The no fail birthday cake - ideal for blokes who don't bake

So you think you can't make a birthday or celebration cake, think again! It seems inevitable that at some time or another there will be a request from one of your children that you make them a birthday cake for school, kindy or for a home party. I've got a fail proof way for you to master this task.

First of all: don't panic. Making a cake will earn you big brownie points with everyone - and this one is REAL EASY. There's no cooking, if you are able to melt some butter you can do this. The other great thing about this cake is you can add any type of biscuits or lollies to suit to customise it for the birthday recipient.

So give it a go, you don't even need a birthday as an excuse and it's a great recipe for the kids to help choose the ingridients and then help with the mixing.

This makes one Cake serves 6-8 - you will need:
* 18 Arnott's Choc Ripple biscuits or biscuit of your choice
* 8 1/4 cup Cookies & Cream Ice-cream or your choice
* 3 1/4 cup Lolly snakes or other type of favourite lollies
* 1/2 cup Butter

Here's what you do:
1. Bring Ice-cream out of freezer for at least 20 minutes or until softened
2. Crush biscuits into fine chunks
3. Melt butter
4. Mix melted butter with crushed biscuits into a bowl
5. Press mixture into a 25cm spring tin and flatten with the back of a spoon
6. Place in freezer for 20 minutes
7. Chop 200g of lolly snakes into 1cm chunks and mix with ice-cream
8. Spoon mixture on top of biscuit base and cover with cling wrap
9. Freeze for at least 4 hours
10. When arranging candles place remaining snakes on the top for decoration

-Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith is a qualified naturopath, chef and single father of two young children. More great kid focussed recipes for you to try @ www.theworldrecipebook.com