Big Sex and the City fans will appreciate cup cakes with all that gooey sugary icing. If you’re not fazed by the threat of a stampede to the table where they’re served, treat everyone to a cup cake in all flavours and fancy icing.

The original icing will help to keep the cake in good heart but, depending how long you store it, icing will invariably discolour and need replacing. It’s not that difficult to remove icing and replace it with fresh.

Ask for samples from whoever you visit. If none are offered or made available to you, try elsewhere.

A many-tiered wedding cake is capable of feeding several hundred guests. With smaller parties it’s possible for a cake designer to create tiers of cup cakes or individual fruit cakes, complete with all the traditional ingredients.