Money Saving Tip: Making Your Own Split Cakes

I talked about how useful split cakes were in my previous blog post, however they can be pricey. The solution? Create your own!

Take your time - decide what colours will be most useful to you

The first thing you will need to do is to decided what colours and brands you are going to use. Unless you are familiar with the different brands of paint, I would recommend using the same brands of paint for your split cakes. Some brands don't mix very well and they can also "wear down" faster or slower, meaning you might end up with uneven split cakes which can be difficult to use.

The most useful cakes to have vary from person to person, so think about which designs you do most frequently and create split cakes that will work with those designs. Butterflies are very common along with Frozen designs, or you can just make colourful generic purpose cakes.

Video Tutorial

Here is a tutorial on how to make your own split cakes. Bear in mind that every paint is a little bit different; in this video the purple paint did not come out in one piece at all, however the pink was fine. Snazaroo are usually the best paints to start out with, as well as the cheapest.

Something to bear in mind is that you will have leftover colours, so theoretically you can make 2 of each split cake, or if you used 3 colours you will have enough paint to make 3 split cakes, and so on. You can combine the colours in many different ways, so take the time to decide what to do with the leftover paint. If you are not sure, make sure the paint is kept in a container and simply keep it to use on your next project.