I was lucky if my mum made a cake at all. She certainly didn’t decorate them.

Mum always made my cakes but not sure I got any of these. I make my kids cakes and they are definitely none of these.

Awwww, I have no memory of my Mum ever making a cake from this book. How special are those memories that people have of them. I love them from afar.

We never got to pick what we wanted but would help make it siblings cakes. Now for my son I am experimenting every year as I’m not the best cook but still love for him to have a homemade cake

My children got to pick out their favourite cake every birthday and we have made the bunny, butterfly (which is so easy to make) and many others. My eldest daughter made the cakes for her children from the book that has been handed down to her. We still love this book as it is for the everyday ordinary person.

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  We do the same thing in this household and everyone gets to choose a cake for their birthday.

reminds me of my childhood and getting to flick through it and choose one every so often, although unfortunately we didn’t get one every birthday.

I love this cookbook!
I love the duck cake too – sweet and savoury is a good combination.

That duck cake is an absolute classic! No way would that fly now, tastes certainly have changed. I did like the good old numbered cakes though.

These are classic!

I don’t remember this book and to be honest they all look quite hard to make!
I’m not the best baker so I don’t think I’d try them unless someone was helping me.

Never had this book so my kids never asked for anything from it. They loved choux pastry filled with whipped cream or custard for their birthday cakes.

Best cake designs for kids. My mum made me lots of these when I was little.

I don’t remember any cakes being made from this book, but there are some great ideas in it!

I don’t actually remember if we had this book growing up or not. My dad was a chef and he would make all the cakes and party food. I remember my cake from my 16th and one from when I might have turned 5, as that was the only one I had a picture of, but aside from that don’t actually recall the cakes. I’m not so sure I’d eat that jelly swimming pool cake though

Wow, this article is a blast from the past. I remember mum making me the pool cake and the doll cake for my birthdays plus many other from that book. It brings back some good memories of us looking through it to pick out our next cake.

I always made cakes from that book. Some were disasters others okay. It was like my Bible of the kitchen when it came to birthdays.

Aw that kitchen cake is so cute !

I remember my mum making me a piano cake, no idea why it was that one but I remember the cake clearly!

Usually chose the numbers. I remember my Sister choosing a few, the jelly pool and ballerina cake too.

I remember this cook book and I did try a couple of the recipes although none shown above