A very dedicated mother granted her daughter's wish for a 'birthday cake big enough to ride' by spending a week making her a life-size My Little Pony birthday cake - standing 4ft 3in tall.

A nine-year-old Italian girl who asked for a My Little Pony birthday cake was devastated when it arrived bearing the likeness of an Italian crooner from the 1960s called Little Tony.

They didn’t pony up! An embarrassing mix-up at an Italian bakery saw a little girl who wanted a “My Little Pony” cake receive a “Little Tony” sweet treat instead. Evelina, 9, was left ...