But if you have shaky hands, decorating a cake, especially piping onto it, can be tricky. One involuntary movement can result in a glaring mistake that makes the cake look less than stellar.

Spoon the remaining third into a piping bag, fitted with a rose nozzle. Pipe large rosettes in one corner of the cake. To decorate the cake, place the truffle balls on the top of the rosettes of ...

first freeze the cake, unwrapped; once frozen, cover it in cling film and aluminium foil and return to the freezer. Piping bags are useful for decorating cakes with soft icings, though a plastic ...