Given the prevalence of fondant icing in celebration cakes it's amazing how many people hate the stuff. At weddings I frequently see guests gingerly picking off painstakingly applied icing and it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Depending on who you’re talking to, the terms “frosting” and “icing” might be used interchangeably, or they might mean two totally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frosting has been poured over a birthday cake topped with sprinkles and three candles ...

As we see it, a stunning, drool-inducing wedding cake is the single most important part of any reception—well, second most important, after a happy couple. (Okay, debatable.) Whether you’re planning ...

Fondant may be beautiful and decorative, but it's almost always left on the dessert plate. For a more casual look, brides are now choosing unfrosted cakes, where the visual effect is created by layers ...

Mary Berry has never looked more horrifed than when she discovered a Bake Off contestant had used readymade fondant icing. We asked top bakers - was it such a crime? Fondant fiasco: Great British Bake ...

If you make this cake well in advance and plan to store it, you’ll need to “feed” it with extra rum every week or so. Unwrap the cake, drizzle rum over the top, wrap it up again and re-seal in its ...