When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

Today we offer you an express and easy to make birthday cake recipe ... digits on top and poach cream all over again. Add more mango coulis and passion fruit on top. Here we are, the number ...

Mary’s light fruit cake is covered with marzipan and fondant icing to look like a tennis court, but you can easily adapt it to your sport of choice. A great birthday cake for sports fans!