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Outback billy can cake

Published: May 24, 2011 by Claire Cameron · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

Outback billy can cake

Last weekend, I had a request for a 'bushie' themed Birthday cake. For those unfamiliar with the term 'bushie,' it's what we use to describe those great Aussies who live in the outback (the bush). My first thought was an akubra hat but my icing modeling skills are severely lacking. An outdoor dunny probably wouldn't have been very appropriate so I finally settled on a campfire and later decided a billy can would be the 'icing on the cake.'

Outback billy can cake

The cake is a chocolate mudcake iced with dark chocolate ganache. The sand under the fire is one not-so-lucky chocolate tiny teddy and the fire logs are shards of Cadbury furry friends. I originally had twix bars as the logs but they were a little too big and would have been like trees in comparison to the little billy can. In the middle of them is a candle stuck right into the cake so that the fire has a little flame.

The billy can is made from a piece of aluminum foil that I wrapped around the end of a marker pen and I made the stand from picture wire. I was pretty happy that the final product came out as I'd pictured it in my head. What about you? What have do made that came out just like you pictured?

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Comments

  1. Celia says

    May 25, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    So...no animals were hurt in the making of this cake? Well, except for the tiny teddy and the furry friends...hahahaha

    Great cake, Claire, very creative! I hope the lucky recipient was very appreciative! :)

    Reply
    • Claire says

      May 25, 2011 at 1:40 pm

      Yes apart from a sacrificial tiny teddy a few furry friends!

  2. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    May 25, 2011 at 12:40 am

    How creative! I've got to show this to Mr NQN, he will be tickled :)

    Reply
    • Claire says

      May 25, 2011 at 1:40 pm

      Thanks!

  3. patsy says

    May 24, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    Can't say that I'm very good at making the picture in my head appear on a cake! But, I'm working on my cake decorating skills so I can get better at that. I think your campfire on top of that cake looks fantastic!

    Reply
    • Claire says

      May 25, 2011 at 1:41 pm

      Thanks! It doesn't always turn out as well as this. My test is if the boy can tell what it is.

  4. Molly kelly says

    May 24, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    Was most admired and yummy! Mum x

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