Lady Bird Cake Happy Birthday Vidisha
Another day, another fancy birthday cake.
I love the power in my hands, the power to spread the smiles and see the wonder in the eyes of the little girls.
Today it was a little lady bird for a little girl...who reacted with absolute pleasure...glee would be a better way to describe her reaction. Must say, in my own selfish way...I wonder what reaction would Sanskriti, my amazingly vociferous niece have, when she will see something like this.
Little girls are so easy to please...one tiny cake, with a lot of colour and frosting.
Ah...the vicarious thrills of having little girls...
My maternal instincts come to fore mostly when confronted by my blood...or blood of my blood, so it is a little difficult for me to express any kind of affection to someone else’s child, but when I saw the little Vidisha’s reaction...it really warmed my heart. So worth the effort of making baking the cake and frosting it.
This cake was for friend Rashi Thapa's little girl who turned 2 years old.
This cake was for friend Rashi Thapa's little girl who turned 2 years old.
Sweet child loved the lady bird series of books when he was a small baby. His favourite was Billy Goat Gruff. I remember, he was not yet 3 years old, and he read the book out to a friend of mine, who proclaimed sweet child to be a child prodigy. It was only after I revealed that he could read it in his sleep as he was so fond of the book, did she relax.
One major reason that lady bird is my favourite bug!
And I wanted to make one ....this seemed like perfect timing.
I made an egg free chocolate cake in a terracotta dish, lined with AL Foil. And all my fears were laid to rest when the cake unmolded into a near perfect hemisphere.
For the
Lady Bird Cake –Happy birthday Vidisha...
You need
1 hemisphere shaped chocolate egg free cake (recipe coming up next)
225 gms or 1 cup unsalted butter – used Amul butter
3 cups icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence or ½ tsp peppermint essence
2 tbsp warm milk
Red food colouring
Black/Chocolate Crown Food colouring
½ cup dessicated coconut
½ tsp green food colouring
The cake had to be transported via car...so I had to keep the the grass to a minimum, for all other purposes, the bug could have walked away...lolzzz
The cake was made in a terracotta handi....I wanted a hemisphere.
And I got a henisphere.The recipe and instructions for the cake are here.
Now for the buttercream frosting.
Butter...soft!
Into it goes the sugar(sifted).
Add to this the hot milk, vanilla and /or perrermint essence.
And now , separated the frosting into 3 bowls...
Then the colour...frosted over the body...the face I stuck on for covering with the black frosting.
Wilton Black made the frosting bitter, so I melted chocolate and mixed it into the buttercream....no time for a ganache.
The eyes were frosted with white...and then polka dots ...
And Brown m&m's for the beady eyes,,,
After the legs and feet..
Dessicated coconut tinted green ..
The bug reminded me of Harry Potter's Potion Class...
This egg free Chocolate Cake had a different texture and taste....
will be posting the recipe here....
Try it, the baby was enthralled...she wanted to pick the cake up and play with it...not just eat it.
Totally worth the effort!
So what are you baking today???
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