I make my own cakes, buttercream, cream cheese frosting and marshmallow fondant. It reassures me when I take it to a birthday party I can hand-on-heart tell a parent exactly what is in the cake. All the following measurements are in Australian metric measurements, and Australian products are mentioned. I use Wilton colouring pastes for … Read more

This Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake I made was for a friend’s 2 year old little girl who loves In the Night Garden and her favorite character is Upsy Daisy. First of all I printed a picture of Upsy Daisy from the internet, then cut around it. I then baked one slab cake 12″ x 8″ … Read more

I made this Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake for our son’s 3rd birthday. This is the first cake I have ever made and decorated (I usually do cupcakes). I had my up’s and down’s – mostly my down moments were about trying to replicate the exact colours (specifically orange fondant). Once I realized I would never … Read more

My daughter turned 2 and loves In the Night Garden. I had to make an Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake. I baked two round cakes. The one I used for her face and the second I used for her hair. I had to cut out each strand of individually. I took the picture from a colouring … Read more

I made this Upsy Daisy for my daughter’s 2nd birthday and she loved it! I just photocopied a picture of Upsy Daisy and enlarged it. Then I cut it out and placed it on a basic sponge slab with tooth picks and cut it out. I first iced the sides with pink butter icing and … Read more

My daughter is a huge fan of Upsy Daisy from the children’s show “In the Night Garden”. Even though I had very little decorating experience, I couldn’t be talked out of making her an Upsy Daisy Cake for her second birthday. I enlarged a picture of Daisy to cake size and made 3 copies. Using … Read more

I made this Upsy Daisy Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I hired a Raggedy Ann Wilton cake tin from my local cake shop, and made two cakes which I sandwiched together with jam and buttercream. I then cut the finished cakes to the shape of Upsy Daisy. I bought coloured Regalice from the shop … Read more

This Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake is the second birthday cake that my mum and I made for my daughter. I searched everywhere for an Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake which was a little bit different but couldn’t find anything that I really liked so I came up with this idea. I used a round cake tin … Read more

I made this Upsy Daisy Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday and was really happy considering it is the first cake I’ve done. I used a tin, which made it easier. I couldn’t find an Upsy Daisy tin, so used a “Raggedy Ann” one. Needed to cut out a little bit here and there, but … Read more

I made this Upsy Daisy Cake for a girl’s family I nannied for as they knew I loved baking. This was for Ambes 2nd birthday and she wanted Upsy Daisy. I baked a chocolate cake mix in a big round cake pan and then I iced the cake with green icing and made Upsy’s face … Read more

I made this In the Night Garden cake for my obsessed 2 year old daughter. Used banana cake, need a heavy cake for the white icing. I cut the cake into 6 parts, legs (minus feet), arms (minus hands), head and body. Ice the head first with skin colour white icing. Make the hands fully … Read more

My 2 year old boy loves “up day” as he calls her and I was going to make a digger cake, but at the last minute opted for Upsy Daisy. To his great delight (and mine) my homemade Upsy Daisy birthday cake was a huge success. I purchased the sponge and set to work on … Read more