Competition: learn how to create the perfect children’s birthday cake with a Vale House Kitchen workshop worth £270

Is there a word that applies to baking that is the equivalent of good gardeners having green fingers? Sponge-fingered maybe??

Whatever it is, I am not it.

I have never quite mastered the art of cake-making, my key weakness being an inability to make my sponges rise to anything other than the height of a Frisbee, no matter how high I sieve my flour from. My most infamous attempt at making one of my children a birthday cake resulted in me having to make two cakes – four whole layers of Victoria sandwich – just to make the cake normal height. I could have probably sliced it up and marketed it as one of those calorie-dense foods they send to countries experiencing famine.

I blame my mother of course. I don’t remember much from my childhood, but the pink fire engine she once made will stay with me forever.

If you’d like to learn how to be a little more sponge-fingered in the kitchen, then why not enter my competition to win a spot for you and a friend on the Vale House Kitchen’s Children’s birthday cake course with professional celebrity cake maker Sandra Monger? By the end of the day you’ll have created this amazing monster cake!

Vale House Kitchen monster cake

The course takes place on June 13th at Vale House Kitchen, near Bath. I’ve actually been on a course there already, and can vouch for its awesomeness. The Vale House Kitchen team are all lovely and the venue is gorgeous – even if you’re not that fussed about cakes it’s worth entering purely for a wonderful day out and a yummy lunch.

Vale House Kitchen

To enter, simply complete as many of the actions below as you can. The more you do the better your chances. The competition will close at midnight on May 19th. Full T&Cs apply.

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78 Comments

  1. 25 April, 2014 / 12:11 pm

    Has to be lemon drizzle cake, so sweet and tangy

  2. Dorothee77
    25 April, 2014 / 12:23 pm

    I love chocolate cake and cheesecake!
    @Dorothee77

  3. 25 April, 2014 / 12:53 pm

    I love Red Velvet Cake, but that monster cake has to be the coolest cake I’ve ever seen!

  4. 25 April, 2014 / 12:58 pm

    Can I just love allll the cakes?! I think my favourite ever has to be the cheesecake I had at a friends wedding, I swear it was lighter than air!

  5. Simon Howes
    25 April, 2014 / 1:29 pm

    I love a traditional Victoria Sponge… Or anything that includes coffee!

  6. 25 April, 2014 / 1:29 pm

    It’s got to be red velvet!

  7. 25 April, 2014 / 1:30 pm

    My nutella cake is pretty good!

  8. Elizabeth Ferguson
    25 April, 2014 / 2:01 pm

    Doughnuts

  9. 25 April, 2014 / 2:48 pm

    does cheese cake count =)

  10. 25 April, 2014 / 2:55 pm

    My favourite type of cake is Lemon Drizzle

  11. Lucy Mayer
    25 April, 2014 / 3:29 pm

    Coffee cake… preferably with a latte on the side! :)

  12. samj
    25 April, 2014 / 4:06 pm

    Chocolate cake

  13. laura jayne bates
    25 April, 2014 / 4:16 pm

    chocolate sponge

  14. Laura Asplin
    25 April, 2014 / 5:22 pm

    Carrot Cake

  15. Rebecca C
    25 April, 2014 / 6:15 pm

    Oh my, I love cake! If I had to narrow it down, my favourites are banana muffins, classic victoria sponge, and ginger cake. Delicious!

  16. Vicki g
    25 April, 2014 / 6:35 pm

    I love ginger cake, coffee cake, cheese cake and virtually all cake

  17. Rebecca Jones
    25 April, 2014 / 8:18 pm

    Pear, hazelnut and chocolate cake is my favourite, a friend gave me the recipe! Yum! x

  18. joanne thomas
    25 April, 2014 / 8:22 pm

    Lemon butterfly cakes and carrot cake

  19. Claire D
    26 April, 2014 / 12:00 pm

    Cheesecake

  20. Julie Fisher
    26 April, 2014 / 6:14 pm

    Carrot cake.

  21. Lynn Heath
    26 April, 2014 / 9:02 pm

    Chocolate Fudge cake!!!!

  22. Gillian Hitchen
    27 April, 2014 / 11:32 am

    Cherry loaf

  23. felicity smith
    27 April, 2014 / 2:08 pm

    carrot cake

  24. Sarah mansell
    27 April, 2014 / 9:24 pm

    Red velvet cake

  25. Janice Papworth
    28 April, 2014 / 2:23 pm

    my favourite cake is coffee and walnut

  26. melanie allen
    28 April, 2014 / 2:43 pm

    death by chocolate cake yummy

  27. sharon williams
    28 April, 2014 / 5:56 pm

    Its got to be death by chocolate. A great excuse to be naughty.

  28. jamie banks
    29 April, 2014 / 7:28 pm

    chocolate cake x

  29. Annie Costa
    30 April, 2014 / 7:03 pm

    cheesecake-any flavor!

  30. Lou Wain
    2 May, 2014 / 8:38 am

    To choose one favourite type of cake when there are so many! Its hard to beat a good, homemade victoria sponge with icing inside of course, not just jam!

  31. 3 May, 2014 / 5:12 pm

    Favourite cake umm…oooh…ummm coffee & walnut if I have to choose! Love the Monster cake, it look brilliant! On my list to do is to make a fancy looking cake big or small!

  32. 3 May, 2014 / 7:01 pm

    I really enjoy fruit cake, with an apple & cinnamon recipe being my fav!

  33. kelly brittle
    3 May, 2014 / 9:01 pm

    angel cake or choc chip

  34. 4 May, 2014 / 2:21 pm

    tbh any type of cake. its probably my favourite food

  35. zoe
    4 May, 2014 / 8:49 pm

    chocolate fudge cake yummy :D

  36. Gerri Tennant
    5 May, 2014 / 12:25 pm

    Lemon drizzle cake.

  37. Nicky
    6 May, 2014 / 11:33 am

    Oh, I should win this as my new years resolution is to make a cake for each member of my family this year!
    I have made Riley one and Megan too, just Adam to go!!
    I am rubbish at it though :)
    I love all cake but especially carrot cake and lemon cake as they contain one of my 5 a day :)

  38. 6 May, 2014 / 7:05 pm

    Grandma always said Victoria Sandwich does the trick – no question about it and Grandmas always knew best! we like it best with homemade raspberry jam and butter cream filling! Yum!

  39. Angela Cole
    6 May, 2014 / 7:07 pm

    Raspberry and Almond Madeira

  40. 6 May, 2014 / 7:14 pm

    Cake, I love me the cake. Most cake will do as long as it doesn’t have sultanas or raisins in!

  41. Kathryn
    6 May, 2014 / 8:09 pm

    Red velvet cake…yum!!

  42. 6 May, 2014 / 9:06 pm

    I love lemon poppy seed cake – mmmmmm!

  43. Diana Croos
    6 May, 2014 / 10:03 pm

    chocolate cake

  44. 7 May, 2014 / 8:28 pm

    Lemon I think, it’s a tough one! x

  45. Nathalie
    9 May, 2014 / 8:09 am

    Coffee and walnut, or carrot cake, or chocolate cake… a slice of each please!

  46. Charlotte Noone
    9 May, 2014 / 7:24 pm

    Banana and chocolate, mm mmmm

  47. Jaynealicia
    9 May, 2014 / 7:45 pm

    My daughter’s chocolate and banana cake was legendary (I’ve just noticed Charlotte – above still rates it herself). My squiggy brown sugar meringues never stay long on the plate and are light on the tongue but I have never been happy with my sponges.

  48. jessica agyin
    10 May, 2014 / 12:57 am

    chocolate cake

  49. 11 May, 2014 / 8:53 pm

    oooohhhh cake! yum yum yummmmm!!! espesh a nice gooey chocolate cake ooohhhh!!!! x

  50. Pam Gregory
    12 May, 2014 / 1:52 pm

    Coconut cake

  51. daryl gott
    14 May, 2014 / 7:01 pm

    Banana Cake!

  52. Rachel Davies
    15 May, 2014 / 1:47 pm

    Chocolate Fudge Cake!!

  53. Laura Vitty
    15 May, 2014 / 9:22 pm

    Red velvet cake :)

  54. Lynn Parry
    16 May, 2014 / 6:49 pm

    Love a Victoria Sandwich but untraditionally with fresh cream!!

  55. Alice Hindley
    16 May, 2014 / 6:50 pm

    Black Forest Gateau

  56. Susan Hoggett
    16 May, 2014 / 11:42 pm

    caramel cake

  57. Karyn Smith
    17 May, 2014 / 8:14 am

    I love cake but my favourites have got to be lemon drizzle or carrot cake :)

  58. Gillian Hale
    17 May, 2014 / 9:36 am

    I love coffee cake, yummy.

  59. chrissie anne bhaskar
    17 May, 2014 / 11:31 am

    i adore coffee and walnut cake heaven xxx

  60. carly bryan
    17 May, 2014 / 1:29 pm

    chocolate cake

  61. kate
    17 May, 2014 / 5:01 pm

    coffee!!

  62. Terrie-Ann Wright
    17 May, 2014 / 7:52 pm

    lemon meringue

  63. lisa tebbutt
    17 May, 2014 / 8:19 pm

    I love Red Velvet Cake fab giveaway

  64. Felicity kelly
    17 May, 2014 / 11:43 pm

    Coffee and chocolate

  65. cath brace
    18 May, 2014 / 11:18 am

    carrot cake definitely! :)

  66. 18 May, 2014 / 6:32 pm

    I love the Victoria spong cakes

  67. Wendy Guy
    18 May, 2014 / 6:41 pm

    Angel Cake

  68. Clint Howat
    18 May, 2014 / 8:02 pm

    Has to be lemon drizzle cake.

  69. Ronni Astroff
    18 May, 2014 / 10:16 pm

    Molton chocolate cake

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