Supercook Easyice Vanilla Buttercream

I love making my own butter icing, it's one of my favourite things about icing and I always try to make my own. However one day when I wasn't feeling well and not up to making my own I sent my husband out to buy some for me and he came back with SuperCook EasyIce Vanilla Buttercream. It was bought from Tesco's for about £1.50 I think. It comes in a 325g tub which is quite sturdy and airtight. It's also re-sealable so that if you don't want to use it all at once you can put it in the fridge for another day. The pot is a golden colour and has a big label on the front showing a picture of an iced cake. Inside the pot there is a piece of cardboard on top of the ...

With the Christmas Fare approaching at my son’s school I have to take in the required home made cakes for the popular cake stall. Being honest, I am not very good at making cakes and usually buy shop brought ones, add a little decoration of my own and pass them off as home made. However this Christmas I was feeling all confident about producing a master piece for my son to show off with on the morning of the contributions. My first attempt at the cake turned into a pile of crumbs; barely distinguishable from the bottom of the biscuit barrel and so my trustee bread maker came out the cupboard and the perfect Madeira cake appeared. It was very boring looking and ...