A hilarious video has emerged of a group of young men failing their attempt to extinguish sparklers on birthday cakes in Sydney, Australia.

The footage, shot earlier this month, shows one of the men knocking the cakes over on the floor while trying to turn off the sparklers.

They eventually managed to extinguish them but not without setting fire to a woman's towel.

"Great banter, at least the cake is fine" the filmer later wrote online.