Edward will be three years old this week. Today we had a little birthday party. No party's complete without a cake. Ed has been taking about having a rocket cake of a fire 
engine cake for weeks.
Yesterday he settled on a Fire Engine. Gabrielle did some research on Google and I drew up the concept drawing.
She baked some sponge cakes in square tins which we then cut into rectangles to make up the basic shape.
Edward helped mix the cake.
Then she added red food colouring to icing sugar to make the right base.
I tried to find some chocolate confectionery discs for use as the tyres, but could only find mint patties which have a peppermint centre with a chocolate coating. They're about 5 centimetres in diameter, which is slightly out of proportion for this purpose.
Edward stuck the wheels on with an icing adhesive.
Then there's a sugar ladder to put on the roof, and some smarties to make headlights and flashers.
On the morning of the party we put on the candles in cluding Ed's favourite Thomas the Tank Engine Candle. Totalling three of course.
Then, on with the show. Happy birthday dear Edward; Happy birthday to you. Blow out the candles.
Making the cake together was a great family activity. We all enjoyed it, and Edward proved an adept pastry cook.
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