FAO Flow - or any other cakey types

I've got two 8 inch tins, a mini cake tin and that's it. I have a few others but that's all I normall use. I also have a silicone piping bag which is great. I use either a star nozzle (1 cm I think) or a plain round nozzle which gives a lovely smooth icing. That's all I use plus little extras like icing cutters and fancy cases but these are all extras.

The nozzle set is a good starter GB!!! I use BIGGER nozzle for cupcakes, as i prefer the look it achieves:

and i use a reusuable piping bag, kinda nylony!

You dont need many cake tins, standard size is an 8inch one, i have them up to 12 in both round and square but thats cos i do wedding cakes so need varying sizes! As a basic, have a 6inch and 8inch.

Note about cupcake cases, you want muffin sized ones for proper big cupcakes, the cupcake ones tend to be mainly fairy cake sized which IMO are too small!!

HTH x

Something like this may be?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cupcake-French-Nozzle-Decoration-Sugarcraft/dp/B007BDMBYM/ref=sr_1_8?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1347282269&sr=1-8

Thanks all! Yes, I do prefer the look of a bigger nozzle, just not sure what I need to buy to get it. The Amazon link (sorry, forgot who posted it now) is the kinda big nozzle I think I need. Will take a look. I have the disposable piping bags, found I get on better with those ones.

I think i'll stick with upgrading my nozzles and getting new colours, etc for decoration. I have seen some straight sided cupcake tins which make fab looking mini victoria sponges!

Did you teach yourself decorating skills? I think I need to see if there are any youtube videos to help me get started. I was pretty chuffed with the 2 cupcakes I made - I made up the frosting recipe myself. I just need to practice lots! (downside is I have far too much cake!)

BTW - have you seen the piping set from Lakeland which lets you pipe 2 different colours at once?

no, but do you mean kind of in a swirl on the same cupcake?! cos you can do that yourself without some fandangled contraption

I do. Sounds like you're a definite pro! ?
This was it. The MIL was telling me about it - https://www.lakeland.co.uk/p16656/Duo-Icing-Bag-Range

Right, that's it. I need to just practice more. Found a few things on the lakeland site which might be fun to get- stamps to make flowers and the likes.

I only want to do it as a little hobby for myself - and so Little Miss has cool cakes ?

I can recommend Lakeland (my brother works there so I get lots of freebies!) althought they are very gadgety and a lot of the time you can do the same thing yourself. The flower cutters are good, I use them a lot and they look nice layered up or single.

i want to be your new besto friend !

Haha it's brilliant. He also tends to be really generous too. They get staff discount an often brings home something pretty. He got me my Victoria sponge tin, cake tins, a vintage glass cake stand an lots of other goodies. A lot of the time he gets things for free, if someone brings something back it can't be resold. A lot of the things are stilled sealed in their boxes too. There is a thing called a charity list an any electrical goods brought back are checked and/or fixed and put on the list. We got one of those heated dryer things that was £80 for £2 it was still sealed in its box. Hes the best at Christmas and birthday presents too!!