A month or so ago I bought a silicon cake mould from Aldi in the shape of a sandcastle. At only £3.99 I couldn't not buy it, even though I had no idea what I was going to use it for; I'd already decided on The Boy's birthday cake and had no idea what this one could be used for.
In the end I decided to use it for The Boy's family birthday party today. I've never used a silicon cake mould before and was nervous. I was also a bit nervous because of the size of the mould and had no idea how much mixture would be needed. After a helpful tweet from Clare at Seasider In The City pointing me in the direction of this post, I discovered I'd need 9 eggs and 18 ounces of flour for the madeira cake!
Luckily it only took an hour and half to cook, and peeled out of the mould really easily. Today while The Boy was napping, I decorated it with some simply shell-shape chocolates.
I was sceptical that it looked ok, but The Boy was more than happy with it. Look at his little face when he saw the cake mummy made him:
Yay! Well done you. That looks fab x
Aww, he looks so pleased with his cake. And clever you, it looks fab. X
The cake looked FAB!!
Loved your now you are 3 post too – those posts will be fab to look back on in the future. So many people don't seem to remember what their kids loved/hated as small children, so I for one reckon blogging will be amazing for looking back at these sort of posts! ! Hope he had a fab day xx
Wow, I can't believe you managed to get it out of the mould intact. I've used the madeira cake recipe you sent me to make Lara's birthday cake. Going to decorate it today and tomorrow and hopefully have the pictures up next week. I could really get into this whole cake malarkey!
wow that looks fab. Well done you x
Utterly fabulous-just look at his face. Well done x
I think the cake is amazing. You should be so proud of yourself. Well done x
I love that, so effective with all the shell chocolates. Brilliant
It looks amazing ! I am not surprised he is pleased with it! It looks just like a sandcastle. X
Amazing looking cake!
Hope he had a good day & the cake tasted as good as it looked!
What a brilliant idea!
So glad he liked it, I loved it when I saw it 🙂 xxx
That is an amazing cake! I have to make one on Friday! xx
what a nice themed cake for this time of year. and glad to see it came out whole, I am not a lover of silicone moulds personally but gad it worked for you
WOW that looks amazing and your little one looks most impressed bless him, what a great photo! : )
This is so cool. I love it, especially the chocolate shells, a nice touch.
I am so impressed you can turn out the mould without loosing the top of the castle and all the important detail behind!
Brilliant!
I contemplated buying the mould & now wish that I had.
Thats brilliant, well done. I'm embarking on my own Alfi sandcastle cake joury today. If the results ate half as good ad yours my 4 year old will be chuffed.
And of course that's Aldi not Alfi 🙂
I am so pleased to find this post! I have just bought that exact mould for my daughter and we had no idea how to make it so I was exploring the internet. We will have a go at it soon and hopefully it will look as good as yours. Fingers crossed!
Thanks so much for your comment, it's great to know that others might find our cake useful! It worked really well, I find Madeira cake can be a bit plain so adding chocolate chips or something like that breaks up the sponge. Good luck and hope she enjoys it.
Wow, 9 eggs- that's impressive! And even better for you to bake it so perfectly. What an amazing cake. Lovely to see The Boy so appreciative.