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.

Decorating a cake is hard enough as it is. You shouldn't have to worry about making a mess. Use Ina Garten's tip so you don't ...

“The phrase ‘icing on the cake’ refers to making something that is already good even better — that’s what icing does,” says Elizabeth Wall, kitchen manager at Maxie B’s bakery in Greensboro, North ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Q: I saw your July 24th column (“Rye bread recipe lost … and found,” Good Eating) in which you tracked down a missing beloved rye bread recipe. Could you work that magic again? I had a Trib recipe for ...

Over at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering near Boston, Massachusetts, the students know what makes a worthwhile project. The AutoFrost is a robot which has one delicious purpose: frosting ...