Raa Raa cake

[supergolden88]

and on the subject of birthdays... I want to create a Raa Raa cake for my son. I was thinking just the face on the cake seeing as it is round and fairly easy to recreate.

Anyone have experience with this type of cake? I was thinking buttercream for the hair and royal icing for the shape of the face and ears...

help!

[ladywotlunches]

I made a lion cake for E's first birthday a few years ago. Not specifically Raa Raa (never seen it!) but it might help? All icing was buttercream as I thought that would be easier to remove for my precious first born who would never touch such evils as sugar :)

Pic attached. Whiskers were spaghetti, eyes extra strong mints and smarties, and a quarter of a giant button for the nose.

The cake was in a book my sister in law leant me which was Australian Women's weekly party cakes.

[supergolden88]

Yes I think buttercream would work - have ordered the colours. Not wild on royal icing but would probably be easier to shape for some of the elements. Was the cake a simple sponge?

Raa raa is actually simpler than your cake by far!

[ladywotlunches]

Yep, vanilla sponge.

[born&brED]

Hi Supergolden,

I have a friend who made one for her 2 year old about a month a go - it was fab! I can put you in touch with her if you like.

[supergolden88]

sounds good - a pic as reference would be good

I have looked on pinterest and looks simple enough just need to get the template right

[SarahG]

If you get stuck I have started children's birthday cakes, some photos on Facebook group Sarah Does Cakes. Feel free to email me too :-)