American buttercream — butter, confectioners' sugar, a splash of milk or cream and a bit of vanilla and almond extracts whipped to fluffy perfection — is my go-to frosting for most cakes. Buttercream ...

What is a cake without its fondant? The fondant is what adds beauty to cakes. Making fondant requires a precise technique; it needs to be smooth and preferably have a clean finish, as it can make or ...

Cake decorator, Dot Klerk, shows us how to add texture to fondant icing. She shows us how a little bit of water dissolves the sugar, and gives the smooth surface a textured look. She tells us this ...

This simple, yet beautiful wedding cake is perfect if you don’t have much experience making wedding cakes. I’ve given excessive quantities of marzipan and fondant icing, as it’s best to start with ...

Food blogger Brooke Edwards of Frost Me Up showcased this out-of-the-box technique that can make a cake's icing appear so smooth that it will look like it's been covered in fondant by a professional.

Gluten-free friands with hazelnuts and ginger, pistachio and kataifi chocolate … and no special gadgets required Chocolate cake, in its many guises, must be one of the most-loved foods on the planet.

Learn how to make a stylish and sweet nail polish bottle cake with this easy fondant and icing tutorial! From shaping the perfect bottle to adding glossy details, we walk you through every step to ...

If you make this cake well in advance and plan to store it, you’ll need to “feed” it with extra rum every week or so. Unwrap the cake, drizzle rum over the top, wrap it up again and re-seal in its ...

After 10 weeks of twisted plaits, collapsing caramels and sunken sponges, it was fondant fancies that let them down. When the three Great British Bake Off finalists attempted the sugary, bite-size ...