For special occasions and birthday celebrations, there’s no better dessert than a perfectly decorated layered cake. But with ...

Yep, you heard that right: a regular ol' spoon. Here, I'll explain how to us a spoon to shape the frosting on the top of a simple, single-layer cake—our Easiest Chocolate Birthday Cake is the one ...

Birthdays for the kids come once a year, and each milestone is celebrated as much as the year before. But just like the clockwork of a birthday approaching, the dread of how you’re going to pull off a ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, ...

>> MANY FAMILIES WILL BE GATHERING AROUND THE KITCHEN THIS WEEK TO WHIP UP SOME TASTY TREATS. YOU CAN SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME WITH LOVED ONES WORKING TOGEERTH TO CREATE SOME FTIVEES DESSERTS. AND IF YOU ...

Even the most fastidious pastry chef (I may or may not have two pairs of culinary tweezers, X-Acto knives, and a protractor in my kitchen drawer) can acknowledge the charm of an imperfect-looking ...

2 cups self raising flour, ½ cup custard powder, 2 cups castor sugar, 1 cup milk, 4 eggs lightly beaten, 250g butter softened, 2 teaspoons vanilla essence Line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper.