Happy Birthday James!

This time last week was my boyfriend James’ birthday, and although he asked me to bake two cakes for him to take into work during the week, I also wanted to bake a surprise cake for him to have with friends and family the day he celebrated his birthday. So, as part of his celebrations involves a big five-a-side football tournament, I wanted to make a football themed cake! I decided to bake two normal victoria sponges – one of which I covered with green fondant icing as a base on which to sit the second sponge which I carved and covered to look like a football boot!

Football Cake

James’ Football Cake

 

Thankfully James didn’t want anything as time-consuming as that to take into work! After asking his colleagues what they wanted, James asked me to make a victoria sponge with a fresh fruit and fresh cream filling, which is one of my most popular cakes! This time I used strawberry jam with fresh juicy strawberries and blueberries, but raspberries are also great in this cake. I have even made this cake with pineapple at a friend’s request, and am sure it works great with many other variations. The second cake James requested for work was a chocolate orange sponge cake, and for this I used a recipe from a friend of mine who is a great cake maker – Tom. So thank you Tom! :-) Although I didn’t take a picture of these cakes, I made another fresh fruit and cream cake on Wednesday, so made sure to photograph that to share with you.

Strawberries and Fresh Cream Sponge Cake

Blueberries were also hidden inside this cake!

Strawberries and Fresh Cream Sponge Cake

Strawberries and Fresh Cream Sponge Cake