Baked a cake for my in-law's 50th Anniversary

[Pumpkin Becki]

We were having a garden party on Saturday for my in-law's 50th Wedding Anniversary, and I'd already agreed to make loads of salads for the buffet when I thought to myself...'no one has mentioned a cake - I'll make one for them'.

Now I don't do things by halves, and I'd bought this 3D cake tin in the shape of a steam train (FIL is an enthusiast) ages ago, but had had no opportunity to use it. Here are the results...

[RedThorn]

Those Wilton tins are great aren't they! looks brilliant! Good reason to feel proud!

[rustylady]

Well done you, that looks amazing

[Pumpkin Becki]

Thank you! Baking the cake was the easy bit - the sugar paste icing and piping took hours and hours. I've never really done anything like it before, so it was a bit mad of me really. Still, at least no one knew I was doing it, so if it had been a disaster it could have gone in the bin without anyone being any the wiser .

[Flummery]

Brilliant. I always think the icing bit is the true talent. Glad it didn't make the bin!

[shirlthegirl43]

Well done you! I know what you mean about the icing! What were their faces like when they saw it?

[Pumpkin Becki]

What were their faces like when they saw it?

MIL walked in at the wrong moment and got a sneak preview! But she loved it, and FIL only just gave me time to put it on the table before he gave me a huge hug!! He was a bit teary eyed too which was sooo sweet. 'Ruby' is the name of his own model steam train BTW.

They wouldn't cut it either, I had to lift the train part off for them so they could keep it - don't know what they intend to do with it, its got cake up the middle!!

[Nicos]

Gosh..well done!! I bet that put a few smiles on faces!!

[Birdie Wife]

That looks amazing! Well done for getting the icing on - I had to do a cake for my neighbour's 60th birthday and i wimped out on the icing! Modelled lots of different flowers in left-over icing and marzipan instead

[SueA]

That's beautiful Becki, I bet they were really 'chuffed'!

[Pumpkin Becki]

I bet they were really 'chuffed'!

LOL! Yes they were!!

[Seahorse]

That's brilliant Becki! I know from bitter experience how hard it is to ice things well, so I'm full of admiration!

Has it given you a taste for it? Full steam ahead to the next one?

[Pumpkin Becki]

Full steam ahead to the next one?

Absolutely - and thank you!

My OH has threatened to sell the cake tin, but I've got lots of different shaped cookie cutters to make iced bicuits with, a la Peggy Porschen - She's a cake decorating goddess!

[dexterdoglancashire]

WOW! That's brilliant! Aren't you clever? Gosh, I wish I could do something like that - Im kak-handed and wouldnt have the patience.

[jackie j]

That is fantastic I paid £25 each for my daughters and sons special birthday cakes and she said if it was for anyone else they would have been £30 each. So well done you.