325g (11 ½ oz) milk chocolate broken into pieces 50g (2oz) unsalted butter diced 80g (3 ¼ oz) cocoa sifted 160ml (5 ½ fl oz) whole milk 2 tbsp golden syrup ...

After researching pictures of Chewbacca cakes, I came to the realization that he was a difficult character to recreate in dessert form. Most of the ones I found were scary, and not in a good way.

If there’s only one cake you ever learn to make, let it be this. Yellow cake swaddled in chocolate frosting is perhaps the gold standard cake for birthdays, and for good reason–it strikes just the ...