Merry Christmas you filthy animal!

'CAKE ENGINEER' BUILDS AMAZING HOME ALONE HOUSE

- By DEBORAH HALL

AN award-winning cake designer and sculptor from Beverley is used to wowing with her magical Christmas window displays.

From a beautiful scene of Santa sitting beside a roaring fire and checking off his list, to the “flying” scene from The Snowman, Grace Hunt's creations always amaze the crowds that gather for her annual “reveal” ceremony.

This time, Grace has been amazed herself by the reaction to what she has conjured up for her Grace Eva Cakes shop, in North Bar Without, this Christmas. She has gone to town with a recreation of the Home Alone house, from the blockbuster comedy film that has been capturing imaginations at Christmas since it was first released in November 1990.

For the uninitiated (and there are a few out there), the house is central to the plot, with an eight-year-old Kevin McCallister accidentally being left behind when his family fly off from Chicago to France at Christmas. Two burglars hatch a plan to loot the place, believing it to be unoccupied, and it is up to Kevin to defend his family home, to hilarious effect.