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 not like a regular coffee cake; it’s denser as it’s made with the melt-and-mix method. I use a delicious coffee extract by the vanilla company Nielsen-Massey, which is available from ...

Celebrate Mardi Gras with a homemade king cake—crowned in purple, green, and gold sugar, with a lemony cream cheese filling.

A tender, rich chocolate snacking cake is topped with an elegant pistachio frosting. Serve for dessert, afternoon tea, or as ...

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It's hard to imagine red velvet cake or carrot cake without the cream cheese frosting on top, which makes biting into the cake such a satisfying treat. Much like buttercream frosting, cream cheese ...

I started frosting cakes a year ago, when I was six years old. I don't really remember it, but Mommy says that she started baking when I was eight months old. I would be in a baby carrier on her back ...

Baking is an activity thoroughly enjoyed by people across age groups. The process of putting together ingredients, mixing them well and popping the entire preparation in the oven is so therapeutic in ...