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.

Bake a cake yourself or buy an ordinary one with plain icing and get out that piping bag that's been lying unused in the drawer for so long! It may take a bit of ...

Create adorable icing flowers using a palette knife, blending colors and textures for a stunning, lifelike design. This video showcases simple techniques to transform your cakes into beautiful works ...

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Kat Lieu is the author of 108 Asian Cookies and the founder of Subtle Asian Baking. Through the decades, royal icing has been the edible glue of choice when it comes to building gingerbread houses.

Ben Fullard, 46, from Erdington, Birmingham spends up to three days perfecting the flowers - which look so realistic that they're often confused for the real deal. From tulips to roses, clematis and ...