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A birthday is a great way to not only celebrate the yearly anniversary of someone’s birth but to eat plenty of delicious birthday food too!
Easy-to-eat snack or finger foods are among the most popular at parties, such as such as; ice-cream cake, red velvet cupcake , roly poly jam rolls, fairy bread and more!


It is also a wonderful occasion to create a large cake for the birthday boy or girl to enjoy with friends or family.

Happy Birthday!

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By abby99jones

Rate this recipe 3.7/5 (132 Votes)
Ultimate Chocolate Cake 1 Picture
Details

servings 14
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 30
Cooking time 60
Cost Average budget

  • 200g good quality dark chocolate, about 60% cocoa solids
  • 200g butter
  • 1 tbsp instant coffee granules
  • 85g self-raising flour
  • 85g plain flour
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 200g light muscovado sugar
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 25g cocoa powder
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 75ml buttermilk (5 tbsp)
  • grated chocolate or curls, to decorate
  • For the ganache
  • 200g good quality dark chocolate, as above
  • 284ml carton double cream (pouring type)
  • 2 tbsp golden caster sugar

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Indulge yourself with Angela Nilsen's heavenly moist and fudgy chocolate cake - perfect for celebrations - birthday

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Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a muffin tray with cupcake cases

  • 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 115g plain flour, sifted twice
  • 30g unsweetened cocoa
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 80ml sour cream
  • 4 tbsp strong espresso, cooled
  • For the chocolate frosting
  • 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature.
  • 30g unsweetened cocoa powder.
  • 1/3 tsp salt.
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract.
  • 250g icing sugar.
  • 2 tbsp whole milk.
  • 2 tbsp double cream.
  • For the gingerbread
  • 450g plain flour, plus extra to dust.
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda.
  • 2 tsp ground ginger.
  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon.
  • 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg.
  • ¼ tsp salt .
  • 115g unsalted butter, at room temperature.
  • 100g granulated sugar.
  • 160ml unsulphured molasses or black treacle.
  • 1 large egg.
  • Zest of ½ lemon, finely grated.
  • White icing pen.
  • For the decoration
  • Cocoa powder (for the 'soil').
  • Ready-made small white fondant flowers
4.6/5 (96 Votes)

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The best Kinder Bueno cheesecake in 5 easy steps! A perfect cake to impress at birthdays and special occasions

  • 300g biscuits (digestive is best)
  • 150g butter not margarine
  • 350mls of fresh whipped cream
  • 450g philadelphia cheese
  • 150g icing sugar (sifted)
  • 5 - 6 Kinder Bueno chocolate bars
4.2/5 (480 Votes)

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Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water

  • Gummy Bears
  • Humongous bar of milk chocolate
4.6/5 (12 Votes)

Spider-Man Birthday Cake

Spider-Man Birthday Cake Blogger Recipe

By TheGbMum, The Gingerbread Mum

For some reason (I’m trying to think of something other than laziness) it always takes me ages to blog about birt...

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For those who aren't such cake-lovers, this cookie stack is a tasty alternative!

  • 100g soft brown sugar
  • 100g caster sugar225g plain flour
  • 100g butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 225g plain flour
  • 140g milk chocolate
  • 85g white chocolate
  • 85g plain chocolate
  • 150g butter
  • 350g icing sugar
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 2tbsp milk
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • various types of chocolate to melt and drizzle as decoration
4.3/5 (19 Votes)

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1) Melt the butter, chocolate and syrup in a heavy based saucepan

  • 110g soft unsalted butter, plus 1 tbsp
  • 290g plain chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 60ml golden syrup
  • 230g plain hard and crunchy biscuits
  • 450g mini marshmallows
4.2/5 (87 Votes)

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Beat the eggs until bubbly

  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 4 tbsp condensed milk
  • 2/3 cup self-raising flour
  • 2 tp baking powder
4.3/5 (4 Votes)

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Cake Preheat the oven to 180C

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
4.2/5 (24 Votes)

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Sinfully good... combining a chocolate bar we all know and love, with a classic sponge

  • 3 - 8 Kinder Bueno - dependant on cake decoration (see step 5)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 small yoghurt tub
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 1/2 sups of powdered sugar
  • 1/2 sachet of yeast
  • A handful of chocolate chips
3.8/5 (415 Votes)

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The first thing we will do is to prepare the pastry cream

  • For the biscuit base:
  • 200 g digestive biscuits.
  • 100 gr. of butter.
  • For the pastry cream:
  • 500 ml of milk.
  • 100 gr. of sugar.
  • A tablespoon of liquid vanilla.
  • 40 Gr. cornstarch.
  • 4 eggs.
  • A pinch of salt.
  • For the mousse:
  • 700 ml. cream whipping very cold.
  • 1/2 cup of milk.
  • 100 gr. of sugar.
  • 9 gelatin sheets.
  • About 500 gr. of custard, already cold.
  • The rest of the pastry cream.
  • A splash of milk.
  • 3 leaves of gelatine.
  • For decoration:
  • 12 packs of Kit kat
  • 1 or 2 bags of Maltereses (according to the size of the cake).
4.1/5 (14 Votes)

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A calorific cake which looks and tastes great! Really easy to make, really difficult to eat without making a mess!

  • 500g box cornflakes
  • 2x300g bars milk chocolate cake covering
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 350g icing sugar
  • few drops vanilla extract
  • 2tbsp milk
  • 1 bag marshmallows
4.1/5 (7 Votes)

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