"The smile on my grandson's face is ... on kids' birthday parties today. "The days of going over to someone's house with balloons are over," he said. "When I was a kid, it was cake and ice cream ...

This is a really easy birthday cake for kids of all ages. Dan Lepard shows you how to make it in a step-by-step video. For the cake, line the base of a deep 20cm/9in cake tin with non-stick paper ...