This simple yet versatile icing creates a smooth, hard finish that's perfect for piping intricate details, lettering, and floodwork designs on cookies and cakes. Traditionally made with egg whites, ...

A beautifully decorated Christmas cake can bring your dessert to life! When you're decking the halls and putting out a spread, don't forget the cake. As both a decoration and a tasty dessert ...

Follow the steps above for covering a cake in fondant icing, put use the black ready to roll icing instead. Keep the offcuts to make the penguins wings and eyes. 2.

To decorate Christmas sugar cookies like a pro, ... The tools you’ll touch the most when creating your royal icing designs are likely the piping bags: ... Wilton 12-Inch Cake Decorating Pastry Bags ...

Traditionally, Christmas cakes are covered in marzipan and royal icing. You can buy it pre-made from the supermarket, or you can make your own. After you have topped your cake with marzipan and ...

Cookie-making pros Caitlin Dysart, pastry chef at Centrolina and Piccolina; Kim-Joy, author and 2018 finalist on The Great British Bake Off; and Patti Paige, artist, baker, and owner of Baked ...

Mary’s Christmas cake tips. Mary advises that for best results you make your Christmas cake at least 3 weeks ahead of the big day. If you’ve left it later than that, don’t panic – your ...