Fold-in method – Whip the cream cheese base separately. Then whip heavy cream until airy and gently fold it into the base.

Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a little food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing.

This cream cheese frosting without butter recipe contains only 3 ingredients, and I do not recommend substituting any of them ...

French-style buttercream is made in the same way, but with the addition of egg yolks, which produce a much richer icing. If the mixture splits or curdle instead of emulsifying, stick the bowl in ...

Jane detailed the whole recipe on her YouTube channel ... it’s important to use the correct temperature butter, because it could make the frosting ‘soupy’ if it begins to melt.