Birthdays

No birthday is complete without cake! From cupcakes to tray bakes, or brownies to cheesecakes, you'll find lots of fun recipes that are perfect to celebrate with!

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Chocolate cupcakes decorated with multi-coloured frosting

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Rainbow Piñata Cupcakes

These rainbow piñata cupcakes are perfect for birthdays, baby showers and other celebrations. Add your favourite sprinkle mix or candy filling and top the cupcake with a beautiful, bright rainbow frosting swirl.

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Terry's Chocolate Orange Cake — three-layer fudgy sponge with ganache and buttercream

Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cake – Three Layer Fudgy Sponge

This Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cake is the kind of recipe that earns its place as a regular bake! Three layers of fudgy chocolate orange sponge, filled with a rich chocolate orange ganache and a light whipped cream, then finished with the fluffiest chocolate orange buttercream you’ll ever make. It looks like a proper showstopper, and it is, but the whole thing comes together with less faffing than you’d think. Whether it’s for a birthday or just a very good excuse, this one always goes down a treat.

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Caramilk Fudge Cake

Nothing beats a rich, moist fudge cake, and this Caramilk Fudge Cake takes it to the next level. With a melt in your mouth caramelised white chocolate sponge, topped with a Caramilk chocolate ganache frosting; this is the perfect cake for Caramilk lovers everywhere! A quick, no-fuss recipe that takes just 15 minutes to make.

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Chocolate Fudge Cake

Super easy and quick to make, this chocolate fudge cake is my go-to recipe when I need a last minute, decadent showstopper. It’s so versatile you can make it for any and every occasion. Slathered with a chocolate fudge frosting, this cake is definitely for chocolate lovers with a wicked sweet tooth.

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Easy Malteser Fudge

Take just five minutes and three ingredients, and you can make this easy Malteser fudge. Perfectly smooth and utterly delicious, all you need is chocolate, condensed milk and everyone’s favourite chocolate malt balls! It’s completely fool proof, you’ll be making it over and over again!

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Giant Smarties Cookie Pie

Perfect for big kids as well as the little ones, this fully-loaded giant Smarties cookie pie is going to put a huge smile on everyone’s face. Serve it warm fresh from the oven with plenty of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce! It’s easy to make and delicious as a sharing dessert or celebration treat.

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Vanilla Marble Bundt Cake

Moist and flavourful, this classic vanilla marble bundt cake is anything but boring! With swirls of colour, this quick and easy from scratch cake is absolutely perfect for birthdays, celebrations or just as a slice of cake and cup of tea. Top with a sprinkling of icing sugar or with vanilla glaze and tuck in.

Vanilla sheet cake cut into square slices

Vanilla Tray Bake Cake

Hands up if you’re a vanilla fan? Then this vanilla tray bake cake is just for you. The soft, fluffy and buttery vanilla sheet cake is so easy to make and perfect for a crowd. Covered in whipped vanilla buttercream, it’s perfect for birthday celebrations, an easy dessert or any occasion!

Rainbow swirl cupcake surrounded by scattered sprinkles

Rainbow Piñata Cupcakes

So simple to make, this rainbow pinata cupcake recipe makes twelve chocolate cupcakes, and are perfect for birthdays, baby showers and other celebrations. Add your favourite sprinkle mix or candy filling and top the cupcake with a beautiful, bright rainbow frosting swirl. The recipe can be easily doubled if you need more to go round.

Chocolate Tray Bake Cake

Calling all the chocolate lovers! This chocolate tray bake cake is super moist, crazy delicious and so easy to make with everyday store cupboard ingredients. It makes the best chocolate cake for birthdays, BBQs or any occasion, and is covered in a super creamy and smooth three-ingredient buttercream frosting.

Party Ring Blondies

Party Ring Blondies

You’re going love these easy Party Ring blondies, packed full of white chocolate chunks and mini marshmallows and topped with a classic favourite – iced ring biscuits. A fun traybake recipe for all the family!

Vanilla Layer Cake

Vanilla Layer Cake

You’ll want to make this delicious and easy vanilla layer cake over and over again. Sweet, fluffy cake layers with silky swiss meringue buttercream, is perfect for celebrating birthdays, weddings or any other special occasion.

Sundae Cupcakes

Chocolate Sundae Cupcakes – Gluten and Dairy Free

These cute chocolate sundae cupcakes are a fun twist on a classic – and believe it or not they are gluten and dairy free! Easy to make and look amazing, they are great for a birthday celebration. No spoon required!

Gluten Free Rainbow Bundt-Cake

Gluten Free Rainbow Bundt Cake

Bright, colourful and allergy friendly. It’s back to old school baking with this bright and colourful gluten free rainbow cake, runny icing and sprinkles!

Cake-O-Saurus is the perfect party guest and even brings his own cupcake. Create your own little cute monster with this easy to follow dinosaur cake tutorial!

T-Rex Dinosaur Cake Tutorial

Cake-O-Saurus is the perfect party guest and even brings his own cupcake. Create your own little cute monster with this easy to follow dinosaur cake tutorial!

Brown Butter Choc Chip Cake

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cake

The taste of chocolate chip cookie dough in cake form! Indulge in a brown butter chocolate chip cake, with layers of vanilla chocolate chip cake and iced with cookie dough frosting.

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Glazed Mini Vanilla Doughnuts

How cute are these mini vanilla doughnuts? Quick, easy, and baked so there’s no proving needed! Dipped in vanilla and chocolate glaze, they are the perfect mouthful of fluffy doughnut.

Ultimate Chocolate Cupcake

The Ultimate Chocolate Cupcake

These moist and rich chocolate cupcakes melt in your mouth with every bite. Easy to make, completely from scratch and topped off with the most decadent chocolate buttercream frosting, you won’t stop at one. These are the ultimate chocolate cupcakes!

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