Birthdays are a time to celebrate and have fun together. As a mother of a young kid you have to do a lot of preparation to make it a success. No birthday is complete without yummie treats so here are few recipes which will make you win everyones heart.

Sprinkle Bread

Ingredients:

Slices of bread
Lots of colored sprinkles
Softened butter
Knife

Method:

1. Take the bread and spread it with soft butter.

2. Shake on the colored sprinkles.

3. Cut bread into any desired shape (square, triangle or circle) with knife.

4. Serve immediately.

Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

1-1/4 cup sugar
6 eggs
1/4 cup cold water
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

Method:

1. Break eggs and separate white and yellow parts. Beat yolks for 5 minutes.

2. Beat in sugar and then water.

3. Sift flour and baking powder and add to egg yolks.

4. Beat egg whites, salt and tarter together. Beat until they hold a peak.

5. Add to other ingredients.

6. Bake in ungreased tube pan at 325 degrees fahrenheit for 1 hour.

Chocolate Pies

Ingredients:

1 cup (150g) plain flour
1/2 cup (50g) Dutch cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
120g unsalted butter, softened
1/2 firmly packed cup (100g) brown sugar
1 egg, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk
100g white marshmallows

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2. Put baking paper on 2-3 baking trays.

3. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.

4. Beat butter and sugar in an mixer (electric) on high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, followed by the vanilla and buttermilk. Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and beat until combined.

5. Place 32 tablespoonfuls of mixture 4cm apart on the prepared trays. Bake for 7-8 minutes until doubled in size and firm on top when gently pressed. Cool on trays.

6. Place marshmallows and 1 teaspoon warm water in a microwave-safe dish and microwave on high for 20 seconds, then stir until smooth.

7. Spread the melted marshmallows over 16 of the rounds, then sandwich them together with the remaining rounds.

Coconut, chocolate Muffins

Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas, roughly chopped
125g unsalted butter, melted
2 eggs
3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
1 cup (45g) desiccated coconut
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups (300g) self-raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup (100g) dark chocolate chips
Icing sugar (to dust)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C and grease a 12-hole mini-muffin pan.

2. Process butter, caster sugar, banana, eggs and vanilla in a food processor until well combined.

3. Place flour, coconut and chocolate in a large bowl, then fold in banana mixture. Working in batches, place dessert spoons of mixture into pan.

4. Bake for fifteen minutes.

5. Cool slightly in pan, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter.

6. Serve dusted with icing sugar.