Icings

Egg White Royal Icing Recipe

I usually make my Royal Icing with Meringue Powder. But this recipe uses fresh egg whites instead of the powdered version.

Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting {Recipe}

Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting... nothing beats that... except this fluffy cream cheese frosting that is light and airy and awesome!

Leftover Royal Icing as Buttercream

I always make entirely too much Royal Icing.
Did you know you can turn that leftover icing into buttercream? Super easy! Check it out

How To Get the Right Royal Icing Consistency... Consistently

Learning to get Royal Icing at the right consistency for decorating cookies takes time. Here's what works for me.

Silky Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

My choco-holic husband said about this icing:
"It's like eating a chocolate cloud."

Cookie Glaze Icing

This hard-drying icing is much easier than Royal Icing, though it's not perfect, either.

Banana Pina Colada Cupcakes

Banana Pina Colada Cupcakes with a Coconut-Rum Frosting.

"Icing-tastrophy" or How to Save Separated Icing

This soupy, separated, mess can be saved!
(You see the results above on the Pina Colada cupcakes.)

How To Color Icing

I hate coloring icing.
If cakes, cookies and whatnot looked great in shades of white, I'd be so happy.
But they don't.

Neapolitan Cake

It's the best of all worlds, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla. And even better, I made it using one cake mix, and just one batch of icing.

How to Ice the Corners of a Cake

Covering square and rectangular cakes with icing can be a little challenging the first few times you do it. I know it was for me.

Tropical Coconut-Pineapple Cupcakes

I wanted something 'tropical.' Not being a huge fan of coconut, I used coconut milk in the cupcakes, and pineapple in the icing.

Royal Icing Recipe

Royal icing is the awesome, hard-drying icing you see on all of the most beautiful cookies out there.

Homemade Rolled Fondant

Fondant can actually taste good!

Marshmallow Fondant - MMF

An easy way to make fondant at home. It does taste a bit like marshmallows in the end, but is that so bad?

Fondant 101

My guide to how to use, store and work with fondant -- especially for those who are a little nervous about using it the first time.

Rich Caramel Icing

This icing is so rich and so yummy. It has a subtle caramel flavor that allows it to perfectly complement a cake like this apple cake or this chocolate cake.

Amazingly Good Strawberry Icing

THIS IS THE BEST ICING I'VE EVER MADE! Go. Make it. Today!

Rich Vanilla Buttercream Recipe

Swiss Meringue Buttercream is what all of the fancy cake decorators seem to talk about. This is my recipe. It was surprisingly not as hard as I expected it to be!

Cream Cheese Frosting

This is the best frosting to use for Cake Pops or for just about anything, really!

Chocolate Buttercream Icing

It's sweet and chocolatey. Just perfect for something like a vanilla cupcake.

Chocolate Ganache Icing

Chocolate ganache icing is the most rich, decadent icing. For the chocolate lover in your life, this is the only way to cover a cake.

How to Ice a Cake

It's one of the most basic parts of cake decorating. Getting the icing on the cake... and keeping the crumbs off.

Decorators' Buttercream Icing

There are a million icing recipes out there. But this is the one that I use for decorating. It's reliable, sweet, and doesn't have to be refrigerated.

The Icing Bag "Bullet"

This trick is the best-kept secret of cake decorating. Cleaning icing bags is awful-- until you use this trick! Try it. You'll thank me!

The Cupcake Swirl

Once you get the hang of this technique, you will have the best bake-sale or office treats around. Everyone's so impressed, and it's not even that hard!