I was very close to frosting this week's cupcakes with a pastry bag—they would have looked very pretty. But I couldn't find a tip to do it. (As a side note, BA has a helpful video on how to use a ...

When it comes to cupcakes, it’s simple to take the easy way out. Who hasn’t thought to themselves, “Why make cupcakes by hand when I can just pick up a pre-made batch at the super market?” ...

Beautiful frosted cupcakes are Magnolia Bakery's bread and butter (it's this sweet treat that was popularized by Sex and the City, after all). So when the bakery extended an invitation to a cupcake ...

Makes enough for 12 cupcakes, or filling or decoration for a 20cm cake Put the butter, sugar and vanilla in a stand mixer fitted with the beater. Beat on slow for 30 seconds, until combined, then ...

Cupcakes are delicious treats that are super easy to make, however, I always have problems making them look super fancy when I don’t have a piping bag or tips on hand. Through extensive googling, I ...

Any good cupcake always has a good frosting. There are many different types of frosting, but the most popular is buttercream, which is is just that: butter that has been creamed with sugar, creating a ...

Now that you know how to bake a cake worthy of decorating, the next step is to decorate it. I remember my first time decorating a two-layered cake. It was for my mother’s birthday, I was 12 years old, ...

Decorating a cake with beautifully crafted buttercream swirls, ganache shells, or Swiss meringue rosettes is arguably the best bit of baking. By simply scooping frosting into a star-tipped piping bag, ...

Watch as I show my technique for filling a piping bag using the Sultan(e) tip 796 with vibrant green vanilla buttercream. I used gel food coloring to achieve this vivid shade—what would you call it?

Cooking 101: How to make your own pastry bag Jennifer Rao, owner of Around the World in 80 Cakes, shows how to make a cost-effective pastry bag. I love money-saving cooking tricks. This week, Jennifer ...