Knowing Mandy loves camping in the campervan almost as much as I do, I thought she would see some element of fun in having a bespoke birthday cake to remind us of those cool times we have spent at the coast in the van. I had seen a friend of mine post pictures of facebook of some amazing cakes she had made, so Mandy’s 50th seemed like just the excuse I needed for commissioning the cake. I sent some photos, and a scribbled sketch containing a few ideas I had. I was very specific about the details needed to make people believe it was my van (colour, name, registration number, solar panels etc, etc). I was a little concerned that I may have been expecting too much of her when she said to me “this is actually a cake you are asking me to make, and not a model”. I told her I had every confidence she would come through with the goods. So all that was left to do is await the phone call to say it was ready to collect.
Suffice to say both Mandy and I were suitably impressed with the end result.
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