Big Nedved Junior's Birthday Cake

Big Nedved Junior had his birthday party today. It involved fifteen seven and eight-year-old boys shooting each other with laser guns. At the end of the party this cake was wheeled out. Instead of having to make do with a store-bought Scooby-Doo job (the best I could have managed) he had this superb gateau to show-off with. This fabulous display of cake-making skills was courtesy of the wife of my friend, and fellow City supporter, Mark (and she is also the godmother of Little Nedved Junior). Each year she makes the boys a fantastic cake following whatever theme is their interest of the moment. Needless to say, Big Nedved Junior's cake demanded a football theme.

Big Nedved Junior was concerned, though, about how his friends would receive such a cake. He thought he might get teased for not supporting a Premiership club. A public display of support for a lower-league team might look uncool. I explained to him that supporting a small, local club shows more character. He listed intently and said, 'What?!' I gave up and decided he would thank me when he is older.

At the party his friends were impressed by the cake (and not just because it was chocolate on the inside with a liberal helping of icing), but one of them said, 'Hey, you've got a Manchester City cake!'

Big Nedved Junior corrected him. 'No, it's a Bath City cake. They're a non-league team my Dad supports.'

Face saved in front of peers. Job done.

(This cake did not originally have 'BNJ' on it. I photoshopped it so that when he is older Big Nedved Junior can claim it had nothing to do with him)