Our Safari Animal cake has long been a favourite for a child’s birthday. Each one comes with hand-modelled edible toppers — a lion, giraffe, elephant, and a couple of cheeky monkeys — all crafted to look irresistibly sweet. You can choose from a range of sizes too, depending on how many little party animals you’re expecting.

But our customer in Guildford (yes, we offer cake delivery across Surrey from our London kitchen!) wanted something even more spectacular than the original design — so we added a tiger, a hare, and a snake for a proper jungle-meets-savannah extravaganza.

They’re not exactly neighbours in the wild, but gathered together in cake form they make the sweetest little ecosystem — a three-tiered, buttercream-laden “cake-habitat” where everyone gets along beautifully.

Every figurine is sculpted by hand, which means no two will ever look quite alike. Their expressions tend to be wonderfully daft, which is precisely why I adore them. And no, they’re not to scale — the oversized monkeys are part of our intentionally whimsical charm.

Each tier is built from three layers of our vanilla Hero sponge, made with buttermilk for that beautifully tender crumb. We fill and frost the whole thing with our silky-smooth Swiss meringue buttercream. I’ve always believed great cake shouldn’t be gate-kept — the recipes are right there, waiting for you to have a go.

I think my favourite animal of the whole gang is the bewildered hare. It looks utterly baffled to be included, which somehow makes it even better.

We’ve made so many Safari Animal cakes this year, and the love for them just keeps growing. I’m especially fond of our dramatic Jungle Animal cakescape — a full, theatrical safari moment in cake form.

If you’d like your own safari-themed showstopper, just get in touch. And if your favourite creature isn’t on the list yet, let me know — I’ll happily bring it to life in buttercream and sponge.

Love, Reshmi xoxo

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