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Lisa Hodge

Scots mum serves up 'haggis, neeps and tatties' for dinner- but it's not what it seems

A Scots mum served up 'haggis, neeps and tatties' for dinner - but her family were in for a sweet sruprise.

Yvonne Cadden dished up the age-old traditional Scottish fayre for her husband and sons - who found it went down a treat.

The 48-year-old's ' dinner ' was actually an elaborate illusion cake - so rather than savory mashed potatoes, turnip and haggis, the family tucked into chocolate and vanilla sponge with buttercream filling.

The 'haggis neeps and tatties' (Yvonne Cadden)

The cake took the mum-of-four two days to make and she even managed to fool two of her kids Callum, 15 and Shay, 17, into thinking it was the real deal.

Yvonne, of Livingston, said: "It took one day to bake and I done the decorating the next day.

"The haggis is chocolate cake, the tatties and turnip are vanilla and the gravy is chocolate icing. 

The 'haggis neeps and tatties' (Yvonne Cadden)

"Me and my husband had the mashed potato cake with a cuppa, it was weird eating what looks like mashed potatoes thinking savoury eating sweet.

"My son Callum and loves chocolate cake and Oreos so he was happy with the haggis.

"When I took it out the fridge I said to my other son Shay, 'haggis and tatties for dinner?' he went to take the plate before realising what it was. It was so funny.

Yvonne Cadden (Yvonne Cadden)

"I took a picture and had lots of people asking for me to cut it to prove it was real."

Self-taught baker Yvonne took up cake-making during lockdown to help her cope with boredom and keep her busy.

But the grandmother,who suffers from lung disease, found she had a real flair for cake decorating and began experimenting with weird and wonderful designs.

Pumpkin cake (Yvonne Cadden)

She also made a pumpkin cake at Halloween for her four grandchildren and has also made some cakes for charity, including a hamburger cake and washing up sponges cake and has set up a Facebook page for amateur bakers.

She added: "I just taught myself in lockdown having lung disease makes me limited what I can do.

"When I started getting better I baked for donations to the Cash for Kids charity that were helping children and families affected by Covid19.

The washing up sponges cake (Yvonne Cadden)

"I've done a couple for people stuck in quarantine and lady recovering from Covid.

"The grandkids got the pumpkin and I loved the green and yellow sponges, they were great with a cuppa, lemon flavoured suds, strange but real.

"I started a new Facebook group  ago to allow other new bakers to show theirs. It's called Home Cooked Cakes and Oven Bakes recipes and ideas."

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