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, ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...