The cake that started it all - the 24 12 2021 version.

The design of this hedgehog cake was one we used when our two boys were young in the 1970s. This one was made for a grandson who has the misfortune to have his birthday on Christmas Eve. His parents usually have a party for him and his friends a month or so earlier, so that it doesn't clash with Christmas parties. That was the party, last year, for which the construction site cake was created, but one has to have a smaller family celebration on the actual birthday and this was the cake for that. We actually had to make another for his mum on her birthday this year. That one had a stripey look with brown and white chocolate buttons.