
It's that time of year when Hamish Blake stays up into the wee hours of the evening as part of his legendary cake-making marathon. This year marked his son Sonny's eleventh birthday — and boy, did he have a hard brief this year.
'Cake night', as it's now called, started back in 2017, when his then-three-year-old boy requested a cake based on the movie Cars. The loving father rose to the occasion, and so, a tradition was born. Now, bi-annually without fail, Hamish will stay up all night making a cake for Sonny, or his daughter Rudy, seven.
Since Sonny requested a Cars cake, the briefs have grown wilder and wilder over the years — from a Rainbow Vomiting Unicorn — to a solvable Rubix Cube.
This year was a beast of a different kind.
Sonny requested a cake of himself wearing futuristic armour with weapons and a large sword. He wanted his mini-me to stand heroically with one foot on top a small cave that had their cats inside it. And the finishing touch? The figurine must, of course, be able to chop the sword into a large number 11.
As the father-of-two said when announcing the brief, "the customer is always right".
Watch: Hamish Blake reveals Sonny's 11th birthday cake brief. Post continues below.