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Whether it is a wedding, birthday ... the way beans on toast became an English breakfast staple, the Lambeth cake decorating method is a centuries-old mainstay of the English baking scene.

Pipe small dots around top and bottom edge of each cake. For more elaborate decoration, you can cover the cake in small dots. To assemble the cake, place the 25cm/10in cake onto the 30cm/12in cake ...