I'm not a Suzy Homemaker, but I can decorate cupcakes

That’s so not me. It’s not that I don’t try, because I do, but it’s just not in my make-up to be that domesticated.

In our house it’s Matt who does most of the cleaning and the household chores. Okay, make that almost all of them.

But I do attempt cooking and am not completely terrible at it. It’s just baking that I struggle with.

Until now, that is! I visited Cakes o’Licious in Cosham this week for a cupcake-piping lesson.

Hanli, owner of the shop and baker extraordinaire, gave me a private lesson on how to ice my cupcakes. I have to say I was mega impressed by my efforts, even if I say so myself.

Hanli was an excellent teacher and clearly saw the glee on my face when I actually managed to pipe something that half resembled a ‘whippy’ or a ‘rose’ on the top of my cake.

I was genuinely so excited by what I had made that I didn’t want to ruin it by eating it, so Hanli let me have hers. My cunning plan succeeded (haha, only kidding Hanli).

I was there a good few hours and throughout my lesson I learned a variety of techniques that would equip me, Cheryl Gibbs, with the skills needed to become a successful baker.

Okay, I admit I have a while to go yet before Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood need to worry, but it was a good start.

After taking several pictures of my cupcakes and plastering them everywhere across social media (which wouldn’t have happened if they’d turned out as I thought they were going to), my mum rang me and said my sister Jo had laughed her head off when she saw them.

Apparently, she declared: ‘There’s no way Cheryl decorated them, she’s so clumsy.’

My mum actually called me to clarify whether said photo was genuine. Seriously, I’m not that bad am I?

Well Jo, I have the proof because I filmed the lot for my YouTube channel (go to portsmouth.co.uk to watch it).

Ha – now who has the last laugh?