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.

Yes, leftover cream cheese frosting can be saved. Cream cheese frosting can be stored in an airtight container or freezer bag in the freezer up to three months. Label it and mark it with a date. Move ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...