This is a very easy to make Dr Who Dalek cake, made using Swiss Rolls.

The original idea came from Blue Peter, way back in February 1966, and was made by Valerie Singleton.

I decided to make two Daleks for my son’s birthday.

I took lots of step by step photos to show how it’s done – and if I can make it, anyone can!

First, I went out and bought all the ingredients…

1. Four large chocolate Swiss Rolls.
2. A box of Matchmakers
3. A bag of Buttons
4. Cocoa
5. Icing Sugar
6. A bag of Maltesers
7. A bag of Liquorice Allsorts
8. 3 long brown sweetie laces

Dalek Cake - Step One

Step two, cut the top third off each of the Swiss Rolls and set them aside.

Dalek Cake - Step Two

Step three, cut the Swiss Rolls in half diagonally, lengthways.

Dalek Cake - Step Three

Step four, along the widest end of the Swiss roll, cut a diagonal wedge (the photo shows what I mean!)

Dalek Cake - Step Four

Step five, stand the three pieces together as shown in the photo below.

Dalek Cake - Step Five

Step six, make the icing…

200g icing sugar
2tsp cocoa
1tbsp butter, softened
2tbsp milk

1. Sieve the icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl
2. Mix the butter into the icing sugar, stirring well
3. Add the milk and stir in well.

Dalek Cake - Step Six

Step seven, carefully spread the icing onto your Dalek, make sure it’s as smooth as possible.

Dalek Cake - Step Seven

Step eight, start adding the sweetie decorations. First put the laces around the bottom of your Dalek and around the head (see photo below). Next you need to add the Liquorice Allsorts to the head and the Maltesers all around the Dalek.

Dalek Cake - Step Eight

Step nine, make the Daleks “arms” and various other “sticky out bits” with your Matchmakers. For the one on his head, you need to break the Matchmaker to the length you want it and stick push it into the Liqourice Allsort (this took a few attempts, because I kept breaking the Matchmaker!) You can see which Allsort to use in the photo below. For the Daleks “arms” you need two Matchmakers, one stuck into the Daleks front, and the other stuck in at the other side, but with a Chocolate Button fixed onto the end of it with a little of the icing (see photo). Originally, I put two Matchmakers in the top of the Daleks head as his antenna, but in the finished cake, I took them out and replaced them with candles.

Dalek Cake - Step Nine

Step ten, do it all again if you want to make two Daleks. I also made some extra “aliens” with some of the left over Swiss Roll and sweeties (see photos).

Dalek Cake - Finished

That’s it – all done, wasn’t that easy and doesn’t it look great?

Dalek Cake - Finished Back