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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m sharing how I decorate a cake with dramatic black buttercream using glam Lambeth and vintage piping techniques. Watch me build up spooky-chic textures and add finishing touches, including gold ...

Watch as SkylarToth crafts a beautiful olive green vintage cake, complete with intricate piping. Despite a sleepless night, ...

Cake with red and pink flowers made using the back of a spoon. - Samantha Wesoloski / 500px/Getty You don't need a fancy instrument to decorate cakes and cupcakes with elegant, handmade icing petals.

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 ...