If you have baked more than one cake, you get to a point where you realize you want your cakes to look better. This is not a judgment—I have made lopsided cakes and flat cakes and chocolate cakes that ...

Nailing the icing on a cake is always more difficult than it seems. Here's 10 tips from a baking expert to make decorating your next cake a true cakewalk.

How do professional pastry chefs make it look so easy? They layer cakes with smooth icing, and cupcakes with perfect mounds of frosting, and there's not a crumb in sight. Sure, they’ve got culinary ...

Which offset spatula is best? Ever wonder how professional chefs get that smooth, crumb-free finish on multiple tiers of layer cakes? Or fluffy mounds of frosting with delicate swirls and patterns? Or ...

Nicole Hopper is a recipe tester and developer based in Birmingham, Alabama. If you ever wondered what the secret is to perfectly frosted cut-out sugar cookies, we’ll fill you in: royal icing. This ...