Chocolate garnishes are extensively used in cakes, and also easy to make. Here are a few easy garnishes.

The fruits need not all be exotic – you can make do with those that you have readily on hand, but this cake will still taste exotic, thanks to the combination of ingredients and the careful preparation.

A classic dessert of chocolate sponge cake layered with cream and cherries.

The already rich chocolaty flavour of this cake is further reinforced with layered dark chocolate icing and kit kat chocolate.

Some cake tins have a non-stick coating while others do not. Even with a non-stick surface cakes sometimes crumble at the base while removing; hence it is strongly recommended that you line all tins according to the instructions in each recipe as shown.