One look at a marbled cookie, and you'll be inspired to make one for yourself immediately. But the question is, how do get such a perfect and realistic marble effect? The answer is simpler than you ...

If you are a sweets gal like I am, you’ve probably had your fair share of fondant—whether you know it or not. It can be polarizing, but when made well, it can elevate a cake or pastry, especially if ...

What is a cake without its fondant? The fondant is what adds beauty to cakes. Making fondant requires a precise technique; it needs to be smooth and preferably have a clean finish, as it can make or ...

Long snubbed by serious pastry chefs, the most malleable of icings is making a comeback. Fondant and marzipan fruit top vanilla sponge- and chocolate blackout cakes created for T by Sarah Hardy, the ...

To help you with the sizing, the steps will be indicated on a grid. The length of four combined squares equals 1 inch, which means two of the squares is 1/2 inch. If you’re making the fondant ...

For many of us, gingerbread houses are as much a part of Christmas as decorated trees and candy canes. Whereas some people vary the traditional ski chalet or wood cabin by turning their gingerbread ...

After 10 weeks of twisted plaits, collapsing caramels and sunken sponges, it was fondant fancies that let them down. When the three Great British Bake Off finalists attempted the sugary, bite-size ...

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 ...

Bake Off returned to our screens for its 16th season last night, complete with a line-up of 12 hopefuls hungry to impress the judges. In keeping with tradition, the series began with Cake Week: first ...

Preheat oven to 180 ̊C/160 ̊C fan-forced. Grease a 9cm-deep, 11.5cm x 20cm (base) loaf pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, extending 2cm above edges of pan. Using an electric mixer, beat ...