I was asked to make an 80th birthday cake for the mother of some good friends of mine. They asked for a 'this is your life/favourite things' cake which had to include a lion, a tiger, madagascan lemurs, a jaguar, a red squirrel, a woodpecker, swaledale sheep, an Aberdeen Angus cow, a certain piece of music by Handel and tennis. It took me a while to think of a way to combine all these without it looking naff. I was fairly pleased with it but I need to practise my piping!