Happy 2nd birthday Neve! Mum Jacinda Ardern shares 'imperfect' piano cake

Name: PM Jacinda Ardern gives Jason Reeves a progress report on Neve's potty training
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Description: Jason Reeves caught up with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the halfway point of the nationwide lockdown and got a progress report on Neve's potty training. Video / Coast

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20 Jun, 2020 10:40 PM3 mins to read

Jason Reeves caught up with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the halfway point of the nationwide lockdown and got a progress report on Neve's potty training. Video / Coast

Time flies when you're a busy mum and Prime Minister of the country!

Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford turns 2 today and her mum has repeated her experience of last year, making Neve a birthday cake from the classic Australian Women's Weekly Birthday Cake Book.

This time, the Prime Minister chose to make a piano cake for Neve.

She took to Instagram to reveal it was not as simple as it might appear.

In the caption for a selfie alongside her finished cake, Ardern revealed it has some "structural stability" issues and is being propped up by a can of lentils.

"Cake making lesson number two - don't focus on making the cake look in proportion with little to no attention on structural integrity," the PM wrote.

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Cake making lesson number two- don’t focus on making the cake look in proportion with little to no attention on structural integrity....there is a jar of lentils propping this thing up. Happy Birthday Neve! Thanks for ignoring all of the imperfections in life and just being a joy #PianoCake #australianwomensweeklybirthdaycakebook

A post shared by Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) on Jun 20, 2020 at 3:26pm PDT

"There is a jar of lentils propping this thing up. Happy Birthday Neve! Thanks for ignoring all of the imperfections in life and just being a joy," the proud mum added.

Ardern's birthday cake is receiving congratulations and sympathy from fellow parents online who are sharing their own trying experiences baking big cakes for their children.

Last year, the Prime Minister made Neve a bunny cake and revealed on Instagram that the cake-making session did not go smoothly either.

"I recommend cakes that you can legitimately cover in coconut - it hides almost everything," she wrote a year ago.

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I may be smiling but about an hour earlier I was not enjoying the first birthday cake making experience (like just about every parent I know!) I recommend cakes that you can legitimately cover in coconut - it hides almost everything. Happy Birthday wee Neve!

A post shared by Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) on Jun 21, 2019 at 9:13pm PDT