Happy Milestone Birthdays

Two friends celebrated milestone birthdays this month - Stu had his 40th and Mer had her 30th ... Mer spent hers on Greek Island so I couldn't make her a cake but Stu got a truck cake - on the basis his nickname is 'Big Rig'. 

The day before I baked a load of cake - 4 x the recipe, making 2 large flat cakes and 4 loaves - to give me enough cake to sculpt with. I baked banana cake because my recipe stays moist and firm - not all crumbly and hopefully be easier to ice.

The next day was sculpting day - also known as the "why did I agree to this??!!" day for several hours. Putting it together in my head seemed easy but assembling it and keeping it all balanced in reality was hard as the cake was really too heavy.

After a lot of skewers it worked out really well and was all iced up with plenty of time before the party. I'm happy with the result and didn't really want it cut up!! Although the red icing was slightly on the pink side and I couldn't actually pipe any text on the cake, cheating with jaffas -  it looked like a truck and tasted like banana cake! Mission completed!