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It’s not a birthday until there’s cake. Luckily, we’ve got plenty of inspiring birthday cake recipes to choose from, ranging from layer cakes to decadent chocolate cakes to mud cakes, and more! We’ve even included some super cute mini-cakes for something different.
Drizzled with a creamy yoghurt topping and sticky orange syrup, this honey muscat syrup cake is simply irresistible! Enjoy a little slice of heaven with your morning cuppa.
This wonderfully rich bundt cake is brilliant served with a drizzling of delicous Lindt dark chocolate glaze and sprinkling of crunchy pistachio nuts, creating a weekend treat to indulge your sweet tooth. Recipe brought to you by Lindt.
Beautiful honeyed figs provide the finishing touch to this three-layer zucchini cake. Serve with an extra drizzle of honey for a dessert guaranteed to impress.
Indulge your sweet cravings with this irresistible dark chocolate cake. With a beautifully fudgy centre, sweet berries and a dusting of cocoa powder, it’s the ultimate decadent dessert.
Create a heavenly volcano with thick, sweet caramel oozing out of this gorgeously layered creamy banana cake. It’s sure to dazzle at a birthday party.
Broderie anglaise, French for `English embroidery’, is characterised by cutwork, lace and small eyelet patterns, just like we’ve used in this cake.
Nutty poppyseed and hazelnut sponge sandwiched between layers of sweet, thickened mascarpone and fresh, bright raspberries drizzled with dark chocolate ganache.
White chocolate-lovers, you can’t get much better than this indulgent mud cake! Layered with a heavenly cookies and cream ganache and topped with oreos, it’s pure decadence on a plate.
Bring out this beautiful layer cake when you want to wow! With thick swirls of creamy yoghurt icing and a drizzle of tropical passionfruit pulp, it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser!
Semi-naked and naked cakes are certainly the thing to serve at special occasions these days. We show you how to achieve a beautiful semi-naked chocolate mud cake, perfect anytime.
Requested time and time again, this gorgeous layer cake from The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Best Ever Recipes cookbook is a favourite for a reason – it’s the perfect combination of sweet and stunning.
Decorated with an easy ‘naked’ butter cream frosting, vienna almonds and a sprinkle of edible flowers, this four-layer caramel mud cake will make an eye-catching centrepiece at any event. Simply stunning!
Make a versatile buttercream for these birthday cake recipes
Buttercream is one of those basic recipes that is so useful to master. You can use it to top cakes, cupcakes and slab cakes, and it’s easy to colour it to create some truly artistic-looking baked goods.
Baking has been at the heart of The Australian Women’s Weekly Test Kitchen for decades. As such, we’ve picked up some handy tips and tricks to ensure baking success every time, including how to:
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