Thank you for all the suggestions.

Still not sure what i'll make...i've woken up (from next to no sleep) feeling sick- so don't think i can make it down to the shops to get extra ingredients.

The carrot cake with cream cheese would've been nice- but all the recipes i found i had 1 ingredient- that varied each time from each recipe- missing (eg- one had sour cream, another was almond meal). Also don't have any cream cheese either. The banana cake sounds yummy too- i'm just missing the apple sauce...though i do have some apples which i possibly make some of my own- hmm will see how i go this morning. I've even got all the ingredients to make a pavalova except cream.

So might have to stick to the chocolate cupcakes...unless anyone has any more recipe suggestions?

Oh and Tanstar- i would still love it if you could share the berry sponge recipe, please. I know i don't have any berries- but it sounds delicious- so might give it a try for the next family birthday cake.

So thanks again and any other ideas (including recipes if possible)- please keep them coming.