{"id":928,"date":"2025-01-05T16:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=928"},"modified":"2025-01-05T16:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:53:24","slug":"astronaut-space-cake-ambers-10th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/01\/05\/astronaut-space-cake-ambers-10th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Space Cake &#8211; Amber&#8217;s 10th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s Amber\u2019s 10<sup>th<\/sup> Birthday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034653-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber is my eldest niece, and I\u2019ve made her birthday cakes every year since she was born. Usually, I make a cake based on her request and over the years this has included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unicorn Cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>School Cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minecraft Cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rainbow Ballerina Fairy Caterpillar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GridArt_20241230_091624536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GridArt_20241230_091624536.jpg 919w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GridArt_20241230_091624536-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GridArt_20241230_091624536-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GridArt_20241230_091624536-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GridArt_20241230_091624536-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her birthday falls quite soon after Christmas, and often the ideas come my way later on. This year, I asked if I could just run with my own idea and I was told to \u201chave fun with it\u201d. In school last year, Amber learnt about space and has been really interested in it ever since. She was jealous that we went to visit NASA in Houston on our trip last year, so I knew that I wanted to make her a \u201cspace\u201d themed cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a fondant cake topper astronaut with its helmet off, so that I could try model a character of Amber to sit on the cake. The glasses were the hardest part for me \u2013 I couldn\u2019t make them out of icing (too fiddly) so I ended up stripping a pipe-cleaner instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034541-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034541-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034541-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034541-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034541-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1000034541-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The planet on the top of the cake was made using a round silicon mold that a workmate gave me in December as they weren\u2019t going to use them\u2026 never has something come to me so perfectly timed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144549287.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144549287.PORTRAIT.jpg 692w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144549287.PORTRAIT-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was scared that they&#8217;d snap when trying to remove them from the mold, but they came out intact &#8211; hooray!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144943115.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-931\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144943115.PORTRAIT.jpg 692w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144943115.PORTRAIT-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried to make the letters for \u201cAMBER\u201d in the same planet design, but the chocolate didn\u2019t quite fill the molds. I still used them though &#8211; never waste food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144935540.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-932\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144935540.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144935540.PORTRAIT-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144935540.PORTRAIT-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PXL_20241229_144935540.PORTRAIT.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cake was a &#8220;standard&#8221; birthday cake: Vanilla cake, strawberry jam &amp; vanilla buttercream. I iced the cake by hand (didn&#8217;t use my cake coating kits for ths one) and used a scraper to achieve the colouring on the outside of the cake. I used a base of light-pink coloured buttercream and them added purple, magenta and silver for the pink &#8220;galaxy&#8221; effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a paint brush to apply the silver star splatter, and used some fancy sprinkles that my friend got me for Christmas to add stars to the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>After adding the planet and the astronaut topper, I used some cake balls to add some additional planet design to the outside of the cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-938\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034655-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-939\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034645-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We presented the cake today, then cut some slices for people to enjoy &#8211; I was really happy with how this one turned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034689-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-941\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000034690-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Amber\u2019s 10th Birthday! Amber is my eldest niece, and I\u2019ve made her birthday cakes every year since she was born. Usually, I make a cake based on her request and over the years this has included: Her birthday falls quite soon after Christmas, and often the ideas come my way later on. This year, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/01\/05\/astronaut-space-cake-ambers-10th-birthday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Astronaut Space Cake &#8211; Amber&#8217;s 10th Birthday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,33,1],"tags":[32,5,8],"class_list":["post-928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthday-cake","category-cake","category-uncategorized","tag-birthday-cake","tag-cake","tag-home-baking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":942,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}