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 ...

Our basic tips will help you create beautiful cake decorations. Whether you're thinking of artful swirls or gorgeous flowers and stars, piping frosting to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and cookies may ...

Decorating a cake with beautifully crafted buttercream swirls, ganache shells, or Swiss meringue rosettes is arguably the best bit of baking. By simply scooping frosting into a star-tipped piping bag, ...

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, ...

Store-bought frosting can be a helpful shortcut when you're in a pinch, but if you're using it to pipe, it can sometimes miss the mark. To help with spread-ability, canned frosting often has a thinner ...