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Birthday cake panic: Zach’s birthday 1 month today,eeeeek!

Oh dear. Chris and I have foolishly decided to mark Zach’s first birthday with not one but TWO parties. It has just occurred to me that this will necessitate TWO cakes 🙁

I am possibly the least creative person I know. Matthew and Anya frequently over estimate my skills. Here are last year’s efforts, an A4 Silver Link and a butterfly (which Anya still can’t see!)

Then there was Chris’ birthday cake as a Lego block:

I’m thinking that for the parties I will just do a basic cake as there won’t be much time due to preparations. However, on his actual birthday I think I will make Zach a cake, possibly use an idea from my childhood: a clock or a hedgehog. Fingers crossed he doesn’t have high standards. Watch this space next month…


Choc mocha cake

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Choc mocha cake

Ingredients
4oz soft marge
4oz caster sugar
2 eggs
4oz SR flour (I used gluten free due to my allergy to wheat)
2 tablespoons coffee granules dissolved in 3 tablespoons boiling water
1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons cocoa
Icing sugar
Soft marge

Method
Whisk together the margarine, sugar and eggs.
Add the flour, half the coffee and the tablespoon cocoa.
Carefully fold in until smooth. Add a splash of milk if required.
Bake GM5 for 15 minutes.
Remove from tins and cool.
Make a buttercream using icing sugar, soft marge, half of the remaining coffee and 1 teaspoon cocoa.
Make a glace icing using icing sugar, the remaining coffee and 1 teaspoon cocoa.
Decorate however you want 🙂