Even cakes topped with store-bought frosting can still taste decadent if you follow these go-to tips and tricks from baking experts.

While demonstrating how to make her chocolate cake with mocha frosting recipe, Garten shared the ingredient she loves to use in dessert recipes “to enhance the chocolate flavor.” She started by ...

Easy chocolate cake decorating ideas can transform a simple homemade dessert into something that looks truly impressive. With ...

This rich, classic chocolate frosting is an excellent go-to recipe for cakes, cupcakes, brownies, or anything that could use a chocolatey boost. Marcia Kiesel, a former Food & Wine test kitchen ...

Sweet, creamy frosting is an easy (and decadent) way to embellish your favorite dessert. Basic icing is sugar mixed with milk, which is then flavored with cream cheese, cocoa powder and butter or egg ...

I’ll be making this recipe all December long! I’ve been looking for a new holiday dessert to add to my repertoire, and as I was browsing cookbooks at the library, this one leapt out at me. It's from ...

Moist carrot cake layered with thick swaths of cream cheese frosting is irresistible. The flavors of that cake—warm baking spices, carrots, raisins, and sometimes pineapple and nuts—often make their ...

When the weather starts to get cool, the first thing I want to do bake. I love turning on the oven and letting the warmth fill my house. This pound cake creates the most delicious pumpkin spice aroma ...

Recently, I visited the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. I was in town for the James Beard Awards, often referred to as “the Oscars of food and wine,” and I wanted to visit the hotel’s ...