Royal icing for Cookie Decorating is the secret weapon for cookie artists. This simple icing creates a smooth, hard finish, perfect for intricate piping, lettering, and floodwork designs on cookies ...

Creamy, dreamy frosting is the best topping for cakes, cupcakes and other sweet desserts. Whether you’re searching for the ...

Before beginning to decorate your sugar cookies this Christmas season, you'll want to learn how to properly ice them. Christmas Cookie Swap! has a reliable recipe for royal icing and a step-by-step ...

Cooked roux icing has gone from being my nemesis to being my best friend. I just had to beat it a while and show it who’s boss. Also known as gravy icing, ermine frosting, boiled-milk frosting or ...

Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Craving a cupcake? Skip the boring chocolate and vanilla and opt for something a little more eccentric. This recipe for lavender cupcakes topped with Earl Grey icing is anything but ordinary. You ...

Cupcakes. Layer cake. Graham crackers. Sugar cookies. All of the above are totally magical, but what’s the common thread? They’re all freaking amazing when they have a perfectly light, fluffy, sugary ...

Frosting, aka the fluffy, sweet, buttery spread that goes over cakes, cookies, and cupcakes, isn't so hard to make homemade if you set yourself up for success. First, you must have a large bowl and a ...

This classic icing is a versatile one. Not only is is delicious on biscuits of all varieties, it can be made with a chocolate twist and coloured to suit your fancy. We like ours to be red, like ...

Ready-made icing can be bought from most supermarkets, but it is easily made at home: the core ingredient, icing sugar, is widely available. When making fat-based icings such as buttercream, use ...

Solve the sweet dilemma of how to top cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and muffins. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a cookbook ...