piping frosting on the top of a cake - Ikuyan/Getty Images Decorating a cake can be a fun way to liven up your baked good and put your own creative stamp on it. The possibilities for decoration are ...

Now that you know how to bake a cake worthy of decorating, the next step is to decorate it. I remember my first time decorating a two-layered cake. It was for my mother’s birthday, I was 12 years old, ...

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 ...

Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, but I typically top my cakes with dollops of whipped cream and sliced strawberries or ...

In a pastry chef’s toolbox, you often find items like a candy thermometer, a bench scraper and an offset spatula, tools that professionals simply can’t live without. You may be surprised to find out ...