. Tint half the Buttercream with your choice of food colouring pastes and use to cover the tops of the cupcakes (you won’t need all the cupcakes, and any leftovers can be frozen for future recipes). Use piping bags with star-shaped nozzles to pipe flower

me long to come up with the idea for these fabulous fun cookies. They are great for children's parties or as summer garden party. To create them, use my recipes for basic vanilla cookies and royal icing then follow the step-by-step photographs

baking paperPiping bag, fitted with a star-shaped nozzleMethodPreheat the oven to 180ºC/ 350ºF/ Gas Mark 4. Make the Extra Large Vanilla or Chocolate Sponge mixture and divide it between the cake tins. Bake on the middle shelf of the preheated oven for 30

cookies, divide the icing between two bowls, about 250g (9oz) in one and 350g (12oz) in the other. Mix the 250g (9oz) with black food colouring. Add a little water to both bowls until the icings have reached soft-peak consistency. Fill one piping bag

The step-by-step instructions in The Ultimate Children’s Cookbook by Dorling Kindersley (£15) make this the perfect accompaniment to your child’s culinary education. There are 150 recipes to help her become a confident cook, from smoothies and wraps

Coco loves making biscuits, so The Usborne Children’s Book Of Baking (Usborne, £12.99) is perfect. It has lots of practical tips and simple recipes and includes one of the all-time favourite biscuit-based recipes – this Blueberry Cheesecake

-coated wafersEquipment1.2 litre and 275ml pudding basins, greased and dusted with flour12-hole mini cupcake tray, lined with 8 mini paper cupcake casesCocktail sticksPiping bag, with star-shaped nozzleMethod Preheat the oven to 180ºC/ 350ºF/ Gas Mark 4. Make

This is definitely a recipe for little hands. Why not make one snowman for each person as a place setting?Makes 10 Snowmen Ingredients200g (7oz) large white marshmallows10 cocktail sticksBrown writing icing Coloured liquorice laces or fruit leather

or honey. Serve with white rice. This is a good dish to introduce chopsticks.Feeds 4 adults or hungry childrenIngredients4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts or 6 skinless, boneless thighs, chopped into bite-sized pieces4 tablespoons cornflour2 tablespoons

The Kooky 3D Kids’ Cookbook by Mark Thacker (Hardie Grant, £9.99) comes with two pairs of funky 3D glasses to help bring the recipes to life before you begin. There are 24 delicious dishes, but I think the Superstar Sundaes are the perfect sweet