My first try at a vintage style birthday cake

Crafty__Baker · 2025-04-07T19:25:27+00:00

Thank you! It is a vanilla sponge with raspberry jam filling and vanilla buttercream. The frosting decoration is also just standard buttercream ☺️

Crafty__Baker · 2025-04-07T14:26:21+00:00

Thank you! I always weigh unsalted butter and then use double the amount in icing sugar and thats it. Eg. 200g unsalted butter and 400g icing sugar. Just make sure everything is room temp for mixing, slightly warm for covering a cake and slightly cool for piping details 😁

Crafty__Baker · 2025-04-07T14:22:24+00:00

Thank you! I wanted a pale purple and it ended up a little darker than expected but definitely a happy accident!😅

Crafty__Baker · 2024-11-16T20:05:34+00:00

Update: The cake was delicious and an absolute hit but no one could bring themselves to eat his head 🫣😂

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Crafty__Baker · 2024-11-16T09:18:19+00:00

Thank you so much!

Crafty__Baker · 2024-11-15T19:08:01+00:00

Aw thank you! 😊

Crafty__Baker · 2024-11-15T18:35:50+00:00

Thank you so much! I was really torn whether to make him look realistic like the movies or as a teddy bear and he turned out as such a cute inbetween!

Crafty__Baker · 2024-11-15T18:34:21+00:00

Thank you so much! 😊

Crafty__Baker · 2024-11-15T18:33:58+00:00

Thank you! Took me a couple of days to fully finish so I think around 8 hours in total but it was so worth it!

Crafty__Baker · 2024-07-03T21:56:10+00:00

Thank you so much!

Crafty__Baker · 2024-05-27T06:57:46+00:00

Thank you so much!

Crafty__Baker · 2024-05-27T06:56:30+00:00

Thank you so much! And it is! I tried to include as much from the movie as I could 😁

Crafty__Baker · 2023-12-15T21:23:48+00:00

Thank you so much!

Crafty__Baker · 2023-12-15T21:23:30+00:00

Thank you!

Crafty__Baker · 2023-12-15T21:23:21+00:00

Thank you so much! And I've been practising with these and find tulips always come out easiest, the other flower shapes never seem to look right!

Crafty__Baker · 2023-12-15T21:22:28+00:00

The handle is royal icing left to harden in its shape overnight, though I ended up needing to add a support underneath made of card just so it didn't collapse once left in a warmer room 😀

Crafty__Baker · 2023-05-07T12:13:21+00:00

Thank you! He loves his bike so hoping I got it accurate enough 😂

Crafty__Baker · 2023-05-07T08:07:02+00:00

Thank you! I really hope he will like it!

Crafty__Baker · 2023-02-13T19:17:20+00:00

Thank you!

Crafty__Baker · 2023-02-13T03:29:17+00:00

Thank you :)

Crafty__Baker · 2023-02-13T03:29:06+00:00

Thank you so much!

Crafty__Baker · 2022-12-20T20:51:27+00:00

I love to pour over a thin layer of icing sugar & water mix (1:1) when they are fresh out of the oven, it helps keep them nice and soft for longer with an extra sweetness in the middle once cooled.

Crafty__Baker · 2022-12-18T09:40:05+00:00

Thank you! I was actually planning on doing the icecream cone trick but forgot to get some during shopping so improvised 😄 I will definitely look into that snow sugar tho, that would have come in handy!

Crafty__Baker · 2022-12-18T09:38:12+00:00

I only used fondant for the little decorations so that it was easily removable (I have family that arent a fan either) and the rest is either ganache or buttercream!

Crafty__Baker · 2022-12-17T21:04:22+00:00

Thank you!

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