I made £5 supermarket cakes look Pinterest-worthy – I swear by a simple hack for a DIY drip & people say it looks ‘epic'
A MOTHER has shared how she made £5 supermarket cakes look Pinterest-worthy.
So if you can't afford to splash the cash on a posh birthday cake from a bakery, then you've come to the right place and will need to take notes.
Aysha Ijaz, a savvy mum who regularly shares cooking clips on social media, recently demonstrated how she turned two Ms Molly's Chocolate Cakes, which you can buy from Tesco for just £5.25 each, into a stunning drip cake.
Posting online, Aysha wrote: 'Make £10 grocery store cake Pinterest -worthy.'
To kick off the process, Aysha started by scraping the icing off of the two cakes.
She then cut the cakes into smaller circles and used chocolate buttercream to stack them on top of each other.
Once this was done, Aysha coated the outside and top of the cake with more of the chocolate buttercream.
She then shared her simple hack for the perfect DIY drip and it couldn't be easier.
Aysha confirmed that she used melted chocolate, which she applied to the cake using a piping bag, enabling her to get incredibly neat-looking drips.
Following this, the foodie used American buttercream to decorate the cake and finished it off with Ferrero Rocher and some gold spray.
Aysha confirmed that while she paid £10.50 for both cakes, she spent less than £5 on buttercream and £6 on Ferrero Rocher.
As a result, it cost her just £21.50 in total for the jaw-dropping birthday cake.
I DIY-ed a 'professional' level kids' birthday cake for less than £25 using Amazon & eBay buys - I didn't bake a thing
Not only was the total cost much cheaper than buying a personalised cake from a professional, but we think it looks incredible too.
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @ aysha.ijaz, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly amassed 753,300 views. 19,100 likes and 107 comments.
Social media users were impressed with Aysha's DIY birthday cake and many eagerly raced to the comments to express this.
One person said: 'Excellent job.'
Another added: 'That looks amazing!'
A third commented: 'It looks delicious.'
How much does a birthday cake cost?
The cost of a birthday cake can vary massively depending on where you get it from and how elaborate it is.
Basic sponge or character birthday cakes from supermarkets tend to cost between £10 and £20, while large or themed supermarket cakes often vary between £20 and £35.
Meanwhile, a small, personalised custom cake from a bakery and/or professional cake decorator can set people back £40 to £60.
Medium personalised cakes are often £70 to £100, while large, tiered cakes, can be anywhere from £100 to £300, depending on detail, flavours and toppers.
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