piping frosting on the top of a cake - Ikuyan/Getty Images Decorating a cake can be a fun way to liven up your baked good and put your own creative stamp on it. The possibilities for decoration are ...

Now that you know how to bake a cake worthy of decorating, the next step is to decorate it. I remember my first time decorating a two-layered cake. It was for my mother’s birthday, I was 12 years old, ...

Molly Yeh is a food blogger and cookbook author who has contributed numerous recipes to Food & Wine and is the host of the Food Network show Girl Meets Farm. Freezing the cake layers for at least an ...

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, ...

Cake with writing and sprinkles on it - Annie Japaud/Getty Images Got an unsteady hand? Then piping a happy birthday message directly onto the top of a homemade cake will likely sound like a daunting ...

Dillon is an Update Writer at Food & Wine, where he spends most of his time ensuring product recommendations are fresh and relevant. He's performed testing on kitchenware like bundt pans and cookware ...