Then, with a helper spotting you, drag the cake onto the new plate. Piping a border of frosting around the edges helps to prevent fruit, cream, or jam from dripping from the layers. "This is ...

Tired of piping with messy pastry bags? There's no need for a tie or clip. Use this simple hack to secure your pastry bags ...

However, there are occasions when a hard set is desireable (for instance if you wish to store the cake for a long time or you want a really hard smooth set on the icing so you can pipe decorative ...

Let cool in pan 20 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely. Using a serrated knife, trim domed top of cakes ...

Decorate your cakes with these piping bags from Bulfyss ... suitable to hold up to 150grams of the batter weight. These icing piping bags from Syga come as a pack of 50 pieces.

As part of a new series, "Your Next New Skill," Chicago Sun-Times reporter Stefano Esposito took a basic cake decorating class to up his baking game. Maybe he'll inspire you to do likewise?

Every month since October, a specially decorated layer cake has appeared for a Tuesday lunch at the Harvard Senior Center on ...

5cm/2½in long) and a tennis net about 12x3cm/4½x1¼in (it should be the same width as the court you piped onto the cake). Spoon the remaining white icing into a piping bag fitted with a number 2 ...