Birthday

I rarely miss Facebook. But when I jolt awake at 3am realising it was my mum’s birthday the day before, and I missed it, I do lament what was lost.

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Bridget Grocke will soon join a very exclusive club, and says one thing has kept her going all these years.

This gently spiced cake contains nuggets of sun-dried apricot for a perfect balance of sweet and tart.

This layer cake recipe is an update of an old-fashioned coffee and walnut cake.

Danielle Alvarez’s lemon cake of dreams also happens to be dairy-free.

This tropical traybake will brighten the dreariest winter’s day.

The decline of Facebook means no one knows it’s your birthday any more which means I don’t get to hear from people I almost never think about.

Helen Goh swaps the original’s dark chocolate ganache for whipped cocoa cream in this simple “everyday” recipe.

Celebrating birthdays in the office can be divisive, awkward, and an all-round waste of time.

With a one of 1461 chance of being born on February 29, I have the rarest of rare birthdays. Which means I’m both 10 and 40 at the same time.