So here it is, the birthday cake for Little S’s birthday party – the theme was penguins. They stuffed their own cuddly toys and the games were Penguin-themed, so they had to feature on the cake!
My girls have never had the delight of a shop-bought novelty celebration cake, so I’ve always made a big effort to make them as pretty/cute as possible (here are some others I’ve made). I can be pretty critical of my own cakes but this one also tasted pretty good with a moist but crumbly texture. The children were really pleased to get a little penguin with their slice of cake – what could be better than a cute edible creature!
It’s a base of chocolate chip chocolate sponge, sandwiched and masked with velvety white buttercream, and then covered and decorated with roll out icing. The icing has the advantage of being allergen-free and effectively just like play dough making moulding figures pretty easy.
Chocolate Birthday Cake (dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, sesame-free, vegetarian and vegan)
makes one cake
- 330g self-raising flour
- 5 tbsps cocoa powder
- 220g caster sugar
- 1 1/2 tsps bicarbonate of soda
- pinch of salt
- 50g dairy-free chocolate, chopped
- 290ml oat milk
- 2 tbsps soya yogurt
- 100g dairy-free spread, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
– Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Centigrade/Gas Mark 5
– Grease and line a deep cake tin
– Sift together the flour, cocoa, bicarb and salt
– Stir in the sugar
– Stir in the chopped chocolate
– In a separate bowl, mix together the oat milk, melted dairy-free spread, soya yogurt and vanilla.
– Mix the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix gently until well combined.
– Pour into the cake tin and bake for 40-50 minutes, until a knife comes out clean
– Cool in the cake tin.
– Cut in half and fill with, and ice the top with velvety white buttercream
– Decorate as desired.
21 Responses
Gosh! What a cute looking cake! =D
OMG, you made this? Those penguins are adorable!
Thanks so much! It didn’t quite turn out as i’d hoped but it was still fairly cute!
This is simply the most adorable cake ever! Those penguins are just the cutest! Your girls must think (and rightly so) that you are an awesome mum!
so pleased you like it 🙂
You’d have to be the biggest grump/mean person on the planet not to love that cake! 🙂
True! 🙂
Seriously watching pingu right now with my little one. That cake looks just like the penguins on pingu. SO stinking adorable. Lucy, you’re amazing. Your girls are so lucky to have such an amazing chef for a mum!
it’s such fun though isn’t it!
Ohhhh my gosh that is SO CUTE!!!
🙂
Oh my gosh! Your daughters have way better birthday cakes than the silly ones from the stores. Everyone else will be jealous! The penguin cake is adorable! I love it! 😀
~Kelsey
Thank you so much 🙂 I make such an effort to stop then feeling like they miss out. Besides everyone loves a cute penguin!
What an adorable cake! Great job! 🙂
it was worth all the effort in the end 😉
so cute!
thanks! 🙂
Those Penguins are so cute! I’ll have to show my older daughter this when she get’s home. She loves penguins.
Thanks… And so much fun to make! 🙂
MY 10 YEAR OLD SON FOUND YOUR CAKE ON TH INTERNET. He loves penguins and is a very picky!
I AM making this tonight! Usually I complete my b day kids cake at 3AM on the day! Fingers crossed. I have about 6 hours!
Good luck! Hope it turns out as you hope 🎂