For special occasions and birthday celebrations, there’s no better dessert than a perfectly decorated layered cake. But with so many rules and techniques, cake decorating can be challenging for ...

Even the most fastidious pastry chef (I may or may not have two pairs of culinary tweezers, X-Acto knives, and a protractor in my kitchen drawer) can acknowledge the charm of an imperfect-looking ...

There’s nothing more fun than throwing a party, but getting the house ready and baking a cake from scratch? Yeah, probably not happening. Luckily there’s a lot you can do with a store-bought cake and ...

We are a nation up to our eyeballs in buttercream icing, ganache, fondant and the cakes that support them. Layer cakes. Cupcakes. Bundt cakes. It is a passionate love affair. Fantastically decorated ...

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 ...