{"id":25551,"date":"2017-12-09T19:40:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T19:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25551"},"modified":"2017-12-08T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:49:40","slug":"65th-birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/65th-birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"65th Birthday Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was my Mum&#8217;s 65th birthday the other day so we baked her a nice chocolate celebration cake. It&#8217;s a birthday cake recipe that we got from the <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books\/about\/Volcanic_Kitchens.html?id=NRlTLwEACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y\">Volcanic Kitchens cookbook<\/a> that we brought back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>. It makes a lovely chocolate cake that we use for all sorts of occasions. It\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t be a birthday cake if it wasn&#8217;t decorated though so after school and work on Thursday evening, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/christmas-dinners\/\">Anna was out at a Christmas meal<\/a>, Morgan and I set to decorating it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the process<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25551 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Making-Segments-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Making Segments\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Making-Segments-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Making-Segments.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25556'>\n\t\t\t\tMaking Segments\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/65th-birthday-cake\/the-first-segment\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-first-segment-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The first segment\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-first-segment-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-first-segment.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25554'>\n\t\t\t\tThe first segment\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/65th-birthday-cake\/more-segments\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/More-segments-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"More segments\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25553\" 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150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25559'>\n\t\t\t\tBirthday Cake decoration\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/65th-birthday-cake\/spinner-cake\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spinner-Cake-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spinner Cake\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spinner-Cake-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spinner-Cake.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25562'>\n\t\t\t\tSpinner 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href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/65th-birthday-cake\/what-does-it-all-mean\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-does-it-all-mean-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"What does it all mean?\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-does-it-all-mean-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-does-it-all-mean.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25557'>\n\t\t\t\tWhat does it all mean?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And the final product&#8230;. She&#8217;s going to kill us!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25558\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ready-for-action.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25558\" class=\"wp-image-25558 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ready-for-action.jpg\" alt=\"65th Birthday Cake Ready for action\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ready-for-action.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ready-for-action-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">65th Birthday Cake Ready for action<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hopefully she&#8217;ll see the funny side. I&#8217;m sure everyone else will. And yes, the spinner spins perfectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was my Mum&#8217;s 65th birthday the other day so we baked her a nice chocolate celebration cake. It&#8217;s a birthday cake recipe that we got from the Volcanic Kitchens cookbook that we brought back from New Zealand. It makes a lovely chocolate cake that we use for all sorts of occasions. 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