Lisa Langley's
40th Birthday

  • Bake type: Cakes
  • Made in: Peterborough
  • Skill level: Medium
  • Time taken: Over 4 hours

About this Bake

It was a Nigella Lawon lemon Madeira cake filled with buttercream and strawberry jam. The icing was shop bought and modelled by myself. I used little pieces of sugar and dyed it with activated charcoal to make the coal. The whole cake took about. 7 hours to make!

Top tip

Have lots of time and fresh ingredients.