Spot Cakes

Spot shaped cake
Spot Cake

8oz self-raising flour
8oz caster sugar
8oz butter
4 large eggs
1 x rectangular cake tin (approx. 12 x 8 inches)


First make a victoria sponge cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 170 °C
  2. Whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl until fluffy
  3. Place mixture into a well greased and lined tin
  4. Bake for 20 minutes
  5. Once cool carefully remove from tin and leave to completely cool on a wire tray

To decorate simply:

  1. Print out the A4 Spot template and cut round Spot's outline
  2. Place the template on top of the cake and secure with toothpicks
  3. Use a sharp knife to cut round the template
  4. Remove the template and brush the top of the cake with apricot glaze
  5. Then ice with yellow fondant icing (make yellow using a few drops of yellow food colouring)
  6. Once finished draw Spot's outline and other markings using a black food colouring pen

Makes approximately 10-12 slices.


Click here for the A4 Spot template.


Spot picture cake

Why not decorate a normal sponge cake with Spot’s image? It is certainly the easiest way to make a Spot cake!

  1. Print out the Spot picture and cut round Spot's outline
  2. Secure the template to the cake using toothpicks
  3. Use a toothpick to prick the Spot outline onto the cake
  4. Then remove the template and go over the pricks with a black food colouring pen

Click here for the A5 Spot template.


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