Customer Reviews
A bit dated - By: P. Butler, 11 Oct 2008 
I was sadly dissapointed with this book. The designs are a bit basic. There are one or two designs that I might copy but that's all. Many of the cakes are finishedin butter cream which is vey messy for children
and I think the British are more likely to prefer an icing finish. This might be suitable for someone who's never made a cake before but I found it uninspiring.
Try it yourself - By: Ice Maiden, 29 Jun 2008 
This was the first book I bought before starting classesin cake decorating. Although I am more advanced now I found I could acheive really good results with this book when I had limited skills & knowledge. They are simple enough to do when you have young children around that want to help. My grandchildren all helped decorate their own birthday cakes chosen from this book, we started with the pirate ship with chocolate bar gang planks. Although sometimes you have to be a little inventive & substitute some of the sweets that are not readily available here, part of the fun is thinking up alternatives to usein the planning stage with the children, & they were very good at coming up with ideas of what to use instead.
Fantastic value and easy to make cakes! - By: Tilda Beth, 15 Apr 2006 When a child, I remember that my mother had an older edition of this cookbook which my brothers & I used to look through & choose our birthday cakes from every year. We loved the cakes, all of which are reproducedin this more up to date book, now appearing more colourful & just as yummy looking as ever.
This new edition is fantastic value, containing easy to follow recipes for lots & lots of cakes.
If you have young children & like to make you own cakes for their birthdays (and home made cakes always taste better!), you will not find a book with as many simple recipes as this one. I find the Australian women's weekly cookbooks really helpful & down to earth. The cakes vary from super quick & simple to more time & consuming & elegant (and even these are relatively easy).
Most recipes use everyday confectionary which is easy to get hold ofin your local supermarket - there are barely any ingedients that you will find difficult to obtain.
I have given this book 5 stars for its easy, accessible style & simple to make cakes which really do taste good & look impressive for both children & adults. There are great categories of cakes, including seperate ones for boys & girls, & also number cakes which can be adapted & personalised for all birthdays (not just children's!)
I highly recommend this book, for cakes to make & also as a reference for inspiration!!!
Cute cakes, easy to follow - By: , 02 Feb 2004 
Good rating though there are some books out there far more advanced & impressive. This book gives you ideas while you are checking it out & also the cakes look delicious, especially for a small kid who need to feast its eyes on a simplier design easy enough to understand & good enough to eat! But depending on the age of the children you have to exchange the non eatable decorations to candy etc. Well worth the money.
