Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, ...

Birthdays for the kids come once a year, and each milestone is celebrated as much as the year before. But just like the clockwork of a birthday approaching, the dread of how you’re going to pull off a ...

Forget Colin (or Cuthbert) the Caterpillar – we’ve teamed up with Chris Murphy, baker to the stars, to help you make your own showstopping (and secretly quite easy) birthday cakes for the gang. These ...

>> MANY FAMILIES WILL BE GATHERING AROUND THE KITCHEN THIS WEEK TO WHIP UP SOME TASTY TREATS. YOU CAN SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME WITH LOVED ONES WORKING TOGEERTH TO CREATE SOME FTIVEES DESSERTS. AND IF YOU ...

2 cups self raising flour, ½ cup custard powder, 2 cups castor sugar, 1 cup milk, 4 eggs lightly beaten, 250g butter softened, 2 teaspoons vanilla essence Line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper.