Andrew used his Gran’s recipe for a classic light chocolate cake and topped it with chocolate icing, chocolate shards, hazelnuts and raspberries for a spectacular finish fit for a birthday.

Seattle bakers leave no flower un-plucked, no crumb un-frosted, and no dream unfulfilled when it comes to creative cakes.

Sometimes it can be difficult to know what cake ... birthday – one which is not complicated, will feed many people and can be made ahead. This is the one! A grown-up cake which is two chocolate ...