A MUM who was quoted a staggering £240 to make a 4th birthday cake for her daughter has been praised after showing how she did it herself for just £55.
Pamela explained that she wanted a Trolls-themed to mark her little girl Mila turning four, so got a quote from a professional baker near her.
But when it came back at £240, she decided to try
And the results were better than she could have ever imagined, as she took to TikTok to share the finished cake.
She used three cakes from Marks & Spencer to create the tiered design – the Under the Rainbow cake, the Rainbow layer cake and a Vanilla sprinkle gift cake.
She then stacked them on top of each other – with the rainbow-striped cake at the bottom, followed by the rainbow layer cake and topped off with the gift cake.
Pamela placed the finished cake on a pink board from , and added loads of Trolls decorations to complete it.
She added Trolls figurines from , and used a gorgeous cake topper she’d had made from , which featured some of the film’s famous characters and ‘Mila, 4’ on it.
“Oops I did it again! Thank you Marks and Spencer, I didn’t have to pay £240 for the cake I was quoted,”;; she captioned the TikTok snaps.
The comments section was immediately filled with people saying how impressed they were by Pamela’s skills, and bombarding her with questions about her creation.
“How much did it come to?”;; one asked.
With Pamela replying: “and about £15 for all the Trolls bits!”;;
“Did you have to put anything in the cakes to support them?”;; another questioned.
“No – I didn’t – I literally just piled them on top of each other – next time I think I will, it would be really simple to do!”;;
“LOVE THIS SUPERMUM!!”;; one wrote.
“This issss soo smart!!”;; another raved.
“Wow, this is a GAME changer! So impressive!”;; a third insisted.
“Omg that’s amazing, well done you!”;; someone else said.
“Babe I literally do this every birthday and my kids think I’m a literal genius to top it all off!”;; another added.
“Wicked idea & it looks good!”;; someone else said.
“Everything tastes nice too,”;; another added.
“It looks AMAZING! Well done!”;; someone else commented.
While others insisted that Pamela’s cake probably tastes better than professional ones too.
“Cakes made by bakers are horrible,”;; one said.
“I’ve always paid a fortune for them and they are dry and they use cheap quality ingredients.
This is a GAME changer!
Impressed TikTok commenter
“I go to M&S for they 100% taste nice than any baker!”;;
“Bet it tasted lovely too, I find most cake makers cakes actually don’t taste as nice as they look,”;; another said.
With a “wedding/celebration cake baker”;; weighing in: “I make sure all my cakes taste good and use real ingredients.
“I’ve seen and tasted some shocking cakes, faux ingredients and it devalues our skills which is what you pay for.
“I’ve also stacked an M&S cake due to budget constraints.”;;
Reflecting on her savvy hack, Pamela told Fabulous Online: “Honestly, if I can do it, anyone can!
“I love finding easy solutions for busy working mums that don’t cost a fortune.”;;
