This pretty pink-and-white cake looks beautiful as it’s topped with edible flowers and gold leaf ... you will need two 20cm/8in cake tins, a piping bag fitted with a wide plain nozzle and ...

Pipe ‘Happy Birthday’ onto the cake (or a message of your choice) and use the remaining royal icing to stick the piped flowers onto the top and sides of the cake.

Adding the candy flowers to the top of each cupcake is the perfect easy yet important task for the youngest helpers! For the cupcakes: White cake mix ... Step 7: Prepare a piping bag and ...