Store-bought frosting makes it easy to put the finishing touch on a homemade cake or a batch of cupcakes, regardless of whether your baked goods are made from scratch or out of a box. Since it's as ...

As a professional baker, I always make my frostings from scratch using a mixture of butter, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract — but it's not as easy for everyone. Whether you don't have a ...

There’s something magical about frosting made at home. Creamy, sweet, and perfectly smooth, it’s the kind you can’t resist tasting straight from the bowl. Once you try these recipes, you’ll understand ...

Before you slather on that can of store-bought frosting onto your freshly baked cake or cupcakes, you may want to consider this. With just a little extra time and effort, you can transform a simple ...

Store-bought frosting — while convenient and time-saving — is often a poor substitute for homemade frosting. Sporting too much sugar and a lack of nuanced flavors, it pales in comparison to the stuff ...

Canned frosting is undeniably convenient, but it simply doesn’t hold a candle to homemade frosting. Common critiques of store-bought frosting include tasting too sweet, lacking a light, fluffy texture ...

Nicole Hopper is a recipe tester and developer based in Birmingham, Alabama. If you ever wondered what the secret is to perfectly frosted cut-out sugar cookies, we’ll fill you in: royal icing. This ...