Decorating a cake with beautiful flowers doesn't need to special equipment or special skill. With a few expert tricks, lovely ...

Discover the benefits and pitfalls of fondant and royal icing, find out how to cover your cake with marzipan (and how to ice without it) and learn a few simple decoration techniques to put the ...

The simplest frosting of all, glacé icing, is just powdered sugar and water. We like to drizzle this thin, glossy glaze over homemade scones or coffee cake. There are so many different types of i ...

Transfer to a bowl and set aside, reserving two tablespoons for the icing. Add the remaining cake ingredients to the food processor and blend until just smooth (be careful not to over-beat the ...

first spread a very thin layer of frosting on the cake using a small offset spatula. This is known as the “crumb coat,” and helps prevent any crumbs from coming into the outer layer of icing.

It starts with picking colors for the decorative icing; Puehler recommends ... determined to successfully decorate his cake using newly acquired piping techniques learned during an introductory ...