Think of baking a layer cake like a construction job. The cake layers are the wood, the foundation of the project; the icing is the spackle, the glue that holds everything together. Icing a cake is ...

Food blogger Brooke Edwards of Frost Me Up showcased this out-of-the-box technique that can make a cake's icing appear so smooth that it will look like it's been covered in fondant by a professional.

Made with butter, dark brown sugar, cream, and milk, my butterscotch frosting delivers that rich, old-fashioned flavor you usually only get from homemade pudding. The base cooks briefly on the ...

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Drip frosting is one of the handier cake decorating techniques out there; not only does it add a playful splash of color, but it's also easy enough to pull off that you can save ugly store-bought ...

While you can upgrade canned frosting by using a plethora of professional baking techniques, sometimes you just want to put in the elbow grease and make your own. Of course, homemade buttercreams and ...

While demonstrating how to make her chocolate cake with mocha frosting recipe, Garten shared the ingredient she loves to use in dessert recipes “to enhance the chocolate flavor.” She started by ...