When you think of gingerbread decorating, you think of the classic man-shaped cutout cookie topped with simple white, red and green icing. This technique is classic and simple. Just stir up a batch of ...

Long snubbed by serious pastry chefs, the most malleable of icings is making a comeback. Fondant and marzipan fruit top vanilla sponge- and chocolate blackout cakes created for T by Sarah Hardy, the ...

Forget Colin (or Cuthbert) the Caterpillar – we’ve teamed up with Chris Murphy, baker to the stars, to help you make your own showstopping (and secretly quite easy) birthday cakes for the gang. These ...

Is there a difference between fondant and sugar paste? Fondant icing and sugar paste are the same thing. Different brands use different names, with professional products usually called sugar paste ...

When it comes to baked goods, besides taste it is visual appeal that counts. Professional and hobby bakers achieve this by decorating their creations with sweet icing sugar and fondant. The right ...

After 10 weeks of twisted plaits, collapsing caramels and sunken sponges, it was fondant fancies that let them down. When the three Great British Bake Off finalists attempted the sugary, bite-size ...