My children's favourite birthday cake….

• 1 kg mixed mince (beef and pork)
• 1 onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 red chilli
• 30g parsley
• 8g salt
• 1 g ground pepper
• 70g cheedar cheese, cubed
• 1 pack of puff pastry
• 1 egg

Finely chop the onion, parsely, red chilli and garlic. Mix with the mince and cheese. Add salt and pepper.

Form into a pie shape, and cover with the puff pastry (bottom, top and sides; crimp the pastry to form a seal). Put your child's age on top of the pie, and brush with egg.

Put into a 180 degree pre-heated oven, and bake for 45 minutes or until the core temperature reaches 70 degrees.

Put candles on top and light them when serving if you feel like it!