The humble $5 Woolies mud cake has once again proven itself the ultimate party staple.
In recent months, the mud cake has been creatively used as the base for a number of cakes, ranging from wedding cakes to animal cakes, and even a pinata-inspired cake.
We asked 14 women to share photos of their most creative mud cake hacks with Mamamia.
Here’s what they shared:
Victoria mum Silvina Werner used 11 cakes from Woolworths and a tub of Betty Crocker icing to create her friend's wedding cake for just $57.
Shona stacked two Woolies mud cakes and crushed clear mint lollies which she dyed purple to create this mesmerising geode cake.
Crystal used two Coles chocolate mud cakes and one vanilla to create her very own Furby. For the fur, she used home made butter cream icing dyed pink.
Teresa bought a Coles chocolate mud cake, covered it in Betty Crocker chocolate frosting and placed a mix of sweets on top. She created the chocolate dome using melted chocolate and bowl for the birthday boy to smash open with a hammer.
For her daughter's sixth birthday, Janny's friend stacked two chocolate mud cakes and one vanilla cake from Woolworths on top of each other and covered the cake in buttercream icing which she coloured grey.
When Cherie was asked to make a rainbow platypus cake, she turned to Woolworths. Cherie used three Woolies white chocolate mud cakes and home made buttercream which she dyed multiple colours to create this masterpiece.
Karen's simple hack for a friend's kitchen tea party. She cut two Woolies mud cakes in half and piped one pack of vanilla pudding in between each layer before adding artificial flowers from the dollar store on top.
Tania's first attempt using Woolworths mud cakes for a friend's 50th Birthday cake.
$5 Mud cakes were the secret behind Georgina's minion cake and Kelly's Mario Bros. Goomba cake.
The hack doesn't just stop at cakes, Peta sliced a mud cake in half and cut the icing off to create a chocolate berry pudding. She added two packets of chocolate mouse and decorated with frozen berries.
Tammie created this last-minute birthday cake by staking three Woolies mud cakes together and sticking on printable Fortnite graphics which she laminated.
Mabelle stacked two chocolate mud cakes from Coles and decorated them with home made buttercream icing and an edible print out picture to create a one-of-a-kind Tik Tok birthday cake.
Melissa's friend made a poodle cake out of three white chocolate mud cakes to celebrate her fur baby's 10th birthday.
Have you turned a Woolworths or Coles mud cake into a masterpiece? Tell us in the comments below.
