Cake ideas please!!

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So DD1 (2, very soon to be 3) who will only eat chocolate cake, or plain sponge (no icing, and definitely no jam....) has declared that she doesn't want a chocolate birthday cake, she just wants a 'cake' cake .

I'm thinking a candle in an un-iced fairy cake isn't really going to have the wow factor as a party table centrepiece - any ideas gratefully received!!

Colour the sponge a funky colour? Coat it in sweets?

This?
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CASTLE-Giant-Silicone-Bakeware-Cake-Mould-Pan-Tin-/380368128892?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Kitchen_Cookware_GL&hash=item588fb50b7c

When I was young I remember a Canadian girl over the road who had marble cakes for her birthday. Something like this:

www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/food/recipes/marble-cake/story/3743751/

Buy a cupcake stand - plenty around - I think the works do them. Fill with fairy cakes - birthday girl can have a plain one on top and all the others can be decorated with swirly icing, dolly mixtures, choc buttons etc etc. With candles in, it makes a lovely birthday display.

How about a rainbow cake?

Thread Here

Recipe Here