Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Makes 2 (9-inch cake layers). Recipe is from “Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book.” Corinne Cook says, “If you opt for using a mix instead of making a ‘from-scratch’ cake, made the cake according to ...

There’s something weirdly satisfying about watching royal icing flow across a cookie like shiny sugar lava — right before it dries into a flawless, bakery-level finish. This simple royal icing recipe ...

America's Test Kitchen compiled 250 recipes and dozens and dozens of detailed baking tips in a new cookbook, "The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars" (2017, ...

Ree Drummond’s royal icing is a must-have when it comes to holiday baking. The celebrity chef uses it to decorate everything from Pioneer Woman gingerbread cookies to classic sugar cookies. Best of ...

The use of both butter and margarine gives this cake a dense but really delicious texture, not too crumbly. This recipe was lightly adapted from the Evergreens Restaurant cookbook. Preheat oven to 350 ...

8 ounces white chocolate 1 pound (two 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, room temperature 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) butter, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¾ cup chopped walnuts for garnish ...

With these delicious dessert recipes that lean on box cake mix, no one will know you had a little help from the baking aisle.