Feast your eyes on a batch of tasty RNLI treats celebrating 150 years of support from the Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

Every slice of these spectacular RNLI-flavoured cakes is benefiting The Lifeboat Fund’s 150th Anniversary Appeal, which aims to raise £1.1M towards a new Shannon class lifeboat for Wells-next-the-Sea. They’re made by the RNLI Cake Collaboration group, which has made more than £1,000 so far. Here are just a few of their sugary creations ...

Liz Lander, who works at RNLI College’s Riggers Restaurant, set up the RNLI Cake Collaboration. She says: ‘The RNLI is a really interesting theme for us to work with – there have been so many different interpretations of the sea, lifeboats, heritage and so on.’

This bear, by Trudy of the Chain Lane Cake Co, looks almost too cute to devour. However: ‘The arms and legs are made from modelling chocolate, which the whole cake is covered in,’ says Trudy. ‘I used a texture mat to make him look like he had fur and then dressed him in oilskins, which I glazed for the slightly shiny look. The hat is made from fondant and I printed the RNLI logos onto an icing sheet using edible printing.’
Photos: RNLI Cake Collaboration

These edible RNLI souvenirs were made by Angela of Blossom Dream Cakes, who explains: ‘Both the bag and the teacup are made from chocolate mud cake, chosen because it’s rich, dense and great to carve shapes from. It’s filled and coated with dark chocolate ganache.’

June of Made in Cake describes her striking piece: ‘It depicts RNLI Whitby’s Trent class lifeboat George and Mary Webb fighting through the heavy North Sea, while the houses packed into the nooks and crannies of the steep cliffs of Whitby look on.’