DD is 3 on the 16th and we're having a bash in the local church hall. 30 kids invited (aargh!) so I'm assuming at least half will be there, plus DH's extended family who are all good eaters, thus a cake of a decent size will be required.
In previous years I've used a 10" square cake tin to make 2 layers of madeira sandwich and just plain royal-iced it with pink piping around the edges and a pink ribbon hiding most of the crappy bits rough edges - that's about the extent of my cakemanship... This has been enough to satisfy party bags and adult attendees, and I'd planned on doing similar this year.
So... having slung that wretched Party Pieces catalogue on the recycling pile, dd spots it - and the birthday cake kits are on the back cover - so now all madam wants is a butterfly cake.
I refuse to pay £stupidamount to Kate Middleton's parents for a non-reusable cake tin and vile fondant readyroll icing (plus a questionable 'premium' cake mix), and the cheapest butterfly cake tin I can find is not only £15 but rather on the small side.
So, having looked at the Party Pieces cake again, it appears to be a bar of cake in the middle with a fondant head jammed on top, and two halves of a large round cake as the wings, the fondant icing upon it giving the shape of the butterfly wing, iyswim.
This I can manage (she says hopefully!) but they say that their cake makes 25-30 'child-sized' portions - well, that won't wash with my bunch of gannets, I need to get at least 50 pieces out of it (assuming all the tinies turn up, there are 20 relatives to cater for on top of that!) so how big do you reckon I'd need to make it?
I have a 10" square cake tin and some 9" round sandwich tins - I'd be making a double layer, sandwiched together with jam & buttercream - would that do it or do I need to think bigger, d'you reckon?
(or should I bite the bullet and buy the bleedin' cake mix?!)