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Amazing Birthday Cake!

Filed under: General | Tags: baking, birthday cake, shabby chic baking | October 10th, 2010

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Now this technically isn’t really to do with anything shabby chic, I don’t think I’d even say this was a shabby chic birthday cake… but I guess being in the kitchen and cooking is all part of the shabby chic lifestyle!!

So anyway, building upon this rather tenuous link… I baked this cake for my best friend Ann-Marie. It was her birthday so since I love baking I said I’d make her a very special birthday cake. I used a Victoria Sponge recipe from my Tanya Ramsey cookbook, which came out perfectly.

I then sliced it in half and filled it with homemade chocolate butter cream icing and spread a layer of the icing on the top. Then I split Kit Kats in half (so I had two fingers stuck together still), gave it a lick of the icing and stuck them to the side of the cake. I felt a bit like a brick layer doing this bit!! I used two multi packets of Kit Kats to do this (I should make this disclaimer now that this is NOT a healthy cake by any means!!). Then, I got two big bags of M&Ms (no peanuts) and poured them into the top of the cake. I initially only had one bag, but amazingly it didn’t quite cover the top properly, so I had to dash out to get another bag!!

And the result was amazing!! Ann-Marie loved it. She said it was the best cake she’d ever had. And I have to say I was actually pretty chuffed with it myself!

Leave me a comment if you want the recipe for the Victoria Sponge, it really did taste delicious.

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16 Responses

Janice T. | October 13th, 2010 @ 5:38 am | Reply

Talk about sugar overload! I would like to see a picture of the sliced caked. I guess slicing it was tricky.

YUM!
- admin | October 13th, 2010 @ 7:15 am | Reply
  
  I don’t have any pics of it sliced unfortunately (too busy eating it to take photo’s!!).
  
  It was pretty tricky to slice – although each slice was nice and even by using the Kit Kats as guides – everyone got two fingers worth. A lot of the M&Ms stuck to the top still (to the butter icing), but the rest was a bit of a free-for-all!!
Stacey | October 13th, 2010 @ 1:14 pm | Reply

Oh, wow. I can’t show this to my mom…she’ll go into diabetic shock!

I will be keeping this on file for future b-day cakes for me, though
PJ | October 26th, 2010 @ 2:37 am | Reply

I want to make this cake for my husband. He Loves M&M’s and Kit Kats! I am sure just making this cake will give me cavities! LOL
I would like to have the recipe for the cake.

Thanks for this “bad” idea!
Shya | November 11th, 2010 @ 7:38 pm | Reply

recipe please!
alicia | January 27th, 2011 @ 12:09 pm | Reply

Yummy, the long one are chocolate cookies?
Nocka | March 17th, 2011 @ 3:26 pm | Reply

Recipe please!!!!!!!!
kat | April 8th, 2011 @ 3:48 am | Reply

amazing! i would love a copy of the recipe
Ashley | May 9th, 2011 @ 4:47 am | Reply

This is AMAZING! I love all the colors! I would love to have the recipe you used… probably the coolest cake I’ve ever seen! =)
Rebecca | May 11th, 2011 @ 4:48 pm | Reply

This cake looks delicious ! Such a cool idea.. I’d love the recipe for the cake!!
Majd | May 12th, 2011 @ 7:00 am | Reply

This looks absolutely fabulous! Can I have the Victoria Sponge recipe, please?
Angele | June 6th, 2011 @ 1:22 pm | Reply

Brilliant!! recipe please?! )
sunnyk | June 12th, 2011 @ 12:29 am | Reply

awesome! recipe please?
Amanda Bellafatto | June 17th, 2011 @ 2:41 am | Reply

hey can i get the recipe for the cake and chocolate buttercream? this is amazing. everything in life i love. chocolate chocolate and chocolate
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Kim | July 1st, 2011 @ 9:11 pm | Reply

I love this cake! I would love to have the recipe. I want to make it for my sons 12 birthday coming in August.