Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a little food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing. Beat the ...

You can now buy very good ready-made almond paste (marzipan) and instant royal icing, but if you do like to make your own my recipes are below. For a 23cm cake you’ll need 1 quantity each of almond ...

Tangy chocolate sour-cream icing for cake; learn to blend chocolate, sour cream and icing sugar into a smooth, versatile ...

If you've ever attempted royal icing - or any icing for that matter - then you will know that is no easy task. Although it may look like a simple colouring-in job, it takes a whole lot more skill and ...