Birthday Bus
By Bronwyn in 
If you have read the previous post “What I’ve learned in a Year” you would see that my little pumpkin turned one recently. My husband I had so much fun with his cake. We had the typical surgeon-nurse situation where I would do the preparation for the op with all the implements and equipment, and he would perform the operation- with my assistance of course. I thought a bus looks sort of like a one, plus he loves “the wheels on the bus”.
We had fun, we thought it looked cool and it tasted nice too.
What you will need:
- A sponge cake recipe. (I doubled the Beat and Bake recipe which has been in our family for ages-apparently flop proof. This made two cake loaves)
- 2 cup cakes halved with the top section cut off (for the wheels)
- Liquorice twists that I cut in half (In SA you get the little packs- I bought 3)
- Food colouring
- Marshmallows
- Sour wheels (Bought from Pick in Pay- it’s a real of flat candy that I used for around the wheels.)
- Icing (Frosting)
We cut the one loaf to be smaller which went on top, the bottom layer forming the bonnet (hood). My husband used a electric carving knife to curve the bonnet (hood) and cut off the unwanted top section. It worked well. Then we iced it (frosting on) and decourated. Easy-peasy!