I know its far off but last year for Harry's birthday my MIL made the cake, which was lovely but I felt like it should've been me making it. I want to make it for his second birthday but I don't know where to get the equipment to decorate it, like on some of the cupcakes you ladies do look so nice and neat and swirly how do you do it?? xxx

go for it, have a practice run first,

I get most of my supplies from

www.surbitonart.com but that's because it's within walking distance of my house!

www.cakecraftworld.co.uk is good

To do the swirls you need the right piping nozzle, a large star nozzle is best. I use the Wilton 1M tip

also have a look at youtube for tutorials on how to ice a cake, it's easier than you think!

Shout if you need a hand, or LisaG is always very helpful with cake matters too x

Yeah I agree with Mandy you should deffo give it a whirl! Cupcakes might be best to start with as covering a cake can be a little stressful if you want it to look good.

I use cake craft world too and they're good. They'll have everything you'll need. Have a look through google images and post a pic that you like the look of and we can let you know how to make it and what you'll need xxx

Aww thank you so much for your replies Mandy and Lisa I will have a look at that site and look at some piccies of what I want, at the minute he loves diggers and timmy time but that could change by the time hes two lol xx

Another question lol, do you make your own fondant icing or do you buy it?? Just looked up a recipe and wouldn't know where to buy half the ingredients!!

I would have ago at the cupcakes as these are quite easy and even the icing is not too hard if i can do it anyone can!!. The icing for cupcakes is only made from icing sugar, butter and a drop of milk so no fancy ingredients! There are some good videos on youtube that show you how to do the swirls xx

Yeah I agree with Kate buttercream is the way forward lol. Fondant icing is more commonly known as sugar paste in the UK and I always buy it although I know people who only ever make there own but it's not that expensive to buy. If you don't have a local cake supply shop buy some from the link Mandy gave you. Or Tesco do their own brand. If you're wanting it to make little models for the top of cupcakes you'd be best to use gumpaste and I can tell you a few different ways to make it if needs be xxx

Thanks girls, I will start with cupcakes, then might make a cake for mothers day for my mum and use the icing then... the last cake I made was a bugpuss one for my mum when I was 14 lol xx