Cake with red and pink flowers made using the back of a spoon. - Samantha Wesoloski / 500px/Getty You don't need a fancy instrument to decorate cakes and cupcakes with elegant, handmade icing petals.

Close-up of piping frosting into a flower decoration on a cupcake - Sandor Mejias Brito/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Piping designs out of frosting and onto ...

I started frosting cakes a year ago, when I was six years old. I don't really remember it, but Mommy says that she started baking when I was eight months old. I would be in a baby carrier on her back ...

Cupcakes are an easy-to-make, pint-sized version of the your favorite type of cake. They're far easier to distribute to a ...

So the next time someone in your life requests a dessert, consider making our Fresh Raspberry-Cream Cheese Frosting part of what you make. I guarantee they'll ask you to make it for them again—just ...