For the buttercream ... Pipe ‘Happy Birthday’ onto the cake (or a message of your choice) and use the remaining royal icing to stick the piped flowers onto the top and sides of the cake.

If you've ever enjoyed a slice of thick, buttercream-laden birthday cake, you might have wondered how exactly they get those ...

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit with a rack in the middle position. 2. Grease two 8-inch round metal cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper. 3. Whisk together the flour, ...

“Cakes and flowers. It’s such an organic, natural thing,” says Elisa Sunga, the founder of Cake Picnic. “When I imagined and ...

You may think sheet cakes are basic, but we consulted cake experts, and they gave us the best ways to spruce up sheet cakes using decorating techniques.

Decorate the sheet cake with pastel buttercream frosting right in the pan you baked it in. Then easily transport it to a birthday party ... Pipe 3 large frosting flowers randomly on top of ...