On Tuesday, gorgeous boy turned four. He is absolutely obsessed with Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, and so he requested a birthday cake made to look like ‘a jelly flood on the moon’. This was no small task but, knowing how delighted he would be, I set to work in order to create the Ben and Holly cake of his dreams.
You can see how I got on in the video below.
Ben and Holly Cake Video
Cake, Ingredients and Resources:
The vanilla sponge recipe that I used to make the Ben and Holly cake is from the BBC Good food guide and you can find the recipe, ingredients and instructions here:
It is an excellent recipe for any birthday cake as the sponge is firm enough to take the icing but it is also deliciously moist.
I also used buttercream icing. You can find the recipe we used here:
In addition to the cake, I used the following items and ingredients:
- Renshaw Ready to Roll icing in Grey, Poppy Red, Deep Purple, Baby Pink, White
- Edible food pen in Black by Rainbow Dust
- Edible food pen in Dusky Pink by Rainbow Dust
- Renshaw Primary Colours Multipack
- A silicone icing/pastry mat
- Fondant smoothing tool
- Square cake board
- Karo Light Corn Syrup
- Cornfour
I think it turned out pretty well! Unfortunately, I didn’t notice that the camera stopping working when I put the grey fondant onto the cake, in case some were wondering why that part is missing!
What do you think of our Ben and Holly cake? I call it “The sea of tranquillity is now the sea of jelly!” Let us know in the comments.
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I think that your Ben and Holly cake is absolutely awesome. Pen x #KCACOLS
Looks amazing!
I believe it’s Jelly Flood on the Moon week on the Great British Bake-Off next week!
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You did a fab job! Alice used to love Ben & Holly, I really need to pop it on for my little Holly I am sure she would too x #KCACOLS
Wow! It’s hard making your own celebration cake but it sounds like you’ve done a lovely job and there are some useful tips here. #kcacols
Aw looks like a brilliant cake! My eldest loved Ben & Holly! X #KCACOLS
Wow, the cake looks fabulous, well done! I’m so looking forward to making birthday cakes for Little M in the future. #KCACOLS
The cake looks amazing! I could never have done that, it would be a big grey mess lol. Well done you x
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Wow that looks good and like a lot of work. Thanks for sharing, #KCACOLS
What a fun idea for a cake, it looks quite brilliant #KCACOLS
Wow well done! The cake is awesome!! I can’t wait to make cakes for mine! #KCACOLS
Wow what a fantastic job you did! I so wish I was more talented at this stuff!! x #kcacols
Ah well done it looks brilliant! My youngest is loving Ben & Holly at the moment… She would love this cake. Her birthday is in February so if she still likes them then I may follow your example.
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That looks amazing! You did a great job here #KCACOLS
Blimey – you’re pretty good at this! Mine would look like little blobs on the cake!! Happy Birthday to gorgeous boy! #kcacols
Wow, looks great and it looks like it was thoroughly enjoyed too!
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wow amazing effort!! im rubbish at cakes and have never made one :/ !! #KCACOLS
Wow, that looks brilliant! #KCACOLS
Well done it looks brilliant!! Hope you all had a lovely day #kcacols
Well done, it looks great! I always have good intentions of making birthday cakes and then end up buying them in the shop :/ #kcacols
I love it! Mia still really enjoys Ben and Holly and thinks it hilarious when Nanny Plum shouts ‘jelly flood!’ so jealous of your cake skills! 🙂
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You’ve done such a good job with the cake! Congrats xx
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What a cool cake. My son would love this cake. Looks like your son enjoyed it too! #KCACOLS
This is great! I love making character cakes #KCACOLS
What an awesome cake! #KCACOSL
This is so cool! Well done you! #kcacols
Happy birthday to your little man! Looks like you slayed the cake making mama!
Jelly Flooooood!!!!!
What a brilliant idea for a cake. We are big fans of Ben and Holly here! #KCACOLS
Wow what a professional looking cake – I hope I can make something half as good as that for my daughters cakes when she’s older!! #kcacols
Looks great. Definitely like jelly flooding the moon. Or at least so I imagine. #KCACOLS
So cute! I love making and decorating cakes and this one is just adorable. Isn’t it fun to give your kids the cake they REALLY want?!
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I am so impressed in your ABILITY to make this cake as well as your time management skills that have enabled you to get it done. Great job! #KCACOLS
We love a good jelly flood in this house (I think hubby likes Ben and holly more than the kids but don’t tell anyone). That cake looks amazing, well done x
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looks amazing! I loved that episode too, such a funny show #KCACOLS
WOW great job! I can bake a cake but don’t think I could decorate one like this! Thanks for sharing #kcacols
How fun! It looks amazing!! #KCACOLS
That is so cute, my son loves Ben and Holly and would agree this is a perfect cake! x #kcacols
You clever girl! What a brilliant cake! Mine always end up looking like chocolate frosted cow pats. #KCACOLS
Great job! Looks like it was very well received too 🙂 #KCACOLS
Excellent well done mummy! #KCACOLS
The cake looks sweet and fun! It must have been difficult for you to cut it after all the work 🙂 #KCACOLS
Can’t go wrong with the BBC’s Good Food guide. It’s a great source and has a wealth of information on it. #KCACOLS
I have no idea about Ben and Holly or jelly floods on the moon, but this looks like a pretty awesome cake to me! You are so clever. Looks like it went down well with your little Ben and Holly fan too! #KCACOLS
Wow! Great job on the cake! #KCACOLS
Step aside Mary Berry! That cake is stunning! I love BBC recipes they are so good! Looks like there was lots of fun eating the cake – yum!
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looks awesome I bet he was very happy:) I don’t know how to do that kind of cakes but I love them
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My son just discovered this show this week and is entranced. I’m jealous of your cake making skills, i have to get someone else to make his cake next week. #KCACOLS
You did so well with the cake!:)
Mainy
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Well done you! I’ve tried making birthday cakes and failed horribly! Looks great! #KCACOLS
It looks amazing, well done you! x #KCACOLS
Wow this is amazing – you’re so creative! Love the video too. Hope he had a fantastic birthday xx #KCACOLS
I think it looks amazing! Well done you! Bet he was absolutely thrilled with it. x #KCACOLS
We are always pretending there has been a jelly flood in our house. It’s too much fun #kcacols
Wow this looks fantastic Danielle! I bet he loved it. My youngest is after a Paw Patrol cake for his birthday in February so I will need to do lots of pinteresting for inspiration I think! #KCACOLS
Oh my gosh! This is amazing!! And soooooo much fun! <3 it!! #KCACOLS
That looks great! I’m so rubbish at decorating cakes. #KCACOLS
Ahhh it’s a great cake! I’m glad he enjoyed it.
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Looks amazing! Hope it tasted as nice as it looks! #KCACOLS