Extrude a 22cm length of each colour. Lay the three colours side by side and wrap them around the bound bundle as shown. Leave 3cm of stick bare at the base.

Behati Prinsloo celebrates her daughter Dusty's 7th birthday with a puppy-themed birthday cake and a paint party. The model shares her three kids with husband Adam Levine.

Preheat the oven to 170C/150C Fan/Gas 3. Grease 4 x 20cm/8in sandwich cake tins and line the bottoms with baking paper. Dust the tins with flour, then shake out the excess.

While it is believed the first actual birthday cake was made in Germany in the Middle Ages, our modern idea of cakes as round things decorated with icing comes from 17th century Europe.

Cover the cake board with 450g light-blue fondant. With 1cm and 2cm round cutters, cut out and remove the circles with the tip of a toothpick. Replace the removed fondant with brown, dark-blue and ...