AN AMATEUR baker has created an incredible cake in the shape of Dumbarton Castle in homage to her hero, Jackie Stewart.

Celia Richardson, 64, from Glasgow, decided to bake the cake after hearing about Cake Fest, an event which saw over 100 sweet treats fill up a delicious edible map of Scotland.

Comprising of an astounding 90 eggs, 6kg of butter and 8kg of fondant, it took a hefty three weeks of planning and baking before it was complete.

She decided to make the castle out of admiration for Scottish F1 legend Jackie Stewart – born in Milton – as he is the president of Dyslexia Scotland where she works and has done a “huge amount of work” for them.

Being the office baker, it was down to Celia to take on the challenge after a colleague floated the idea, though the full scale of the task did not quite hit her until later.

She said: “The whole idea behind making the castle was out of admiration for Jackie and how much he has done for Dyslexia Scotland.

“When I first saw pictures of the castle I thought 'I'm sure I can do that' but then when I visited the site I realised how much bigger it was!”

“I probably did around 70-75 per cent of the work and all the baking but I did have two helpers.

“We made tiny cannons out of chocolate matchsticks and chocolate buttons which were only around 2cm long so as to fit in with the scale of the cake.

“My mixer and oven was groaning towards the end; my neighbours must have hated me!”

She decided to make a Madeira cake because the structure had to be extremely solid and used home-made raspberry jam with sugar paste fondant.

For practical reasons, the six-inch-deep, 75cm2 base was not edible so that they could still lift it and transport it to Stirling, where the event was held.

The 100 metre squared map was put together at the historic 17th century Cowane’s Hospital, near Stirling Castle, and was part of the Festival of Architecture 2016.

The year-long festival is a celebration of Scottish buildings, innovation and design and is led by The Royal Incorporation of Architects.

In total, Celia's three-tier cake produced around 600 slices but she said that – along with all the other cakes – there wasn't as much left as would be expected.

She said: “There was a little left but everyone who sampled it really enjoyed it.

“Someone who was helping at Cake Fest took some of the cake down to the local police station in Stirling but my local clubs, Mackintosh Choir and Eastwood Entertainers will get the rest.

“It was a great challenge but I learned early in life that there is nothing that can't be improved by home-baking!”

The equally-stunning winning cake was announced as The Skye Bridge while other challengers were The Walter Scott Monument, The Falkirk Wheel and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.