Cape Town Mom » Party Themes http://www.capetownmom.com A voice on motherhood in the mother city Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Birthday Bus http://www.capetownmom.com/activities/party-ideas/birthday-bus/ http://www.capetownmom.com/activities/party-ideas/birthday-bus/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:29:13 +0000 Bronwyn http://www.capetownmom.com/?p=357 IMGP2142If 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!

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