Bake a cake yourself or buy an ordinary one with plain icing and get out that piping bag that's been lying unused in the drawer for so long! It may take a bit of ...

Decorating a cake with beautifully crafted buttercream swirls, ganache shells, or Swiss meringue rosettes is arguably the best bit of baking. By simply scooping frosting into a star-tipped piping bag, ...

Now that you know how to bake a cake worthy of decorating, the next step is to decorate it. I remember my first time decorating a two-layered cake. It was for my mother’s birthday, I was 12 years old, ...

When piping cake decorations, it’s important to get the consistency of the icing right. It should hold its form in the bowl. Too thick and the icing will break, too thin and it will not keep its shape ...

Decorating your cakes, muffins and cupcakes is so easy when you learn how to pipe buttercream icing. Watch our step-by-step video to get started, plus learn 5 easy piping techniques. Using an electric ...

Take your baking skills from proficient to professional with the simple tips and tutorials featured in our ‘Cake Creations’ series. In this video, learn how to perfectly pipe buttercream roses. The ...

Actual roses wither and die, but rose-topped cupcakes last for ... a solid two to three minutes. That's roughly the time you'll need to Instagram them, adjust the saturation, keep your hashtag game ...

In this video, I share my method for piping beautiful, dimensional buttercream roses using the Ateco 103 tip and my Flower Nail Buddy. I start with a tall buttercream base, then layer petals to build ...

So far in the Cake Decorating 101 series, we have looked at different ways to make flowers with fondant, frost a cake with butter cream and cream cheese frosting, spruce things up with easy designs ...

Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a bowl until pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Gradually add icing sugar mixture and milk, beating constantly until combined. If tinting icing with food ...