For special occasions and birthday celebrations, there’s no better dessert than a perfectly decorated layered cake. But with so many rules and techniques, cake decorating can be challenging for ...

There are only two rules at Bake Camp. The first is there's no running in the kitchen. The second edict is similarly straightforward, but much more difficult to follow. Some would say it's downright ...

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 ...

When I was a kid, birthday cakes had simple adornments: some frosting, candles and maybe the guest of honor’s name handwritten in red food dye No. 3. But times have changed. Nowadays, it seems that no ...

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A mother was surprised after she picked up her son’s birthday cake from Costco only to discover that none of her decorating requests had been met. Instead, she was left to decorate it herself with a ...

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