Enter the unsung hero of layer cake decorating — a large round piping tip, like the Ateco 809 or Wilton 1A. This unassuming ...

Decorate your cakes with these piping bags from Bulfyss. To ensure easy squeezing for perfect consistency, they are said to be smooth from the inside. To ensure durability they claim to be made ...

Get the foundations right. For a super smooth surface, ready to decorate or pipe on, start with a polished crumb coat and a ...

Colour the buttercream in the same way you coloured the cake batter, then place each colour into a separate piping bag. Put the 25cm/10in non-slip mat on the turntable and place the 30cm/12in cake ...

To pipe an attractive border around the cookie cake, fit a piping bag with a star or ruffle tip and begin at the outer edge of the cake, piping in a smooth, continuous motion around the perimeter.

Carrot cakes can store in an airtight container for 3 or 4 days. However, once iced with cream cheese frosting, they should be stored in the fridge. You can freeze an un-iced carrot cake for up to ...

Meringue swiss and custard topped with a delicious Christmas cake. Pipe the whipped chocolate vermicelli on top of the cake and garnish with candied Christmas fruits. Take a heavy bottom pan and pour ...

Serve the Johnny cakes piping hot alongside a bowl of dukkah and extra virgin olive oil for dipping. Photography by Danielle Abou Karam. You can serve them with honey, jam and cream or Nutella ...

Transfer 200 grams of the mixture to a small bowl and refrigerate: this will be used to finish the cake. Pipe or dollop a roughly 30-centimetre-long line (about two-centimetres wide) of the ...

A no-bake dessert just in time for spring, this Antipodean favourite gets the Ottolenghi treatment in his new book Comfort. As anyone who’s ever been to an Australian barbecue will know ...