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Very, very important cake question. Votes needed.

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JackBauer · 30/09/2009 12:49

DD2 is obsessed with chocolate cake.
She will be 2 next week.
She loves Timmy (Baa)

Do I make her
a) A chocolate cake in teh shape of a sitting up Timmy as that picture linked to and covered in icing or
b) a normal round chocolate cake with a small Timmy figure sitting on it.

I am having a ridiculously difficult time deciding.

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fruitshootsandheaves · 30/09/2009 12:53

I would do
b) as I am lazy but it would be easier to cut up

truthfully though I would go out and buy a cake as I hate baking.

i really need someone to give me a slap as my posts are just so useless.

sorry

Othersideofthechannel · 30/09/2009 12:55

B

I made DS a cake shaped like a car for his 2nd birthday and he was so excited by all the gifts he didn't want to stop playing to blow out the candles and eat cake. He barely gave it a second glance!

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JackBauer · 30/09/2009 12:56

um. thanks anyway.

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lucysmum · 30/09/2009 12:57

Or a normal iced cake with a slightly 3D picture of him made out of coloured fondant icing ? Best of both worlds and less fondant icing that IMO tastes horrible.

Geocentric · 30/09/2009 12:58

I would do b) as I'm just not that talented! But a) sounds amazing!!!! (just saw your profile pics - nice cakes!)

CuppaTeaJanice · 30/09/2009 12:59

A. Even if it turns out a bit crap she'll appreciate the effort. I still remember the hedgehog cake my mum made for me when I was little!

Golda · 30/09/2009 13:01

I would do b. It will be hard to make a delicious gooey chocolate cake that can hold itself together in a timmy shape. If you made a big rectangle you could cut it into a 2d timmy shape.

TanteRose · 30/09/2009 13:01

I was going to say "are you mad? (b) of course..." but then I looked at your profile pics. You should do the sheep cake - it would be amazing!

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JackBauer · 30/09/2009 13:02

lucysmum, I was going to make a smaller version of that picture to sit on the cake for the other option.
Cutting it is not an issue as we aren;t having a party so we can all just sit round it with spoons

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JackBauer · 30/09/2009 13:04

2d is booooring though.

Good point on gooey cake though. Maybe just a basic chocolate sponge woudl work though with fondant head arms and legs.

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KnickersandVests · 30/09/2009 13:04

I would do B.

I don't know about you but I prefer choccy cake and am not a huge fan of royal type icing so if you make a chocolate one you are indulging all DD's loves without the sickliness of too much sugar paste.

You can keep the sugar paste figure in the fridge for DD to see occasionally too.

PrettyCandles · 30/09/2009 13:08

Definitely B. She's too young to appreciate the labour that will go into A, and may even be upset at cutting into Timmy. Whereas with B she can enjoy seeing Timmy every time you cut a slice, and can eat him (or not! as you decide) when she's ready.

overmydeadbody · 30/09/2009 13:10

b)

she is two, leave the more complicated stuff for future birthdays when she will actually appreciate it.

Geocentric · 30/09/2009 13:14

Whichever one you choose, please post a pic! I love looking at other people's talented work.

MrsBadger · 30/09/2009 13:16

b
save your energy

Themasterandmargaritas · 30/09/2009 13:20

I think you secretly really want to do a. Do it. Go on

Then you can teach me how to do it, but for Pingu instead

QuintessentialShadow · 30/09/2009 13:21

A) normal chocolate cake, with a LARGE timmy in sugar paste on it.

And please send me a leg, as I love sugarpaste.

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JackBauer · 30/09/2009 13:50

I do secretly want to do a, but then it is only for us to see as there isnt going to be a party (so I dont have to show off)

And it will be a PITA to do.

BUt what else could I put on the top of a boring round cake apart from timmy, all on his own?!

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fridayschild · 30/09/2009 14:00

I say, DD2 will be happy with Any Cake. You are obviously doing the cake for yourself (I do this too) so I vote a.

What about Timmy's other friends? Could they be on the boring cake too?

Merrylegs · 30/09/2009 14:10

A - because she will love it. And you can take a photo of it and then when she is 14 and being all stroppy and wailing ''I know you hate me and you just don't understaaaand me...waah' you can pat the sofa and say, 'sit down next to me lovely'. And then you can put your arm around her and bring out the photo and say "I do love you and look, I made you a Timmy cake. Remember?" And everything will be fab again. And she will probably use the photo for her facebook page because teenage girls love dopey nostalgic kiddy stuff. Go on, think of her future. You know you want to.

Sourdough · 30/09/2009 14:18

I would like to offer just one word of advice and that is NEVER NEVER make a red velvet cake. DD1 pleaded with one for her birthday and it took me all afternoon and I had muscles bigger in one arm than the other by then end because of all the whisking.

So I would say b. Too much effort and not enough reaction makes you resentful.

Themasterandmargaritas · 30/09/2009 15:58

LMAO merrylegs.

MrsMerryHenry · 30/09/2009 16:04

I would ambitiously plan to do (a), but leave it till the last minute and make (b) but it would taste fabulous and make up for my lack of planning.

She will love her Timmy cake, either way, so why not make life a bit easier for yourself?

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JackBauer · 30/09/2009 21:00

Oh the dilemma,
I actually made a fondant Timmy earlier, and he looks spookily good. I could do him sitting on grass with edible childish flowers aroun d him, and maybe Mittens the Kitten and the Owl as well......
It would alos help DD1 and her 'sticky icing aversion' (she has never eaten one of her cakes because of the icing)

But merry is so right..............

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QuintessentialShadow · 01/10/2009 08:03

There is no such thing as an easy life when it comes to cake.

My husband is always rather bewildered as to WHY WHY do I put myself through it. WHY do the cupcakes need to have fondant icing, rolled out sugar paste lids, royal icing,cream cheese frosting, chocolate ganache etc. ICING is NOT just Icing,fgs.

I think you must go for your last suggestion, be hot and bothered, totally knackered, have icing powder on the floor when the guests arrive, and with a happy red glow, while you proudly present your timmy in the grass with lush flowers and little owl, etc...