Snowboarding Cake

by Zoe C.
(Aberdeenshire, Scotland)

I made this for a friend who is mad about snowboarding. It was great fun to make! I made the basic mountain shape by making one large circular sponge. (I made it chocolate but as you can't see it at the end, you could do whatever) I then made a batch of cupcakes, and stacked these (without the cases!) on top of the base. To make sure the cake cut ok, they had to be securely 'cemented' together with icing.

I then made some white royal icing, and covered the entire cake in it. I used sugarpaste icing dyed in various colours to make miniature snowboarders and skiers. I also made some mini snow topped log cabins (not visible in picture), a jump park with kicker and half pipe, a tiny piste map, some rocks and a stream, and some fences. I used cocktail sticks and liquid food colouring to add the little details.

To finish, I made a snowboard out of sugar paste icing, which read 'Happy Birthday'.


I made this for a friend who is mad about snowboarding. It was great fun to make! I made the basic mountain shape by making one large circular sponge. (I made it chocolate but as you can't see it at the end, you could do whatever) I then made a batch of cupcakes, and stacked these (without the cases!) on top of the base. To make sure the cake cut ok, they had to be securely 'cemented' together with icing.

I then made some white royal icing, and covered the entire cake in it. I used sugarpaste icing dyed in various colours to make miniature snowboarders and skiers. I also made some mini snow topped log cabins (not visible in picture), a jump park with kicker and half pipe, a tiny piste map, some rocks and a stream, and some fences. I used cocktail sticks and liquid food colouring to add the little details.

To finish, I made a snowboard out of sugar paste icing, which read 'Happy Birthday'.