i wanted to stick with the party theme {1970’s bridesmaid…or something or other…!} with this cake, so i googled ‘popular toy in the 70’s’ and incase you haven’t realised what the cake is yet…it’s a space hopper! it didn’t turn out EXACTLY as i had imagined it would in my head…but it did give me a giggle! and it tasted good! oh so good.
anyway, if you are ever wanting to make a space hopper cake {believe me, i didn’t think i would make one of these…but when i get an idea in my head…}, here’s how i did it:
i made some cake mixture : cracked open and weighed four eggs, then added {to the same weight as the eggs} butter, then caster sugar, self raising flour and a tablespoon of milk. mixed it all together and poured half of the mixture into my hemisphere cake pan and baked it at 150 for what seemed like an age…but i think it was around a good 45 mins. repeated this again with the other half of the mixture. {or duh, you could just buy two cake pans…why didn’t i think of that?}
when both cakes had cooled completely, i stuck them together with a lot of raspberry jam. i made enough butter icing to cover the whole cake {which is a lot smaller than what it seems! doh}. iced it all over and put in the fridge to set, before icing it with another layer.
for the handles i used a stick of twirl cut in half and iced them. for the face, using a knife i drew the face on and then painted over my knife lines with melted dark chocolate. G E N I U S.
and ta daaaaaaaaaa! one space hopper cake DONE!
i think next time i will use ready rolled icing instead of butter icing. *crosses fingers and hopes that alf will want a football cake for his birthday!*
mascara & mud 
This is freaking awesome! Part of me wants to sit on it and bounce but the sensible part knows that is not a good idea – I’d opt to face plant it instead!
mahahaaa! thanks! when i see that you have commented, a little part of me gets excited because i know it will make me laugh! x
I LOVE THIS LADY (OK I’ll stop shouting now but I’m so excited) nothing better than a space hopper….but there is. An edible one. You are amazing! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Haa! Glad you like it!! Gotta have a laugh, haven’t you?! OH AND PLEASE STOP SHOUTING!!! X
this is amaze space hopepr balls! wow so original i dont think i have ever seen one before (the eating kind i mean!) well done you x
thanks! it gave me a giggle
This is awesome! How totally cool, a space hopper cake :) #TastyTuesdays
thank you! best not mention it was meant to be orange…!!
Amazing I love it! #TastyTuesday
thanks! it went down well with a cuppa!
I think this BLOODY FREAKIN Amazing!!!!!! x
Really? Thaaaaaanks!! It seems to be more of a hit than what i thought!! X