Add a tiny amount to some white icing and mix until it's a pale skin colour.

Roll out half the white icing to the same shape as the pink, and lightly dampen with water.

Use the green and remaining white icing to shape more sweets in the same way.

Shape the remaining white icing into hands and feet.

Use the remaining white icing to shape the eyes and mouth, and position on the octopus' face.

Pipe the remaining white icing over the sea to make little crests on the waves.

A cake was presented: airy, with a chocolate filling and white icing.

This year the sky's the limit for the models that say "Noel 1987" in red and white icing.

We had the cake - three layers, white icing and a small purple iris on top - in the dining room.

The white icing of snow that covered the roof seemed to draw back from the flames.