Sackalicious

First up, HAPPY STAR WARS DAY! May the Fourth be with you all.

Now…

Two days ago – Sunday 2nd May – was the 8th birthday of my son, Kyle. Like me, Kyle’s a bit of a video games fan, and he decided he wanted a birthday cake in the shape of Sackboy, the main character in the PS3 game, Little Big Planet.

Unfortunately, you can’t just pop out and buy a cake shaped like Sackboy, largely because pretty much nobody has the first clue who or what Sackboy is – or, at least, nobody apart from the people who own Little Big Planet. As a result, Sackboy cakes do not exist.

Now, being naturally lazy, I’d have just gone to Tesco and had a picture of Sackboy printed on icing and slapped on a Madeira cake. Bosh, job done.

But Kyle’s mum, Fiona, had other ideas. Somehow, in between looking after Kyle (then 7 years old), Mia (8 months) and me (32), she found time to whip up this…

The world bit at the bottom was a bit of an afterthought, but doesn’t the cake look fantastic? What’s more, he looks fantastic despite the fact I accidentally took a big chunk out of his arm, and Fiona had to patch him up with a dusting of cocoa powder. Whoops!

I almost felt bad sliding the sharp, steel blade of the knife into the poor little blighter’s smiling, unsuspecting face, but man, it was worth it. That was one tasty face.

In other news, I made a return visit to Banavie Primary School today to speak to the kids and sign a lot of books. One girl there had read Mr Mumbles several times, and tells me it’s her favourite book in the world.

Eat that every other author ever!