So I have this epic cake idea...

[Teeki]

We thought that me4ever, it's a great idea! A friend of mine does great moulded ice cream cakes, but it has to feed a lot of people so needs to be big, I'm not sure there's room in our freezer. I think they get ice cream cakes on their birthday at daycare though

[Teeki]

I kind of trialled the cake on the weekend. BGs recipe is seriously amazig, I'm in love! Not too sure about ganache as icing, it might be a bit much. And it's not pure white, so I might go with fluffy frosting. I think I need to get a cake leveller lol, my cutting the top off was quite wonky. I reckon I'll need two batches for the bottom, to make two cakes, and one batch for the top, split in two for two smaller cakes.

I tried the toffee and think I might need a candy thermometer. I got it to soft crack stage, got distracted for just a second and bang, it wasn't toffee anymore, went too far.

I think it's all going to work alright though, putting it together will be easy enough as long as I can get each part right.

[sahbear]

Can't wait to see the finished product! And share the cake recipe too

[briggsy's girl]

Ill pm you sahbear

[Teeki]

I'll definitely post pics once it's done! Don't want to share it on fb til after the party so I'll probably want to show off my hard work somewhere asap lol.

[briggsy's girl]

Sahbear, another hint that I forgot in the pm - use good quality chocolate!
We have made it with Cadbury and it just isn't great (even though Cadbury aren't a bad brand). We pay a but extra and get either Whittakers (it works well) or Lindt. I don't know why, but the others just don't come up quite as well.

[Teeki]

It's finished! I have a lot of progress shots but it's late so I'll just post the final product The lighting isn't great, I think the photos from the party will look a bit better.

[Livinthedream]

Oh wow, you didn't just finish it then did you? Is the party today ?
It looks awesome, congratulations.
So much hard work.

[Teeki]

Lol no, there's something going on with the time thingy on the forums, I finished last night and posted at 11:30.

Party is today at 11, we just need to clean the floors, put up balloons, print out a pin the nose on Olaf, then do the food.

[Jaycee]

Looks amazing!

[OceanPrincess]

Well done superstar!!! You rock! Enjoy the party xo

[Tinks]

Looks amazing!!

[Teeki]

Thanks everyone One thing I have learnt is, put the toffee on late lol. Today it's kind of bleeding into the icing, it's a bit melty. Still looks alright though and DD is very excited about it

[Rouge]

So awesome! Looooove it! Well done!

[Teeki]

So if anyone wants any, we still have half the top and the entire bottom! The kids filled up on lunch and didn't want any lol.

[black_rose]

Love it! I want to make something similar for dd1. Planning to use isomalt for the ice shards as apparently it's stronger and more stable.

[Teeki]

I had to Google isomalt, but using it sounds like a good idea, especially if it's not s sweet as sugar!

[Beach Mama]

That looks brilliant!!!!