Sometimes the shortest path between making cake and eating it is opening a can of ready-made frosting. Here are easy upgrades to make it taste better.

This is how to make vanilla buttercream frosting that’s easy, homemade, and Valentine’s Day–ready. The classic buttercream ...

Sweetened Condensed Milk Frosting is a simple and easy way to make a creamy sweet frosting for all your favorite desserts!

It’s pretty easy to grab a container of store-bought icing when you’re out shopping. But maybe you’ve wondered how to make chocolate frosting at home instead. The benefits include fewer additives and ...

Who needs Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines for a vat of sweet, creamy frosting? Learning how to make frosting is easy! The simplest vanilla buttercream blends butter with powdered sugar (also known as ...

When it comes to decorating baked goods, the right icing can turn a simple treat into a showstopper. One especially eye-catching technique is using gel icing to mimic the look of water. It’s the ...

After the time and care it takes you to bake up a homemade cake (like one of these beauties!) or a batch of soft sugar cookies, you may be tempted to pull out the tub of store-bought frosting lurking ...

There are countless ways you can improve the texture, consistency, and flavor of canned frosting. An easy way to make canned frosting taste homemade is to simply whip it. You can also try mix-ins to ...

Garten has a variety of delicious cake recipes and some of them involve a time-saver that many of her fans absolutely love. Rather than worrying about getting the cake decorating just right, she takes ...

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Food blogger Brooke Edwards of Frost Me Up showcased this out-of-the-box technique that can make a cake's icing appear so smooth that it will look like it's been covered in fondant by a professional.