Chocolate birthday cake

We used colourful candles rather than artificial sweets to brighten up this tasty birthday cake

Catherine Berwick’s Parsnip & maple syrup cake

The winner of Good Food’s 20th birthday cake competition, we think this is the new carrot cake

Sausage roll twists with tomato dip

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Perfect for kids birthday parties – just make sure the mums and dads don’t eat them all!

Very chocolatey cake

An indulgent chocolate cake that kids can make for a friend's birthday or as a family treat

Hannah Obee’s Salted caramel chocolate cake

This sophisticated cake, one of the final three in our 20th birthday cake competition, is dark, rich and moist

Louise Read’s Coffee crunch cake

This recipe pairs a nutty meringue with coffee-flavoured Victoria sponge. No wonder it made it into the top three in our 20th birthday cake competition

Banoffee marshmallow cake

This fun cake won the 11-17 age group in our 20th birthday cake competition

Teddy Christening cake

Make an impressive Christening or 1st birthday cake using these simple techniques and our step-by-step photographs

Chocolate owl cake

A fun chocolate birthday cake decorated with buttons, biscuits and marzipan – bound to be a hit with young children

Lollipop cake

Fab, fun easy-to-make birthday cake – decorate with your little ones’ favourite treats

Birthday biscuits

These ring biscuits are perfect for parties and work well in any shape, get the kids to help

Blackberry & coconut squares

This lovely crumbly bake won the under-11s category of our 20th birthday cake competition