A child's birthday party captures all that we love about baking. We may shun the kitchen throughout the year but when it comes to a child's birthday party parents will pull out all the stops to give them a birthday to remember. The themes may change as the children grow, but each year parents across the land put themselves forward for the ultimate baking challenge: making the birthday cake. The book will take you through your years of making birthday cakes. You may go to the internet to update your designs but for the ideas and basic recipes this is the book you'll go back to again and again. It will also include an additional six recipes from previous Great British Bake Off contestants. And beyond the making of the cake, a birthday offers so many other opportunities to bake and create for the occasion. From home-made savouries like sausage rolls, pizza and cheese straws that will be enjoyed at any birthday tea, to brilliant ideas for biscuits and cupcakes to put on the table or take home in a party bag, the book will have recipes for every level of skill and ambition.