Light-up Daffodil Mini Cakes

by Heather Lindsteadt
(Ukiah, Ca)

I used old greeting card boxes wrapped in foil to attach the battery pack under the cake, so that it was not exposed. I ran the ten mini lights through a plastic tube so the lights were dangling out of the top (above the cake). I baked 2 two-layer 6 inch mini cakes. I cut a slit from the center of each cake to the outer edge of each one so that I could slide the cake onto the cake board. I basket weaved the cakes so that they looked like pots. The day before I made my daffodils and leaves out of gum paste and attahced them to floral wire so they were stable enought to hold the mini lights. I inserted the daffodils and leaves and other decorations then strung the mini lights through the back of the flowers. The battery pack had an on/off switch so that you could turn it on when served. I thourougly enjoyed making these cakes, it was quite the experiment.