Icing your Christmas cake is fun and a great way to get yourself in the Christmas spirit. You can keep it simple or go full-on-festive – the hardest thing is deciding how you want to do it. With a bit ...

Martha Collison shows you how to cover a cake in royal icing two ways – to achieve a perfectly smooth finish, or to achieve an easier, informal finish. When using royal icing it is important to place ...

It’s a universal law that a lovely loaf or bundt cake must be topped with a simple icing drizzle. Although simplicity doesn’t have to mean flavorless, most powdered sugar icings are, sadly, completely ...

No mixer necessary for this fall-inspired recipe. Fresh apple chunks are baked into a lightly spiced cake, then draped with a brown-butter icing and topped with toasted pecans with minimal time and ...

Carrot cake has got to be up there with chocolate and vanilla when it comes to the most-popular, go-to, crowd-pleasing cakes. Carrots add sweetness and a touch of earthiness to carrot cake — rather ...

Lavender is a wonderfully fragrant herb that is often overlooked in the kitchen. It can be paired successfully with both sweet and savoury dishes try pounding the flowers with lemon zest for a ...