I started my cake career making fondant cakes and a few years later switched to using buttercream exclusively. Yes, you can make sculpted, realistic designs using fondant but here are 10 buttercream ...

Spread a small amount onto each of the cooled cakes. To cover the cakes, knead the light blue fondant briefly and roll out onto a work surface dusted with icing sugar. Cut out 12 circles using a 6 ...

Once cool, place the cupcakes in the freezer for 10 minutes – it’ll make them easier to work with when decorating ... mixture and roll out the white fondant icing to 4mm/ ¼in thick.

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You can always skip the cooking step, buy slab cakes and jump straight to the shaping and decorating. Roll out blue fondant into a rectangular shape (12 x 13cm and 5mm thick) and dust with icing ...