After creating wedding cakes for her three daughters, and countless birthday and anniversary cakes for friends and relatives, Cindy Funk thought that creating a gingerbread ...

Discover the benefits and pitfalls of fondant and royal icing, find out how to cover your cake with marzipan (and how to ice without it) and learn a few simple decoration techniques to put the ...

Royal icing needs to be ... then added using specialist decorating tools such as piping bags and nozzles. A good alternative is to lightly glaze dense fruit cakes with melted jam and arrange ...