The process of properly frosting cupcakes (or any baked good ... especially if you're looking to stencil on something or want to add a fondant decoration on top of your dessert.

To make the buttercream, beat the butter, icing sugar and milk until pale and creamy. Spread a small amount onto each of the cooled cakes. To cover the cakes, knead the light blue fondant briefly ...

Repeat this for all the cupcakes. Dust a clean work surface with some more of the cornflour mixture and roll out the white fondant icing to 4mm/ ¼in thick. Cut a circle of fondant with the 7.5cm ...

A delicious base coat of ganache is the secret to a perfectly iced cake, concealing any imperfections to give a smooth surface, neat edges and a stable base to cover with fondant icing. Our cakes ...