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Birthday party recipes

Plan a perfect birthday party feast with our pick of the best party food and birthday cakes to impress.

Surprise adults and kids with a special birthday cake: how about a chocolate cake decorated with sweets or Delia's impressive lemon curd cake?

Recipes include

Birthday cake
Mary Berry's chocolate birthday cake
Piñata cake

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Birthday parties collections

Best cake recipes

Best chocolate cake recipes

Birthday brunch recipes

Birthday cake recipes

Nutty cakes

Celebration cakes

Chocolate birthday cake recipes

Dairy-free kids party

Easy cake recipes

Easy pizza recipes

Egg-free children's party

Gluten-free cake recipes

Gluten-free kids party

How to make cakes

Ice cream for kids

Icing, drizzles and sauces for cakes

Kids birthday cake ideas

Our best chocolate recipes

Showstopper bakes

Special breakfast recipes

Traybake cake recipes

Birthday parties recipes

Perfect chocolate brownies

by The BBC Food team

Cakes and baking

Fluffy American pancakes

by Louisa Carter

Cupcakes

by The BBC Food team

Cakes and baking

Basic buttercream icing

Cakes and baking

Crispy baked chicken wings with Korean barbecue and buffalo sauce

by Loyle Carner

Starters & nibbles

Easy no bake cheesecake

Chocolate fudge cake

by Benjamina Ebuehi

Cakes and baking

Bluey biscuits

by Becky Excell

Cakes and baking

Air fryer baked cheesecake

by Poppy O'Toole

Cakes and baking

Raspberry ricotta cake

by Alison Roman

Cakes and baking

Easy chocolate buttercream icing

Cakes and baking

Easy chocolate chip cookies

by Donal Skehan

Cakes and baking

Chocolate and caramel spiced nut bark

by Chetna Makan

Heart cake

by Lily Vanilli

Cakes and baking

A birthday cake for Dame Mary Berry

by Monica Galetti

Cakes and baking

Rock cakes

by The BBC Food team

Cakes and baking

Healthier flapjacks

by Justine Pattison

Cakes and baking

Easy fudge

by Sophie Whitbread

Mary Berry's easy Victoria sponge

Cakes and baking

Easy key lime pie

by Emma Crowhurst

Cakes and baking

Gluten-free chocolate cupcakes

by Lily Vanilli

Cakes and baking

Mary Berry's lemon meringue cupcakes

Cakes and baking

Irish coffee cupcakes

by Crystelle Pereira

Cakes and baking

Mary Berry's scones

Cakes and baking

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Fudge

Ice cream

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Jelly

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Victoria sponge

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