Once you learn how to decorate a cake, you'll be whipping up celebratory treats in no time. Use all of our favorite tips and tricks to create a professional layered cake right at home.

Add flour mixture and ricotta mixture alternately, beating until just combined after each addition. Spread in prepared pan.

This traditional Easter fruit cake is topped with 11 spheres of homemade marzipan, representing all the Apostles, minus Judus. Decorate with a wide yellow ribbon.

This oh-so-pretty pudding is wrapped in ladyfingers and contains layers of jelly and set custard decorated with fresh fruit. For this recipe you will need a deep, 20cm/8in springform cake tin, 2 ...

Shazneen Ali from Kochi, who baked the cake, tells us that Mammootty's daughter Surumi wanted the cake decorated with sundrop fruit as toppings, as the plant in their garden has also borne fruit ...

Spread the cheesecake filling in the bottom of the cookie crust. Then spread the lemon curd on top. Decorate with sliced fresh fruit on top. Cover and chill till you are ready to serve.