Both marzipan and fondant have a malleable consistency that lends themselves to various baking techniques. You can roll them out into a thin sheet to cover a cake and make a smooth surface ...

Mary’s light fruit cake is covered with marzipan and fondant icing to look like a tennis court, but you can easily adapt it to your sport of choice. A great birthday cake for sports fans!

No worries, Chris has written a kids’ Christmas sponge cake recipe that will hold up under the fondant icing snow. It freezes well (uniced), so you can still make it ahead of time. You will need ...