Cake with red and pink flowers made using the back of a spoon. - Samantha Wesoloski / 500px/Getty You don't need a fancy instrument to decorate cakes and cupcakes with elegant, handmade icing petals.

Actual roses wither and die, but rose-topped cupcakes last for ... a solid two to three minutes. That's roughly the time you'll need to Instagram them, adjust the saturation, keep your hashtag game ...

These are light and pretty little cakes, lovely for a young girl's birthday party or for an elegant high tea. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius (140 degrees fan-forced). Line two 12-hole cupcake ...

We are a nation up to our eyeballs in buttercream icing, ganache, fondant and the cakes that support them. Layer cakes. Cupcakes. Bundt cakes. It is a passionate love affair. Fantastically decorated ...

When Fiona Cairns launched our Jubilee Cake competition last month, we had no idea we’d be inundated with such a high standard of entries. Your creations flooded in – making Fiona’s job very tricky.