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 ...

When it comes to elaborate cake building and decorating, both marzipan and fondant offer a fountain of whimsical finishes, but each has distinct characteristics that make it better suited for ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...