Use more white roll out icing to make windows.

Click on my profile for the result. It's not professional by any means but ds absolutely loved it.

thehairybabysmum · 04/02/2009 22:16

Thats brilliant boogie woogie. Mental note made for September.

I did a digger one this year.

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philopastry · 04/02/2009 22:30

Thanks boogie - it looks fab and I must admit the use of ready made stuff like liquorice wheels is very much what I am after! Can I just ask how many it fed please?

(Mine will need to do about 3o slices)

Cheers!

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boogiewoogie · 05/02/2009 15:05

30 small slices if you cut 10 cross sections and then into thirds.

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