Hungry Caterpillar inspired cake - Real Recipes from Mums

Egg, dairy and nut free Hungry Little Caterpillar inspired cake.

Ingredients (serves 15)

2 cups Self raising flour
1 cup milk (rice milk)
1 cup vegetable oil
2 Tbsp Vinegar
1/4 cup Chocolate powder
1 cup Sugar
4 drops Vanilla essence
4 cups Icing sugar
300 grams Butter

Method

Oil two round tins. In a bowl mix the dry ingredients (self raising flour (sift), sugar and chocolate powder). Then make a well in the middle and put in wet ingredients. Repeat these steps for the second cake after pouring one cake in the tin I find doing two batches is better then doubling the batch.
Stir the mixture together using a whisk or an electric beater for a fluffier cake. Pour cake into tins.
When cakes are cold remove from tin and put one on top of the other on a flat big plate. Mix butter, icing sugar and some milk to make the icing for the cake. Ice both cakes first in between both so they stick together. Place foil underneath so the cake doesn't move while icing.
Before icing sets place MMs all around the sides, I did 3 layers. Cut out a Hungry Caterpillar photo and stick on cardboard, stick to a kebab stick and pop into cake. I placed happy birthday candles that matched the theme.

Notes

I ordered a Hungry Caterpillar cake for my Sons party 1st Birthday, but for his actual birthday I attempted to make this one and I was happy with the results.

75 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 30 May 2019
    9:40 am
I love the smarties around the base!

- - Stef said
  - 23 Feb 2017
    12:28 am
How cute is this! The hungry caterpillar..boy does that bring back memories!

- - mom160421 said
  - 03 Sep 2016
    2:08 pm
It is always so much fun making birthday cakes, and then to see the expression on the children’s face.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    11:33 pm
How sweet

- - BellaB said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    10:09 pm
Simple but effective; thank you.

- - groovygrandy said
  - 24 Jun 2016
    10:25 pm
this looks like an easy cake to make, only problem with recipe is no oven temp and cooking time, could someone please supply these two important items of information, thank you

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 29 May 2016
    10:10 am
What a cute cake! It sounds great and looks incredible

- - mom92217 said
  - 24 May 2016
    9:35 am
This cake is so adorable

- - Some_Toss said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    11:09 am
Fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing! Looking forward to trying it!

- - mom105503 said
  - 31 Jan 2016
    6:21 pm
I love the book and this is a gorgeous cake to go with it. With food so focused in the book it would be super simple to make the rest of the party food to match the book.

- - mom169284 said
  - 26 Jan 2016
    9:02 pm
What a great idea, I went to hours of effort a this would have been so much easier.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 21 Jan 2016
    1:04 pm
What a clever idea! Love it and what a great theme for a birthday!

- - aprilb1 said
  - 01 Jan 2016
    9:35 pm
Simple yet effective! Looks great

- - rachelvk said
  - 31 Dec 2015
    12:30 pm
What a simple idea. So many people are going to great lengths to make the perfect cake but this is just as good and fits the theme perfectly!

- - linaianna said
  - 31 Dec 2015
    5:54 am
Looks great thanks for sharing

- - mom90758 said
  - 22 Nov 2015
    12:22 pm
This cake looks so beautiful and colourful!

- - mom94378 said
  - 14 Nov 2015
    7:28 pm
a beautiful cake

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 22 Oct 2015
    6:49 pm
I can’t believe this beautiful cake is egg free. Absolutely amazing for my family

- - dbhall82 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    11:10 pm
Wow looks great! Thanks for sharing!

- - mom81879 said
  - 25 Sep 2015
    8:17 pm
Love the colours on the plain white background. If it’s inspired by the Hungry Caterpillar, shouldn’t there be a hole chewed thru it? Lol