STAFF and residents at a Kidderminster care home are celebrating after winning a Christmas cake competition with their winning entry inspired by The West Midland Safari Park.

Residents at Brook Court Care Home, in Oldnall Road, baked a festive safari park-inspired cake, complete with a lion, tiger, monkey, elephants and penguins playing in the snow. The cake even featured Santa stuck down a chimney along with a giraffe.

The bakers were up against some stiff competition, with a total of 21 entries received from Care UK care homes around the country.

As part of the competition entry, residents also wrote a creative story, which told the tale of how they saved the animals of the safari park in time for Christmas.

Joanne Gill, home manager at Brook Court, said: “I was so proud of our entry, the residents and team members worked really hard to bake and decorate a truly impressive cake and come up with a magical and individual theme – I’m sure there was not another Christmas safari park-themed cake in the competition.

“The Brook Court magical safari tale made our entry even stronger, with the plot written like a pantomime and residents and team members playing parts in the story. We are so pleased to have won this wonderful award.”