Paint the cake with cooled, boiled water. Knead 500g/1lb 2oz of the white icing until soft and pliable and roll it out until it is 5mm/¼in thick and large enough to cover the top and sides of the ...

Cruise's cake is so renowned that his Top Gun costar, Jay Ellis flew it to Mexico last year. "This year, my family, we all met in Mexico to spend Christmas together," Ellis said while on The ...

When the cakes are completely cool, use a large serrated knife to remove any domed tops from the cakes. Ideally the cakes should be completely flat on top. Using a 8–9cm/3¼–3½in round pastry ...

Easy to make and even easier to eat, you're going to want to keep a tube of almond paste in your pantry to ensure this cake is always within reach — it's timeless, seasonless, and utterly delicious.

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Bake the pudding cakes for 35 minutes or until they are puffy and golden on top. Using tongs, transfer the ramekins to a rack to cool for 20 minutes. Serve the cakes in the ramekins or run a knife ...

Simple in appearance and yet outstanding in flavor and texture, this is the kind of cake that makes it really hard to avoid seconds—trust us, we tried. Use a spoon to create elegant swooshes in the ...