Not all birthday cake decorating ideas involve piping bags and heaps of sprinkles. For the chocolate fanatic in your life, top a chocolate cake with creamy chocolate frosting and plenty of ...

I've never been much of a frosting person. I like cake just fine, but I don't get excited about the idea of a cake covered in ...

This is a really easy birthday cake for ... Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool completely. Meanwhile make the cocoa frosting, mix the cocoa powder and icing sugar in a bowl.

A homemade birthday cake ... oven and take the cakes out of the tins after about 10 minutes. Place the cakes on a wire rack to cool completely. To make the buttercream icing, sift half the icing ...

The success of this cake is in the bananas — they must be ripe, over-ripe even, to ensure the cake is moist — and in the rich, buttery chocolate icing, lots of it.