Copying these guys no piece of cake

Matt and Dom Schole made it look so easy.

Whipping up a birthday cake, that is.

The 20-something brothers made a devil's food cake with pineapple filling and smothered in vanilla icing in no time at all.

Then it was our turn.

Herald photographer Paul Videla makes some terrific chocolate chip cookies and I'm not bad at making pancakes on Sunday mornings.

But doing a birthday cake right was a lot trickier than it looked.

That vanilla icing didn't go on as smoothly or evenly.

Nor did applying vanilla piping around the edges work so well.

Keeping the cake's turntable going in sequence with Paul's decorating was too fast for me.

After we'd done enough damage, Paul stuck some strawberries on top.

Looked like eyes and a nose.

The funniest part?

When we brought our handiwork back to the office, our colleagues at the whole thing!

Still, when it comes to making a cake, the Schole brothers definitely have the right stuff.