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!

Use this large sponge cake recipe as the base for a kids’ party cake. It’s a jam-filled sponge coated with buttercream, ready for you to cover with fondant icing and decorate in any way you like.

with Charles' replica of choice being a purse. In addition to buttercream and fondant, she made a rich chocolate cake with ...