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.
"Baking a cake and sharing it with those you love is a timeless way to show you care. Valentine’s Day can simply be used as an excuse to sweeten the path to someone’s affection." ...
The recipe, which is from her cookbook "Cooking for Jeffrey," seemed like a basic chocolate cake with the addition of hot coffee and a buttercream-meringue frosting. I'd never made buttercream ...