Light, tender, and not too sweet, chantilly cake is an elegant way to celebrate a birthday. Our version is filled with berry-tinged whipped cream; the chantilly frosting is made extra creamy with ...

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.

The success of this cake is in the bananas — they must be ripe, over-ripe even, to ensure the cake is moist — and in the rich, buttery chocolate icing, lots of it.