Take your homemade cookies to the next level with royal icing. This sweet ingredient is the secret to making confections with Instagram-worthy designs and intricate patterns. The icing goes on ...

Five simple steps for how to cover your cake in marzipan and royal icing. Watch the technique videos for more information and see the recipe tips (below) for how to create the simple Christmas ...

Because some icings (such as Italian buttercream or royal icing) may include raw eggs ... pasteurised egg whites can be substiuted into the recipe.

Ingredients Tracing paper and card for the design and stencil 750g plain flour 1tsp baking powder 2tsp ground ginger 2tsp ground cinnamon ½tsp ground allspice 225g butter ½tsp salt 115g light soft ...

Christmas cake is a type of fruit cake loaded with dry fruits, caramel and brandy. In this recipe, it is topped with an almond paste and royal icing.

Prepare cake (recipe below).Level cake ... Arrange petals.Use royal icing to stick petals in position on cake, starting with larger petals on outer layer and working inwards.

Mix all the ingredients together and beat with an electric beater till stiff peaks are formed. 2. Spread over the cake. 3. If you want coloured icing, add the colour before you start beating the mix.