I used to make my daughter a different birthday cake every year, depending on her special requests or birthday party theme. But one year I served a chocolate sheet cake with peanut frosting that I ...

Instead of Gabrielle making the birthday cakes, her siblings and parents teamed up to surprise her with a spread of six homemade desserts—each one crafted by a different family member.

This is a really easy birthday cake for kids of all ages. Dan Lepard shows you how to make it in a step-by-step video. For the cake, line the base of a deep 20cm/9in cake tin with non-stick paper ...