Sunday 3 March 2013

Grandad's 90th orange and rosemary cake

In the summer, my lovely grandfather-in-law turned 90.



He loves his garden, and still, at the ripe old age of 90 he climbs to the top of a high ladder to trim the top of his bushes, builds ponds and replaces rooves!
He is a wonder.
So why not a garden cake for his birthday family gathering?  This is my first attempt at anything with proper icing or more than one tier.


The recipe is a normal victoria sponge mix with finely diced rosemary from our garden and grated orange zest. I then made a cream cheese icing with orange juice in. It was very scrummy.
I then covered it in flowers and insects and piped grass behind a white picket fence.
Enjoyed by all.



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