Star Wars cake - Page 3

Pebbles82 · 03-02-2016, 05:32 PM

Well I can't believe it was a year ago, but I have just made another Star Wars cake for little boy's birthday. A Millennium Falcon one this year, with a mould from Lakeland. NEVER again! It half killed me lol. I've not been feeling too well recently so it felt like a mammoth effort taking most of yesterday and some of today. I made two cakes and stuck them together, then pressed the icing into the mould, put extra icing round the sides and decorated the top details with a chocolate icing pen and silver balls and used a long Haribo thing for the hyperdrive at the back.

He was really happy when he saw it (even though I had given up on trying to make it look perfect lol) and loved the candles, which were little wax lego star wars people. It seems his tastes have changed though. The cake, filling and icing were the same as last year, but he said he didn't like the icing, and peeled it off, then tapped the cake with a spoon and commented that it was a bit hard. Probably technically correct, but not the praise I was hoping for lol - he is probably quite discerning as his Mum is a baker by trade. Anyway he was so excited opening presents that he's never that bothered about eating the cake, but it's nice to have one and look at it, and he'd had too many pickled onions and sandwiches to be hungry by then.

The Lego Millennium Falcon is now finished and built and sat next to the cake and he had fun playing fighting games with four lego mini tie fighters. I'm pooped.

Thin Lizzy · 03-02-2016, 08:14 PM

Wow! That is fantastic! Jamie's one very lucky boy! Serendipity - have you thought about making cakes for people as an extra income? You really do excel, I wouldn't want to cut up the cake!

Pebbles82 · 03-03-2016, 01:50 AM

You are very kind Thin Lizzy, but I don't think it's good enough to sell - the icing is a bit bumpy round the edges! I dislike doing the icing, but quite like it when it's finished! I like making cakes but am not that great at doing the decorating bit! Poured on chocolate icing is easier!

souffle · 03-03-2016, 06:32 AM

oh my goodness you have excelled yourself this year

Fab cake

Bet he loved it!

Pebbles82 · 03-03-2016, 06:54 AM

Thanks Souffle - it was a pig lol. Little boy says he wants a grown up chocolate cake next year - whew! Yes he did love it when he walked in and saw it

Especially the candles. A lady on ebay makes them out of little moulds.

climber008 · 03-03-2016, 07:08 AM

Wow! That's so cool! I bet my cousin would love to have that cake...

Thin Lizzy · 03-03-2016, 07:44 AM

I know if someone made me a cake like that, I'd be over the moon. Infact, I wouldn't want to cut into it.
The icing looks great to me!

Pebbles82 · 03-03-2016, 07:48 AM

Thanks! I'd quite like someone to make me one too ha ha.

flowerfairy · 03-03-2016, 12:13 PM

That is totally wonderful. A real peace of art. Great that you have pictures of it!

Coco61 · 03-03-2016, 12:21 PM

I started reading on page one as we knew about the M falcon present and thought it didn't sound right! Then saw the date. How funny to read about the difference a year makes!
Chocolate cake sounds good for next year. In the meantime the Falcon cake looks fantastic, far too good to cut into! What an effort. Most impressed.