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baking
1 What's Your Favorite Kind of Frosting?
Tips
2 Definition: Frosting vs. Icing
candy
3 National Marzipan Day
recipes
4 Want Fries With That Hot Dog Cake?
taste test
5 Taste Test: Sprinkles Frozen Frosting Shots
Wine
6 Yummy Links: From Alinea to Adam Perry Lang
Love It or Hate It
7 Cream Cheese Frosting: Love It or Hate It?
How To
8 How to Keep Cookie Frosting Clean and Organized
desserts
9 Reader Recipe: Azuki-Filled Mochi Cupcakes With Green Tea Frosting
party planning
10 5 Quick, Beautiful Ways to Ice Cupcakes
You can always shellac frosting over your cupcakes, but learning a few simple but sophisticated techniques can give your pretty pastries a professional touch, not to mention impress your friends and family. Here are five simple but dazzling ways to decorate your cupcakes. Read more
Check out this delicious recipe for mochi cupcakes with green tea frosting from OnSugar blog Yoo Eatz: This week, my neighbor Jamie invited me to a Real Housewives-style lunch (sans crazy drama and plastic surgery) at her house with a couple other ladies from the block. Our other neighbor Cathy offered to whip up some of her delicious egg rolls and noodles, Jamie supplied her precious Lupicia Read more
When I was at Martha Stewart's Milk and Cookies party at the Food Network's New York City Wine and Food Festival, I picked up a great tip from the cookie decorating experts. To keep frosting clean and organized, the staff at Martha Stewart Living fill disposable clear frosting bags with different colors of icing. Then they place each one in a glass tumbler. That way your kitchen table won't get Read more
Over the weekend, my guy and I stopped by our favorite cupcake place in the city, Kara's Cupcakes, for a sweet treat. There, we sampled a seasonal strawberry flavor. Although he enjoyed it, I wasn't as big of a fan since it was topped with cream cheese frosting. For some inexplicable reason, with the exception of red velvet cake, I dislike cream cheese frostings on desserts like cupcakes and Read more
Alinea has been named the seventh best restaurant in the world. Huffington Post Food Tips for dealing with dinner party dramas. — The Atlantic Must make: asparagus salsa with ricotta ravioli. — Hands on Gourmet Learn the proper way to frost a cake. — Chow Curry leaves provide fresh Indian flavor. — The Epi-Log Everything you need to know about Carménère. — Eat Me Daily How to Read more
Love frosting? Well, I have news for you! For the Summer, everyone's favorite bakery, Sprinkles, has launched a new product: frozen frosting shots. Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. For $.75, at all Sprinkles locations, you can actually purchase a shot of frosting that's frozen. Earlier this week, we were lucky enough to receive a large sample of the sugary treats from Sprinkles. To find out how Read more
When I found out that today is Hot Dog Day, I knew I had to share this fun creation. It really takes "semi-homemade" and pushes it to the next level, everything can be bought, but the end result is completely unique. The Hot Dog and Fries Cake is a completely edible, ridiculously sweet cake shaped to look like a hot dog in a bun and french fries. All you need is a loaf cake, a few Twinkies, red Read more
One of my good friend's is absolutely crazy for marzipan. In fact, he believes that a cake is not worth eating unless it's completely smothered in the stuff. So when I found out that today is National Marzipan Day, I immediately thought of him. Marzipan, for those of you that don't know, is a sweet creation primarily consisting of sugar and ground almonds. Predominantly used by pasty chefs as Read more
Chocolate Vanilla Buttercream Cream Cheese Plain Sugar Glaze Nothing, I Like My Cake Plain Other - Tell Us Below Read more
Frosting: A sweet glaze often made with sugar, butter, water and egg whites or milk, often flavored and cooked (although it can be uncooked). It's used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies and can range from thick to thin. Icing: see Frosting. Yep that's right, the words are interchangeable. Often frosting is actually a type of icing, but it depends on where you're from. Read more
