Long snubbed by serious pastry chefs, the most malleable of icings is making a comeback. Fondant and marzipan fruit top vanilla sponge- and chocolate blackout cakes created for T by Sarah Hardy, the ...

Kat Thompson is the associate editor of Eater at Home, covering home cooking and baking, cookbooks, and kitchen gadgets. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with ...

Have you ever wondered what pastry chefs use to make such ornate decorations? Or how they make almost lifelike cake toppers that are obviously made from something other than frosting? Naturally, ...

This story comes from the Institute of Culinary Education, which has campuses in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as online programs. On a recent first day of class for the Art of Cake ...

The word "vintage" might conjure images of thrifted band tees or your mom's denim jacket, but in the cake world, it means towering layers, intricate piping, and swirls of buttercream. And ...

Mallory Valvano is a roaming party, and never more than when she’s piping rainbows of buttercream across sweets; you can already understand where she got the moniker Party Girl Bake Club. At the ...