It was one of my close friend’s birthdays and I wanted to do something special and different for her. I decided to make her a birthday cake. I wasn’t sure what to choose at first, then it hit me there was only one thing I could do that she would love… the worm from labyrinth!!! We were having a little girlie get together for her birthday with lots of food and drink and to watch the Labyrinth film, not only because it’s an absolute classic and one of her favourites but this month marks the 25th Anniversary of the films release. Also one of her favourite characters in the film is the worm. Here is what he looks like if you’re not sure:
So the task was underway to construct this cake. First it was to think of the extra bits that would be used to decorate it. I ordered some blue sparkly edible glitter to sprinkle on him but was getting no where with cake decorating shops for the other bits. I was wracking my brains. Then on a quick visit to Cardiff one morning I happened to visit Paperchase and they had lots of glorious craft bits and pieces, it was done, found all the bits I would need.
Right to make the actual cake, I was going to get my celebration cake recipe book out to see if they had a worm shape there, but having to pack up most of my house recently for a referb I couldn’t find the box I had packed it in. I remembered that the best type of cake for moulding was a Madeira sponge. I used a circular baking tin that looks like a ring doughnut to get the basis of the shape I needed.
Once this was cooked and cooled I cut the cake into the desired sections, the base section I filled with Betty Crocker Vanilla icing and strawberry jam, I then used Betty Crocker to stick the upper part of the body and the head to the rest of the cake. Also in order to give more support I used wooden skewers. This seemed to be holding well until I started to ice the cake
It wasn’t too bad but after I had iced it and left it in the fridge to set, it was just slipping all over the place and was clearly too top heavy. I decided to make the base more sturdy and flat so reduced the size of the worm down. The finished result wasn’t too bad, my friend was delighted and could tell straight away who he was, which was a relief!!!
So the task was underway to construct this cake. First it was to think of the extra bits that would be used to decorate it. I ordered some blue sparkly edible glitter to sprinkle on him but was getting no where with cake decorating shops for the other bits. I was wracking my brains. Then on a quick visit to Cardiff one morning I happened to visit Paperchase and they had lots of glorious craft bits and pieces, it was done, found all the bits I would need.
Right to make the actual cake, I was going to get my celebration cake recipe book out to see if they had a worm shape there, but having to pack up most of my house recently for a referb I couldn’t find the box I had packed it in. I remembered that the best type of cake for moulding was a Madeira sponge. I used a circular baking tin that looks like a ring doughnut to get the basis of the shape I needed.
Once this was cooked and cooled I cut the cake into the desired sections, the base section I filled with Betty Crocker Vanilla icing and strawberry jam, I then used Betty Crocker to stick the upper part of the body and the head to the rest of the cake. Also in order to give more support I used wooden skewers. This seemed to be holding well until I started to ice the cake
It wasn’t too bad but after I had iced it and left it in the fridge to set, it was just slipping all over the place and was clearly too top heavy. I decided to make the base more sturdy and flat so reduced the size of the worm down. The finished result wasn’t too bad, my friend was delighted and could tell straight away who he was, which was a relief!!!
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