{"id":557,"date":"2023-04-21T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=557"},"modified":"2023-04-21T16:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:24:57","slug":"beach-birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/21\/beach-birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Birthday Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got asked to make a cake for a 60th and was asked to make a fondant -covered cake which I&#8217;ve not done in years (because I hate it). Challenge was accepted though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175827584.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175827584.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175827584.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175827584.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175827584.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175827584.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not overly imaginative for cake design, so asked if they had anything in mind for inspiration. This is what I was sent&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/received_2274882797671793.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" width=\"375\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/received_2274882797671793.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/received_2274882797671793-263x300.jpeg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\" width=\"357\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_194210.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the result went quite well. I couldn&#8217;t be bothered to make a palm tree, but may not have had the room anyways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I last made a beach themed cake 12 years ago&#8230; I think it&#8217;s safe to say I&#8217;ve improved little:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230419_201839.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The inside of the cake (not pictured) was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>vanilla sponge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strawberry jam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vanilla buttercream <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything on top was made from fondant and just shaped \/ coloured accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175840818.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175840818.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175840818.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175840818.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175840818.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175840818.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-scaled.jpg 1920w\" 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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175905597.PORTRAIT-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175905597.PORTRAIT-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175905597.PORTRAIT-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175905597.PORTRAIT-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175905597.PORTRAIT-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175905597.PORTRAIT-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" 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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175850613.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175850613.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175850613.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175850613.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175850613.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230419_175850613.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got asked to make a cake for a 60th and was asked to make a fondant -covered cake which I&#8217;ve not done in years (because I hate it). Challenge was accepted though. I&#8217;m not overly imaginative for cake design, so asked if they had anything in mind for inspiration. This is what I was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/21\/beach-birthday-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beach Birthday Cake&#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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}