Make an Over The Hill Cake

This over the hill cake is the perfect way to welcome a friend into middle age, with a small poke of fun.

Ingredients

Shape the cake.
- Spread a small amount of buttercream in the centre of the large cake.
- Stick the smaller cake on top.
- Carve round the top outside rim of both cakes to make a rough dome shape.
Add the buttercream.
- Spread a line of white buttercream around and over the cake, like a winding road.
- Add the green food coloring to the rest of the buttercream and stir in.
- Cover the rest of the cake with the green buttercream.
Add the sweets.
- Using a spoon, carefully sprinkle hundreds and thousands over the white buttercream.
- Press green jellybeans in a line around the base of the cake.
Arrange the models.
- Stick some plastic trees into the buttercream to give the hill a bit of life.
- Finish by positioning a Make a Model Car Display just over the brow of the hill.

You can also stick a couple of other models around the front of the cake for extra decorative effect.

Be very sure that the recipient will not be hurt or offended. If you are not sure, don't do it. Ask yourself if "poking fun" at a friend because of their age is being a true friend.

VideoJug A video demonstration of the article, with expert Sugarcrafter Jan Clement-May and sugarcraft school, Squires Kitchen. Original source of article; shared with permission and appreciation.