Growing up in Australia in the 80s and 90s, nearly everyone's parents had a copy of the Women's Weekly's "Children's Birthday Cake" recipe book: https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/australian-womens-weekly-childrens-birthday-cakes-29679
I had multiple cakes made from it, but the most distinct one that sticks out was actually one my sister had for one of her early birthdays, it was a swimming pool that was filled with jelly and had little figures swimming in it (#18 in the link above). Mum used my Lego figures for it and I remember being very annoyed about them being dunked in jelly, so mum made that same cake for me for my 30th: https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtualwolf/8668152138/
I figured for my 40th I should have another cake from the birthday cake book, and they actually have a guitar as one of them! It's an acoustic though, which I have absolutely no interest in, so I asked mum if she could make it an electric one instead, and boy did she deliver! 😂
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30 April 2023, 19:07
