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Ignoring cooking instructions can have disastrous consequences as demonstrated by these comical cake fails. From runny icing to sunken middles and burnt edges, the disastrous sugar-infused centerpieces do little to whet the appetite. The images are courtesy of Flickr users who, instead of hiding their culinary mishaps, willingly posted them online to serve as a lesson to other aspiring bakers. Runny disaster: A banana and toffee pudding cake with maple syrup buttercream turns into a sloppy mess One photo of a banana and toffee pudding cake with maple syrup buttercream, looks like it is plunging into a sinkhole as it sits in a puddle of butter-colored icing. More... 'Bake Off was a piece of cake compared to this!': Bake Off winner John Whaite opens his diary from his first term at the world’s most prestigious cookery school Dessert for two! Justin Timberlake's wife Jessica Biel emerges from a cupcake shop with a large cake And a cherry upside-down cake, complete with

A teenager who was bullied so badly at school she was forced to leave without qualifications has had the last laugh - after reaching the finals of Miss England. Jade Power, 19, was so traumatised by the physical and verbal attacks by girls at her school that she left before gaining any GCSEs or A-Levels. On one occasion bullies threatened to kill her and her family, punched her and pulled her hair. But now 5ft 10ins Jade is in the running to be crowned Miss England in June after winning the Miss Sussex title in her home county. Bullied to beauty: Jade Power was tormented by other girls and had to leave after being physically and verbally attacked but now she is in the running to become the next Miss England Jade, from Rye, East Sussex, said: 'I was a bit of an outcast at school. 'I didn't have many friends and had to leave for my own safety. It was not the best time. 'I got punched and one girl said she would kill my friends and family. I now want to give something

His age has long been a mystery, but fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has finally revealed that he is 77. Inviting people to play a guessing game, he held a 70th birthday bash in 2008 and a party celebrating his 79th four years later. But in an interview with Paris Match the white-haired Chanel creative director stated that his real birthdate is September 10, 1935. Man of mystery: He has kept people guessing about his age for years, but Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, pictured at the label's couture show in January, has finally revealed that he is 77 He said that for decades he didn't know exactly what year he was born. It was only when his mother died that he discovered it was 1935 and not 1938 as stated on documentation. '[She] changed the [year]. It was easier to make a 3 or an 8 ... I don't know why she did it,' he explained. More... Great minds think alike! Marc Jacobs and Anna Wintour snapped wearing matching Prada fur coats to Great Gatsby premiere &#

Juan Murdoch, a father-of-six from Idaho Falls, Idaho, has invented interactive pajamas which, when scanned with a camera phone or tablet, can tell bedtime stories. The pajamas are adorned with 47 clusters of dots that act like barcodes. When a child scans each cluster with a tablet or smartphone camera, a different bedtime story or lesson about an animal is launched. 'Kids have a patience level of about ten seconds,' the inventor, whose own children range in age from six to 18, told Today.com. 'The nice thing about these is they're instant.' Interactive sleepwear: Smart PJs are adorned by clusters of dots that act like bar codes. When they are scanned by a smartphone or tablet, they launch a bedtime story or animal lesson There are currently two apps that sync with his invention, called Smart PJs. The Smart PJ Stories app contains 47 different bedtime tales including Mother Goose classics and tales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. And the origi

If you ever get so hungry you could eat a horse, a recipe book - launched in the wake of the horsemeat scandal - is here to help. The Horsemeat Cookbook by Chris Windle includes recipes for Pastissada de Caval (a horse stew), Pot-au-feu de cheval (another horse stew), Korean Yuk Hui (raw horse salad) and Khazakhstan’s national dish, Beshbarmak (boiled horse and noodles). With the help of Chris Windle's new cookbook (complete with horsemeat jokes), left, you too could learn how to rustle up a tasty plate of horse fillets, right The book - which comes with a handy guide to the nutritional benefits of gobbling My Little Pony - also points out it's lower in fat than beef, and has twice as much iron and vitamin B12. There are even some horsemeat jokes thrown in for good measure. More... Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: My friend thinks my husband is a sex pest JANET STREET-PORTER: Hand back our bus passes and TV licences?! You must be joking, Iain Duncan Smith JA

A new study by a Western Illinois University researcher has found that couples who have more interaction on Facebook are happier in real life. Professor Christopher Carpenter says users who appear in more photos with their partner and regularly 'tag' each other in status updates report closer romantic relationships. He also claims that the reverse is true, and less interaction leads to less closeness. Status update: A new study has found that couples who 'tag' each other in more Facebook photos have closer relationships in real life This flies in the face of previous research that blamed the site for everything from causing jealousy to making heavy users more disconnected to their partner. Carpenter is also the author of last year's widely-covered study linking Facebook and narcissism. More... The new book club? Women desperate to kickstart their careers are forming 'Lean In' circles inspired by Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Martha Stewart admits sh

Jackie Siegel's partially finished dream home known as Versailles will include a theater inspired by the Paris Opera House, a bowling alley, roller-skating rink, and 30-car garage. The 47-year-old mother-of-eight from Windermere, Florida, is the star of The Queen Of Versailles, an award-winning documentary chronicling Mrs Siegel and her billionaire husband, David Siegel, as they build their 90,000-square-foot mansion modeled after France's 17th century Palace of Versailles. Mrs Siegel, who recently resumed construction on the sprawling house after creditors went after her husband’s company, Westgate Resorts, and work on Versailles was halted, told New York Magazine: 'We’re going to inlay the floors with a lot of onyx and amethyst and semiprecious stones.' Queen of Versailles: Jackie Siegel's partially finished dream home, known as Versailles, will include a theater inspired by the Paris Opera House, a bowling alley, roller-skating rink, and 30-car garage The m