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Posts tagged “frosting”

Recipe: Basic Cooked Buttercream Frosting

Also called mousseline buttercream, this frosting is like classic buttercream's dolled-up older sister. It requires a little more skill and finesse to pull off, but the bonus is a frosting that will h...

Look! Cute Cupcakes from Hello, Cupcake!

In our world, delicious trumps cute, especially when it's cute for cute's sake. And yet, the new book Hello, Cupcake! features such adorable and easy to make creations that we fell in love.Take those ...

Best Five: Basic Chocolate Recipes

Every cook has that small repertoire of recipes they turn to over and over again. We have a small, well-proven handful of chocolate recipes that never let us down. From no-fail chocolate cake to hom...

Tip: How to Frost Cakes Without Making a Mess

Here's a favorite tip that we used this weekend. When icing layer cakes, lay four narrow strips of wax paper on your cake plate, just under the edges of the cake. Frost the cake, which always makes ...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Whipped Chocolate Frosting

Whipped chocolate icing from a can is a delicious basic - smooth and glossy and spread thick on yellow cake or homemade graham crackers. Who doesn't love chocolate frosting? But chocolate fros...