b"Tamatoa Birthday CakeEquipment The brief for this years birthday cake for my 4 year old daughter was Tamatoa from the Disney movie, 2 round cake tins, 23 cmMoana. With googly eyes, and a shiny shell (can't diameter help the song playing in my head while I write this Cake down Shiny!) hes pretty memorable! It's something that I have really enjoyed the last few years, where 250g plain flour each year the kids come up with their brief for what they want their cake to be.2 tsp baking soda1/ 2tsp baking powder DecorationsGo wild. Head down to your local supermarket and 115g unsalted butter look for shiny decorations in the cake section. Think treasure and see what you find!100g cocoa I used: Edible googly eyes; Coloured granulated 120ml olive oil sugar - gold, silver, brown, white the shiny colours; Golden edible shapes (I found stars); Gold chocolate 300g raw sugar pearls; Straight pretzel sticks; Small pieces of 110g brown sugar chocolate. Find yourself a Maui Fishhook to top it off. 3 large free-range eggs MethodPreheat oven to 170C.1 tbsp vanilla extract Sift dry ingredients and mix. Add sugars and mix again.180ml milk Add softened butter, oil, eggs, extract, milk and coffee; mix until smooth.240ml black coffee Split batter between two tins (line with baking paper and butter for easy removal).Pinch of salt Bake 4045 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean.Icing 250g icing sugar50ml milkA drop of vanilla extractRed and blue food dyeDecorations (see recipe)169"