Although it sounds more like a decidedly unglamorous piece of outerwear than it does a baking trick, a crumb coat is in fact the key to beautifully frosting a cake with ease. Many professional baking ...

Learn how to make rich and delicious homemade chocolate cakes step-by-step with simple baking techniques. Made using ...

If your cake always ends up with smeared frosting and crumb-covered slices, these two simple steps make all the difference.

Sure, you could play it safe by adding your go-to chocolate or vanilla icing to finish off your cake, but we think that your dessert deserves better. We've gathered our best buttercream frostings for ...

Decorating your cakes, muffins and cupcakes is so easy when you learn how to pipe buttercream icing. Watch our step-by-step video to get started, plus learn 5 easy piping techniques. Using an electric ...

I think I made the first version of this carrot cake back when I was pastry sous chef at Gilt, the now long-ago shuttered restaurant inside New York’s Palace Hotel. My pastry boss at the time, David ...

Buttercream is a simple cake topping made with butter and icing sugar to create a delicious fluffy and sweet topping. It can be used on cupcakes and cakes and can be flavoured however you like as well ...

Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a bowl until pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Gradually add icing sugar mixture and milk, beating constantly until combined. If tinting icing with food ...