ALL TOO OFTEN at birthday parties, I encounter dreary sheet cakes coated with white stuff. Technically, it’s icing, although I imagine it coming from some plastic bucket that has a green lid stamped ...

This cake is perfect for lemon-lovers: a light, subtle lemon cake paired with a very tart lemon filling. The light and fluffy boiled icing (a.k.a. Seven-Minute Icing) adds just the right amount of ...

The weather report for Saturday morning reminds me that this would be the perfect day for making boiled white icing for birthday cake. My sister Mimi celebrated her birthday this week, and in another ...

Note: To sour regular milk, add 1 tablespoon vinegar to 1 cup milk and let stand about 10 minutes. Cake: In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks. In a glass measuring cup, mix buttermilk (or ...

You can make cupcakes with ready-made mixes, but if you make the frosting from scratch, the recipient will taste the love. Herald-Leader A heart-shaped cake or a dozen decorated cupcakes for Valentine ...