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.. in celebration of Gransnet's 2nd birthday - what else would we celebrate with? 
As you've probably seen from Geraldine's thread in Site Stuff, we'll be celebrating Gransnet's 2nd birthday on 5 May.
We want you to join in and show us the birthday cakes (or cupcakes) you've made in the past - or you could even use this as an excuse to bake another cake The cakes can be as they are - or decorated - we're not fussed (cake is cake, right?)
The winner will receive a family pass (two adults and two children) to Drayton Manor Park and the runners up will receive a mystery prize <ooh>
To enter, simply upload the picture of your cake onto this thread, using the image upload tool. See our image-uploading tips at the top of this thread if you need help.
It would be great if you could include the recipe, any tips on how you made it and give specifics on decorating styles, tools or tricks that you used.
The winner will be chosen from all the cake pics uploaded to this thread and to Facebook.
The competition closes on Friday 3 May, at which point we'll collate all the images and open up a voting system so you can pick one is the best (keep an eye on this thread for the poll). The poll will close at midnight on Tuesday 7 May and we'll announce the winner and two runners up on this thread and the 'Won Anything?' thread.
If you're picked to be the winner or a runner up, we'll contact you on Wednesday 8 May for your details so we can send out your mystery prize - so keep an eye on your emails!
The winner and runners up will be asked for the recipe they used to bake the cake, and we'll publish a special birthday cake page.
And if you wanted to add your cake recipe to our recipe section you're more than welcome to.
To see our terms and conditions go to our T&Cs page.
Additional T&Cs: The main winner may visit Drayton Manor Theme Park on a date of their choosing during the 2013 season. The 2013 season runs until Friday 1st November. A family pass is for 4 people (2 adults and 2 children). Winners will be issued with a reference number, which must be presented at the ticket booth prior to entry into the park. No cash refund or alternative is available. The prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion, including Family, Advanced and Website tickets.
last one... LOL This was for a young lady who loves her 'designer' bags, shoes etc . Again a madeira cake ( I find they last longer than a victoria sponge so you get more time to decorate between baking & delivering. I have only ever done them for friends & family....but love novelty cakes best of all.
And one more for a friend who loves clematis. This was a fruit cake....and the clematis made with sugar paste. They were only the second time I hade made sugar flowers...so I was quite pleased. 
Another cake made for a friend who loves his garden....so I made a 'painted' replica. Madeira cake , iced then painted with food colouring ( gel type)
I made this for a male friend who loves golf but maybe isn't that good LOL.It was all madeira cake, sculptured to make bunkers etc ( filled with sugar 'sand' ) & the figure and covering were in fondant icing.
Owl cake
Space Rocket Cake
3 year old Samson very happy with his speedily made "sandwich" cake!
Alfie's Dinosaur Cake
Alfie's Monster Cake.
My mum made fabulous rock buns. Delicious dunked in a glass of milk. No photo of said bun, but we've hundreds of stones on the beach that look similar and possibly have the very same texture. 
Resized, thanks for website.
I think the innate lumpiness and bumpiness of mine would make it clear that it is definitely a home bake!!
for eg this is my cake...NOT...
lots of room for cheating, I mean to say
one could up load an image from the internet.
Have you thought this threw HQ he he
I personally am not entering as I could not bake a cake to save my life
Just to say we've edited the OP to state what the main prize will be
Never!!!??
gracesmum
PS I don't expect to win anything, but if I do, can it be Paul Hollywood??
Think if he was the prize, we might keep him to ourselves...
PS I don't expect to win anything, but if I do, can it be Paul Hollywood??
My "Toby the Tram Engine" cake for DGS Toby's first birthday!It was
basically 2 madeira sponges baked in loaf tins, sandwiched with buttercream and then shaped to give the curved roof line. Sugarpaste in brown and black for the sides with a band of grey, over a thin coat of buttercream ,white for the roof, red for the lettering and put on a board which was then iced in green with sugar flowers, "rocks" of grey sugarpaste, train tracks made of dowelling spray-painted silver (edible colouring) and the "gravel" was desiccated coconut with a bit of black colouring paste to make a grainy grey effect. Took days and much blood sweat and tears as DD was expecting a "bought " cake. (How dare she!)The face was made of sugarpaste and (roughly) copied from a picture of Toby the tram engine, and stuck on. Will's face when he saw it made it more than worthwhile - he went from the cake to his books, back to the cake and announced "It's Toby the Tram" Whew!!Time in Granny hours? Prohibitive!
Final attempt using photo of laptop screen using tablet.
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