For special occasions and birthday celebrations, there’s no better dessert than a perfectly decorated layered cake. But with ...

You could spend countless hours on YouTube trying to learn how to decorate a cake. And in a lot of instances, the pros in these videos use a variety of special tools like bench scrapers, offset ...

Kat Thompson is the associate editor of Eater at Home, covering home cooking and baking, cookbooks, and kitchen gadgets. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with ...

This browser does not support the video element. Place a dab of frosting in the middle of a 9-inch cake round (or a flat plate) and then the first layer on top. This will help it stay put. This ...

“Buttercream with 50 percent butter and 50 percent shortening is more stable than all-butter. For lettering, adding corn syrup instead of water can help with stretchability.” “If you’re doing a layer ...

This cake captures all the vibrant colors and fresh flavors of spring in every sweet bite. The festive flowers and lemon-scented cake and frosting make it bright, citrusy and delicious. Cutting cake ...

Passing on the art of cake decorating to others can encourage creativity and imagination. Whether you are a professional cake decorator or an amateur, you can teach a cake decorating class. You can ...

Molly Yeh is a food blogger and cookbook author who has contributed numerous recipes to Food & Wine and is the host of the Food Network show Girl Meets Farm. Freezing the cake layers for at least an ...