Hamish Blake's cake night stuns fans once again

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3 days ago

Media personality Hamish Blake has won hearts once again after documenting his attempt at making a birthday cake for one of his children.
Blake shares two children, Sonny, 11, and Rudy, eight, with his wife, beauty guru Zoë Foster Blake.
Every year, on the eve of one of his children's birthdays, the 43-year-old father documents his endeavour to make a birthday cake, with Rudy's eighth birthday was no exception.
It's a Blake family tradition that's become something that many Australians look forward to, with brands and fans alike weighing in.
'This is our Roman Empire,' one social media user added.
One commented: 'This is our Super Bowl.'
'She's going to be a spectacular cake,' another added.
One social media user said: 'I love the algorithm of Instagram. I don't see your face on my feed at all until it's cake night.'
'Cake night is life, excited to see the LOL cakewalk extravaganza,' another commented.
Ahead of the activity, the Lego Masters star took to Instagram to wish people a good morning and 'Happy cake night'.
'Tomorrow is my daughter's eighth birthday party. Tonight, it is cake night,' he said.
'The brief is not impossible — it's a doll. They're called LOL dolls. If you've got young kids, you will know what they are.
'If you don't, good for you. It's a doll with a pretty big head and massive eyes.'
Blake said the cake would require a runway, lights, a rainbow plait and an off-the-shoulder shirt. A swinging handbag was also part of the ensemble.
Blake said the hardest part was that he was filming with Andy Lee in Melbourne and needed to fly back to Sydney, where he lived, at 5.30pm — which meant the cake process would be starting later than usual.
But, the hands-on dad delivered and documented the while journey. He started by making the dolls head and attaching it to a pole, which would later form the body.
Blake attached it to the store-bought cake, which he had iced, and then started on the hair. The fondant kept breaking on it.
'I thought it would be like a hair plait, but it's not hair and it's not behaving like hair so we're just going to move onto other stuff,' he said, according to Mamamia.
Blake moved back to the runway and the outfit, which was a little smaller than intended. He remedied the issue and pushed along. Eventually, he came back to the hair. It did prompt a slight panic but he pulled through.
While the cake did look like a doll, Blake was an extra harsh critic on himself and declared it was only 'Okay'.
Finally, at 3am, he was officially done.
'Thanks for hanging in there gang. Happy birthday to the greatest daughter I could imagine,' he added.