When trying to craft a batch of red buttercream, there a few handy tricks to keep in mind, especially if you're after that ...

Learn how to make homemade vanilla cupcakes. These cupcakes are moist, soft and rich. In this recipe I topped the cupcakes ...

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.

Compared with silky homemade buttercream, it's dense and pretty much just tastes of sugar. Fortunately, there are simple ways ...

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 ...