Alyssa Belz tells PEOPLE how she and her husband wanted to make their daughter's first half-birthday celebration special.

If you're going to make a customised birthday cake for your partner, you might as well be a bit creative. Maybe an in joke, or something personal to them. Ideally something that can't be bought in ...

A homemade birthday ... cake recipe requires less effort than most, but still looks fun and impressive. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Using a piece of kitchen paper, grease 2 x 20cm/8in ...