Icing sugar, also known as powdered or confectioner's sugar, is used in lots of baking recipes from meringues to cake. Readily available to buy in the supermarket, when mixed with water it makes a ...

Carrot cake is personal. Some people want it to be loaded with everything but the kitchen sink: for example, a combination of coconut, raisins, nuts, pineapple or all four. Others might push a slice ...

Whether you call it buttercream, butter icing or frosting, no cake would be complete without that indulgent, super sweet, creamy layer. A delicious filling for sponges and dreamy topping for cupcakes, ...

Made from confectioners’ sugar, egg whites and flavouring, royal icing is used to decorate cookies and cakes. While buttercream frosting is creamy and soft, royal icing hardens which is exactly what ...

A sweet treat doused in honey and orange blossom syrup, topped with homemade honeycomb for an impressive dessert. For this recipe you will need a sugar thermometer. To make the cake, preheat the oven ...