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, ...

To make cupcakes into Roses: (Practice with a cupcake off the ball first) 7. Fit your piping bag with the 1M Wilton nozzle/tip and fill ¾ way with frosting 8. Pipe straight down (creating a star) in ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...