Sugar Nanny

I LAUGHED when I read about naughty grandmas giving their grandchildren junk food (Mail).

I have become one, too — so much so that my nickname is Nanny Cake. My children think it’s funny, as when I was bringing them up, I was a food fascist. They were sent to ballet and swimming classes with little pots of carrots and raisins while their friends ate sweets.

But now I love making novelty birthday cakes, including a panda sitting in an icing jungle and a tiger surrounded by cupcake animal friends, for my five grandchildren.

JANET MILES, Newquay, Cornwall.