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Simple Solutions: How to Make a Quick Sugar Icing

This is one of those cook’s tricks we keep in our back pocket. A simple sugar icing will fancy up some scones for company or add the perfect touch to a batch of cookies. It’s so easy, you don’t ...

Help Me Find Lighter Alternatives to Buttercream Frosting
Good Question

Here's a good baking question from Evan. Can you help?I made the lemon cake y'all reviewed recently, and it was delicious, but five sticks of butter on one plate is more than I can handle. Fortunately...

In Praise Of Rustic Looking Cakes

It's summer and we have better things to do than slave over decorating a cake for your next weekend get together or outdoor party. It's often easier to think about doing desserts that don't require ...

How To Frost a Cupcake

We made cupcakes this weekend for some friends (we weren't quite organized enough for cake pops), and we realized that we have a pretty standard way of frosting them. We think we picked up this method...

Kuhn Rikon Squeezable Decorating Kit

Look at this intriguing new cake decorating kit from Kuhn Rikon. Instead of the standard pastry bag, this setup uses plastic squeeze bottles. It might be helpful for those of us who are not comfortabl...

My Tussle with Royale Icing

Oh yes I did. Last Monday night I whipped up some sugar cookie dough, and bought some colorants for royale icing that would transform my plain Jane cookies into some hopeful sunrise cookies for electi...

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...