Retro Radio

When I handed this cake to the waiter he reacted like I’d just handed him a baby whale to look after. To be honest, when the restaurant agreed to let us bring our own cake to celebrate, they probably weren’t expecting a three-tiered retro radio the size of small suitcase. This beast of a cake is for my lovely Uncle who recently turned 60. He lives in America, so we celebrated this week while he and his family are visiting. Radio has always been a passion of my Uncle’s; he even hosts a radio jazz show in America. I used  this image as a reference for the design. Instead of writing Happy Birthday I personalised the cake by putting JRF (his initials) and age as a radio station identity. To make the cake I started off with three tiers of vanilla sponge which I baked in a swiss roll tin so they wouldn’t be too deep. I then stacked it and carved the ends off to round off the sides. It was really nice to make something special for my Uncle and I think he really loved it. Happy 60th Birthday Uncle John! x