Decorate it with strawberries and edible flowers ... cake batter for a nutty foundation, then provides lots of flavor options for the mousse filling and buttercream frosting. Surprise your ...

For the buttercream ... Pipe ‘Happy Birthday’ onto the cake (or a message of your choice) and use the remaining royal icing to stick the piped flowers onto the top and sides of the cake.

What about a bake that needs eggs for structure but not really for flavor? Enter the birthday cake. Even folks who rarely bake will whip up a birthday cake for someone they love. My dad’s ...

Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a little food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing.