Making a Koala Cake is easy when you know how, and even easier when you have a template!
Making a cake from the AWW Birthday Cake Book has been on my list of 101 Things to Do in 1001 Days for quite some time. Now that I’m a wannabe minimalist, I’m all about experiences, not things and a cake is definitely an experience. Growing up in the UK there was no such thing as the AWW Children’s Birthday Cake Book so I can’t help but feel that David and I have a whole lot of birthday cakes to catch up on.
Yes, I made this cake for my husband (who was turning 46) because you’re never too old for a birthday cake! David got quite a surprise because just between you, me and the rest of the interwebs, I think he was expecting a football cake but seeing as we’ve just celebrated 10 years of living down under, I thought the koala would be most fitting. David usually assembles the birthday cakes in this house – we don’t call him the “Cake Boss” for nothing, you know. If you don’t believe me take a look at some he “helped” me make earlier, the Train Cake, this Moana Cake and this Lion Guard Cake. Understandably, I was a little anxious about how I’d go left to my own devices. I needn’t have worried though, this cake is an absolute doddle and if I can make it anyone can!
Now I took some artistic licence and deviated from the original. First off, I’m a birthday cake purist and only cakes sandwiched...