This cake is a labor of love, so make it for someone or something special — a birthday, to show someone you love them, to ...

Two prime contenders are ermine frosting and Swiss meringue buttercream, but they're just the tip of the iceberg. Ermine frosting is also known as boiled milk frosting or flour frosting. This unique ...

Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a little food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing.

Very gently beat or stir in the flour until it is well combined ... Allow to cool on a wire rack. To make the icing, whisk all of the ingredients together until smooth. Spread this on the cooled ...

This was the case with ermine frosting ... Now excuse me while I go eat (gasp) store-bought icing. In a medium saucepan, whisk together flour sugar, and salt. Whisk in milk, turning on the ...

Preheat your oven to 180°C and line the base of four 8-inch sandwich tins with parchment and grease and flour the sides ... all of the ingredients for the buttercream until light and fluffy.

French-style buttercream is made in the same way, but with the addition of egg yolks, which produce a much richer icing. If the mixture splits or curdle instead of emulsifying, stick the bowl in ...

This recipe makes a single-layer cake with buttercream icing. You could also serve it with cream and fruit, or simply with icing sugar.

Get the recipe for vanilla cream cheese frosting here. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes. Cake flour gives these classic white cupcakes a very fine, tender crumb ...