For Swiss buttercream, a bain-marie is used as a way of applying heat to dissolve the sugar and blend the ingredients. For the French and Italian buttercreams, it is the addition of a hot sugar ...

In warmer kitchens it may help to add a pinch of cream of tartar to your buttercream to help firm up or ‘stabilise’ it. For Italian or Swiss-style buttercream, whisk molten sugar (heated to ...

Because some icings (such as Italian buttercream or royal icing) may include raw eggs, they may not be suitable for the very young, the elderly, and pregnant women because of the risk of salmonella.

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Cakes from a bakery taste better than homemade ones. If you want to improve your cake making skills at home, here's how you ...